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THE FLY

End of Watch San Jose’s top cop also happens to be its most eloquent speaker, so on Tuesday the city’s Police Chief EDDIE GARCIA eulogized Officer MICHAEL KATHERMAN, who died at age 34 after a June 14 traffic collision. He was the 13th San Jose officer killed in the line of duty. Garcia noted that “Mike was an exceptional cop, but an even better man.”

State Attorney General KAMALA HARRIS joined hundreds of police officers from across the Bay Area at SAP Center to pay respects to Katherman—a motorcycle cop, 11-year department veteran, husband and father of two school-aged sons, JOSH and JASON. They Spelled in blue-and-white Did flowers onstage and What? emblazoned on black SEND TIPS TO bands worn by fellow FLY@ officers was his badge METRONEWS. number: 3900. A tearful COM MICHAEL WHITTINGTON, who went from being Katherman’s academy-mate to beat partner before moving on to the county District Attorney’s Office, said his fallen friend was “built for power.” Kat Man, as his buddies called him, often surprised people. At just 5-foot-8, he could dunk a basketball. He jogged slow but sprinted fast. Kat Man hauling ass during the 100-yard dummy drag, Whittington quipped, was “like watching a bear carry a kitten.” Katherman, his smile “big as a grand piano,” entertained friends with impersonations of CHRIS FARLEY, Kermit the Frog and a retired SJPD sergeant. As a vice, he preferred ice cream over beer.

When the chief looked through Katherman’s personnel file, two cases stood out. In one, a grandmother called his heart-to-heart talk with her wayward teen granddaughter “a life-changing event for the family.” In another, Christmas Eve 2011, he saved the life of a stabbing victim. “There is no such thing as routine patrol,” Garcia said before exhorting the auditorium to celebrate Katherman’s life as well as mourn the loss. “You raised an honorable, righteous and caring young man,” Garcia told the fallen officer’s parents, TOM and DIANE KATHERMAN. “Your mission is accomplished.”

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Chief Charges THE SHADOW KNOWS Jon Gundry has intentionally kept the Santa Clara County Office of Education board and in the dark during his two years as superintendent.

Superintendent of schools Jon Gundry sued for whistleblower retaliation

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ANTA CLARA COUNTY’s schools chief tried to hide $10,000 in income as well as secret contracts for close friends before firing a whistleblower last year, according to a federal lawsuit filed last week.

Micaela Ochoa, formerly the chief business officer for the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE), which oversees the region’s 31 public school districts, filed a 10-page complaint in Northern California U.S. District Court accusing the public agency and Superintendent Jon

Gundry of violating labor codes and her First Amendment rights, respectively.

Ochoa not only claims that Gundry tried to bully staff into covering up thousands of dollars in taxable income after moving here in the summer of 2014, but that he also, in coordination with SCCOE spokesman Ken Blackstone, intentionally violated the Public Records Act by failing to disclose public contracts in a timely manner, as required by law. When Ochoa voiced concerns, the complaint states, Gundry fired her in retaliation—a move that was done “without cause,” putting taxpayers on the hook for the last year of her contract, or $271,242.

“Our belief is [Gundry] is a guy who was handing out sweetheart contracts to his friend, and when Micaela blew the whistle on it he fired

her,” says Ochoa’s attorney, Sonya Mehta, who works for the Oakland law firm Siegel & Yee. Gundry took over the SCCOE in August 2014. He was hired at a salary of $295,000, and part of his compensation package included up to $30,000 in moving expenses. But, according to Ochoa’s complaint, Gundry became furious six months into the job when she and another former SCCOE business officer, Ted O, told the superintendent that some of his moving expenses should be considered taxable income because he used the money to buy “furniture and other items.”

The complaint states that on Feb. 13, 2015, Gundry told Ochoa that he was “screwed” by his SCCOE contract and needed to refinance his house in Southern California. Less than a week later, the lawsuit notes, Gundry berated both Ochoa and O, telling them that he would fire them both if couldn’t “trust” them, suggesting that he wanted them to change his W-2 to trick the IRS. Gundry reportedly told Ochoa: “I have to pay $10,000 in

get Gundry and Blackstone to provide the documents nearly two weeks prior to their release.

On July 1, 2015, two days after the SCCOE came into compliance by providing the records to Metro and the DA, attorneys from James & Stewart LLP contacted one of Ochoa’s staffers to meet “at the Biltmore Hotel rather than the SCCOE offices,” the complaint states. “Ms. Ochoa wrote that she was uncomfortable because such a meeting could interfere with the District Attorney’s investigation.”

A day later, Gundry terminated Ochoa’s employment and placed her on administrative lead until the end of the month.

“It’s a pretty open and shut case,” says Mehta, Ochoa’s attorney. “But there’s another level to this story—a lot of people who weren’t fired up and quit.”

Numerous SCCOE business staff left the organization last summer, including Ted O and general counsel Maribel Medina, who, like Ochoa, was fired without cause. Medina’s contract also had another year, costing taxpayers $288,973. As of this spring, Medina also had a wrongful termination claim filed with the SCCOE. Gundry told the Mercury News that both Medina and Ochoa refused to meet with investigators looking into a payroll mishap that dates back to 2010, well before both women started working at the SCCOE. In response to requests for comment from Blackstone and Gundry, the SCCOE had communications/PR specialist Shannon Carr respond Tuesday in an email: “As a matter of practice, we are unable to comment on pending litigation,” she wrote.

“Therefore, we must also decline your interview request.”

Shortly after this statement, Blackstone changed his email to an automatic “out of office” reply.

A message left with the SCCOE’s consultant law firm, Hopkins & Carley, wasn’t returned.

Less than a month after Gundry fired Ochoa, the SCCOE announced that it was bringing back its consultant Skvarna—who temporarily quit following Metro’s reports—to fill her position. Ochoa’s complaint notes that the man who replaced her was given “$8,000 in moving expenses and a $40,000 increase in salary from what Ms. Ochoa earned.”

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taxes! I don’t trust you or Ted O.” Ochoa says she took her concerns— as well as a formal complaint from O—to Darcie Green, then-president of the county board of education. It’s not clear if Green took any action.

She refused to comment in an email Tuesday, citing “pending litigation.”

Gundry began to freeze Ochoa out of SCCOE business decisions in the following months, the complaint states. But in May 2015, new issues arose when Metro received an anonymous tip to look into Gundry’s consulting contracts.

A series of reports found that Gundry frequently concealed consulting contracts from public vetting by placing them just under a $100,000 threshold requiring board input. In one such case, Gundry gave consultant Mark Skvarna—who the complaint notes is “a close, personal friend”—a $99,999 contract, which was just a dollar short of the amount required to inform the board. Skvarna did not provide any documentation for work completed before or after Gundry attempted to pay him another $150,000 by discreetly placing a contract extension on the consent calendar. Items placed on consent are rarely reviewed or discussed in open session.

Metro started requesting additional records regarding consultants in June 2015, which is when Gundry and his spokesman, Blackstone, began hiding records, according to the complaint.

As the chief business officer, Ochoa oversaw all contracts, but she says Blackstone never informed her or her colleagues of this newspaper’s records requests. In several emails she expressed concerns to Gundry and Blackstone that the SCCOE was not complying with the law, which requires public agencies to make good faith efforts to provide public records within 10 days.

Those concerns were ignored.

It wasn’t until 10 days after the District Attorney’s Office requested the same records as Metro that the SCCOE turned over all contracts, some of which by that time had been leaked and reported. One of Gundry’s secret consulting contracts again came in just a dollar short of the $100,000 threshold.

SCCOE board members interviewed at the time were unaware of the costs.

The SCCOE called its failure to provide contracts an “oversight” and “unintentional,” but email records show that Ochoa repeatedly tried to

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An inside look at San Jose politics

GET LOW Evan Low came down hard on a NRA lobbyist during a state Assembly hearing.

Assemblyman Evan Low Breathes Fire at NRA

BY JENNIFER WADSWORTH Days after a gunman fatally shot 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, anger gave way to action as California lawmakers advanced a raft of gun laws.

State hearings on 11 firearm safety bills introduced in the wake of last year’s San Bernardino mass shooting took on greater import with the nation still reeling from the June 12 attack in Florida.

In an Assembly subcommittee meeting days later, Democrats wrangled with National Rifle Association lobbyist Dan Reid, calling him “vicious,” “heartless” and “crazy” for protecting gunmen who “terrorize our streets.”

Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell) could barely contain his contempt.

“Less than 72 hours ago, 49 people were slain in a nightclub in Orlando,” Low, an openly gay man, told Reid from the dais. “It’s very difficult for me to sit here and look you in the

eye and have respect for you, Dan.” Low blamed NRA lobbying for allowing 29-year-old Omar Mateen—a man twice investigated for terrorism ties by the FBI—to legally buy a Sig Sauer MCX. “Of course the reason they were murdered was basically because of your organization, Dan,” Low said.

The proposed Assembly bills would ban so-called “bullet buttons,” which make it easier to reload magazines on some rifles, and limit long-gun purchases to one a month. Others would crack down on false stolen gun reports, allow restraining orders to prevent gun ownership and close loopholes allowing the sale of gun parts.

Legislators in both the Assembly and state Senate public safety committees approved the measures last week in hopes of rushing them to the governor’s desk by the end of the month. On the national level, Senate Democrats on Monday failed to muster enough bipartisan support

to pass a package of gun safety measures—the latest in a series of fruitless attempts to tighten firearm regulations.

Locally, Low said he’s heartened to see the swift transition from grief to resolve.

“As you can imagine, the severity of the responsibility for me as a lawmaker is not lost on me,” he told San Jose Inside.

Low, who flew to Los Angeles to march in the city’s gay pride parade, awoke that morning to news that a gunman mowed down scores of people at Pulse, an iconic LGBT nightclub.

“During the parade, people came up to me and said, ‘Enough is enough,’” Low recalled, “‘No more praying for change.’”

He carried that sense of urgency to the Assembly floor. Having come from a family of law enforcement, Low said, his stance on gun laws has shifted over time.

“This has been a bit of an evolution for me,” he said.

FBI Uncovers VA Bribery Scandal in Palo Alto A years-long probe into a bribery scheme at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs offices in Palo Alto and Sacramento resulted in probation and prison time for seven people.

Federal authorities launched the investigation in 2011 in response to a “culture of corruption” at the Palo Alto VA, according to indictments handed down a few years later.

The FBI found that the agency’s former contracting officer, Tracy Marasco, accepted cash, trips and gifts from companies in exchange for expensive contracts. She was sentenced to six months in prison and another six under house arrest.

Colleagues Xerxes “Ike” Zapata and Russell Allgire also pleaded guilty to accepting bribes. Zapata, sentenced to 16 months in prison and a $25,000 fine, confessed to taking cash, plane tickets and credit card payments from contractors for construction and maintenance work.

Allgire—sentenced to three years probation, a year of home detention and a $7,500 fine—said he took money and car payments in exchange for putting a good word in for construction jobs.

Conrad Alfaro admitted to allowing the same contractor installing a new MRI scanner at Palo Alto’s VA hospital to re-roof his house. A federal judge gave him five years probation, a year of house arrest and a $25,000 fine.

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in Translation An interpreter shortage has people giving up their rights, judges acting unethically and court officials saying everything is fine BY JOHN FLYNN

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AIME GONZALEZ’ daughter leans on her grandmother, who holds the young girl’s sleeping infant brother.

Gonzalez sits and waits in the “Spanish-speaking” row of a stuffy courtroom. His ability to remain in the country is in jeopardy after his drugaddicted ex-girlfriend accused him of domestic violence, a charge he denies. For nearly a year, he has been to court “many, many times,” only to be delayed or sent home due to a lack of interpreters.

The judge calls a name, but it’s not Gonzalez. His eyebrows tighten with concern. He swivels his head to look at interpreter Mariela Phelan-Caceres.

At any moment, she might be whisked away to a higher-stakes trial, and he’ll have wasted another day in court.

“Excuse me, your honor,” PhelanCaceres interjects. “We still have a Spanish-speaker.”

“Ah shit,” grumbles a tattooed white man, apparently further down the docket.

Phelan-Caceres’ eyes focus as she interprets in real time. Gonzalez answers questions and presents papers documenting his compliance with all of the court’s directives. The judge nods, commends his behavior and dismisses him. Gonzalez’s shoulders loosen and he turns to his family, tilting his head toward the door and pursing his lips at his daughter, Lalezka.

Through Phelan-Caceres’ interpretation, Gonzalez explains to me that his ex-girlfriend filed the charge right after returning from a year-long recovery program. When she came back to their house, she kicked out the care-giving grandmother without a word of thanks, then relapsed and became verbally abusive.

Gonzalez cut ties with his ex and maintains his innocence, but the accusation temporarily removed his children from his full-time care. In that time, Lalezka’s grades, attendance and confidence suffered, according to a letter from the after-school program where Gonzalez once volunteered to improve his English and help his daughter with homework.

Through his community service, he has earned back custody, but his legally mandated responsibilities have

taken the place of volunteering. He had hoped to get his name quickly cleared.

Instead, he’s been struggling for months to untangle himself from a confusing, and at times humiliating, legal thicket.

*** Because of a persistent shortage of interpreters, Santa Clara County’s justice system has effectively segregated people by language for years. And this separation has led to inequality.

“It’s a huge problem,” says county Public Defender Molly O’Neal.

According to court filings, defendants, county interpreters and defense attorneys, English speakers receive the full protection of due process far more often than non-native speakers who regularly get delayed and sped through cases with overworked interpreters or uncertified bilingual court members.

These defendants are expected to make life-altering decisions in a matter of seconds, sometimes before they grasp the full consequences of their case.

“One day, I want to become a citizen.

How am I going to do that?” Gonzalez says about his charge. “Especially since I don't have any schooling. I was born in the streets. I grew up with foster

parents. But I didn’t get into the gangs, into the drugs. Only working. They need to apply the law the way it should be. They need to investigate the cases the way they should be. You feel like they’re stepping on you.”

The ripple effects of this shortage has earned the South Bay court system one of the worst reputations in the region. The Hall of Justice averages two or three fewer interpreters per day than the minimum to run the courts properly, according to California Federation of Interpreters spokeswoman Mary Lou Aranguren.

“Compared to other courts in the Bay Area, only Santa Clara County is suffering this kind of extreme, chronic and ongoing shortage of Spanish interpreters,” she says.

Court officials say they don’t keep track of the number of Spanishspeaking defendants that have been affected by the shortage. They maintain that every person who enters the courthouse receives equal treatment, regardless of the language they speak.

Aranguren, public defenders like Meghan Piano and interpreters including Phelan-Caceres paint a

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Requests to interview the county’s presiding judge, Risë Jones Pichon, who oversees all court business, were denied.

On Feb. 3, Favian Ochoa Macias waived his interpreter rights—despite facing sexual assault charges. On Feb. 18, Jose Domingo Alvarez Vega waived for a readiness conference concerning his charge of child endangerment. On Feb. 22, Jehova Arciga waived before facing felony drug charges. And on March 7, Primitivo Hernandez gave up his right to an interpreter during a plea hearing concerning his felony charge of assault with a deadly weapon.

“It's an absolute failure,” says Darby Williams, an attorney who previously worked in the Public Defender’s office. “If somebody walks out of that courthouse and they only have a vague idea of what they've done, or what has happened to them, or their loved ones, then that's an absolute failure. They're creating legal scars.”

*** SICK JOKE Mariela Phelan-Caceres says a judge once laughed in her face when she asked him to instruct a witness to speak slower. different picture. They highlighted problems in more than 70 interpreter-needed cases between Jan. 20 and Feb. 26—a number they say is only “the tip of the iceberg.”

Many times, Spanish-speaking defendants must endure outlandish delays. Take Pedro Hernandez, who waited for an interpreter from 8:45am to 4:15pm on a Jan. 20 court date.

“One day, I waited until 2:30pm only to be told there was no interpreter," Gonzalez says. "I have children in school. Since I’m a single father, I have to cook for them, wash, clean, everything. I don't have anybody to take care of them. We don’t have another alternative. I don’t want my children to be seeing this. You get stressed out waiting for an interpreter. Perhaps there’s going to be one. Or perhaps not.

That’s the biggest problem.”

When no interpreters are available, would-be defendants must reschedule.

This primarily affects Spanish speakers, but for defendants who speak a less common language, wait times can stretch for months. Jaswinder Singh has been rescheduled five times

because he speaks Punjabi, yet still no suitable interpreter has been hired to help his case. Because of delays and rescheduling, countless hours funded by taxpayer dollars have been wasted waiting for interpreters.

“It’s a problem,” Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen says. “We have a lot of cases, and I want those cases moving. Anything that slows down the administration of justice is not good for the community.”

In other cases, defendants waive their constitutional right to an interpreter hoping to get a speedier verdict. But doing so puts them at risk of not understanding the ramifications of their trials. On two days alone, Feb. 10 and 16, this happened to Karina Vera, Mauricio Sanchez Hernandez, Glenn Alejandrooca Ocampoflores, Richard Quiroz Mendoza, Wilson Antonio Henriquez, Long Hoang Do, Rodolfo Angel Ojeda, Jose Leonardo Carabajal, Oscar Ortega Diaz, Victor Mendez, Antonio DeJesus Cortesarista and David Perez Ramirez.

Defendants who waive their right to an interpreter must settle for whoever

(if anyone) can speak Spanish in the courtroom. On Jan. 20, Luis Oscar Chavez Mendoza waited five-and-ahalf hours, only to waive his right to a certified interpreter and rely instead on a Spanish-speaking attorney from the Public Defender’s office.

In other cases, judges have taken to acting as interpreters for defendants, which both the public defender and district attorney consider inappropriate behavior from the bench. On Jan. 20, Judge Teresa Guerrero-Daley interpreted for Roberto Avalos Santiago, Francisco Alirio Catedral, Juan Carlos Lombar Gomez and Jose Antonio Rodriguez, then dictated their comments for the record in English. These actions constitute improper procedure, according to several sources interviewed for this story.

“I don't agree with a judge doing that,” Rosen says. “It puts the defense attorney and prosecutor in a difficult situation. To the extent that we argue with the judge, it's about the law and how to apply the law. It shouldn't be about the translation.”

In late 2013, the court employed 19 full-time interpreters. At the time, that was enough. But staffing bottomed out after six retired and several prospective hires refused full-time positions. In a letter sent to the court in April, nine independent contractors expressed concern with the court’s level of service and chose to limit their availability because of “inadequate compensation” and “unacceptable working conditions.”

As of now, there are 14 full-time Spanish interpreters—three of whom will retire or resign within the next few months, according to Aranguren.

The county also regularly employs seven contract interpreters (PhelanCaceres is one of them) and 12 interpreters for other languages, including Tagalog, Vietnamese and Russian. David Yamasaki, executive officer of county courts, downplayed the contract interpreters’ concerns, citing a statewide dearth of translators.

“There’s a shortage of court interpreters,” Yamasaki says. “There just is. We can’t hire them. We want to hire them. We’d love for more people to apply. We have open recruitment.

We acknowledge unquestionably that we need more interpreters. We call interpreters every single day to come in. But we cannot force people to accept employment.”

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To be fair, court interpreters must possess considerable skills. They have to capture not just the exact semantic meaning, but also the emotional subtext of people with varying dialects and education levels.

To become certified, they must pass a rigorous exam—nearly 90 percent of test-takers fail—to ensure they have been trained thoroughly and know their job’s strict code of ethics.

Yamasaki cites the low passing rate as further proof of the shortfall. But that tiny percentage may owe partially to the fact that test-takers aren’t screened for their qualifications. As a stopgap, former interpreter coordinator Karen Jones subcontracted to independent agencies.

These workers make $140 per hour— almost four times more than staff interpreters who make $36 per hour.

Over a period of six months, Jones—who was not made available for comment, and was subsequently reassigned during the reporting of this story—asked for 182 hours of subcontracted work at the inflated rate. For the same cost, the county could have employed a staff interpreter for nearly 18 weeks. And in a concerning twist, Phelan-Caceres says some of the subcontractors lack certification, which puts the court at further risk of inaccurate interpreting.

Court spokesman Joe Macaluso says the high demand has led to some interpreters demanding the right to cancel a court obligation at any time for a more lucrative payday in the private sector. But Aranguren argues that the court is hiding behind this alleged shortage to not pay interpreters an acceptable wage.

“It’s all a matter of being competitive enough,” Aranguren says. “Yes, certainly, there are contractors out there who will work for the $1,000-a-day job, and will make the courts a lower priority. That’s the marketplace, but the problem is that they used that as an excuse to simply not address the needs.

There’s a great contradiction between their rhetoric about the importance of the services and the reality of what they’ve actually done.”

According to Aranguren, interpreter compensation has failed to match the rising cost of living in the area. Daily contractor rates just went up for the first time up in nine years to match

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federal levels, but full-time salaries didn’t raise with them, which undermines the incentive for an interpreter to shift to salaried employment. Meanwhile, there is no pay scale that rewards interpreters who stay with the courts—a full-time employee makes as much on her first day as in her 10th year.

Statistics on interpreters don’t quite cohere with the story from court officials.

In Spring 2014, there were 1,282 court interpreters in California. Today, there are 1,336. That could be a shortage, but as of October 2015 the state held $14 million dedicated to reimbursing counties for court interpreter costs. Next year, Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget will allot $7 million more.

But rather than tap into those funds, the county resisted paying travel and lodging costs and turned down applicants because they asked to mediate only specific (but in-demand) trials. According to Aranguren, when Jones, the county’s longtime interpreter coordinator, was asked to present a list of potential hires, she submitted names of some applicants who were ineligible—because they had died.

“Often times, ‘there’s a shortage of interpreters,’ becomes part of the story—and that’s a lie,” Aranguren says.

“That is a lie that people have been telling for years. And to us, that’s part of the institutionalized racism on this issue. Even though they have the money, courts take the position: ‘We don’t want to spend the money on that.’ And that is the underlying problem here.”

*** In response to the recent staff departures, Jones reportedly increased her remaining employees’ workload without a proper understanding of their job. Interpreters note that she is only fluent in English and never interpreted, much less at courtapproved standards.

“An interpreter may go from interpreting arraignments to pleas to evidentiary hearings to witnesses to victims, rushing from one to another without adequate breaks and with no preparation in cases that require it,” says Maria Cruz, a court translator for 26 years. “This means we will not know what the defendants or witnesses will be testifying to. Not having this context can lead to serious errors.”

David Ortiz, a certified interpreter, recently got promoted to supervisor to help administration understand the unique demands of the position.

But according to interpreters, he’s still under hiring probation and Jones blocked his previous attempts to implement change.

“I’ve never worked in a place where the person has no knowledge of the work,” says Phelan-Caceres. “We have only a matter of seconds to do several processes: listening, analyzing, comprehending and interpreting the message. On top of that, we work in very charged emotional situations— homicide, child custody, etc.—and the range we need to interpret goes from sophisticated testimony of a forensics expert to that of a victim who could be illiterate.”

Researchers have found interpreter accuracy fades after 30 minutes of continuous work. To protect against this, the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators and the American Bar Association recommend pairing interpreters together “for all lengthy legal proceedings” or giving breaks every 30 minutes.

In Santa Clara County, such practices have not been applied.

The April letter from independent contractors stated that “interpreters are shared between defendants and witnesses for the prosecution,” contrary to industry standards.

“We’re not shying away from the fact that these organizations think these are the best practices,” says Yamasaki. “Yes, absolutely, it may be a best practice. But that doesn't mean that it’s a practical practice. Certainly the reports have validity. This is optimally what you want to do. But we don't have our optimum number of interpreters.”

Compounding the problem, Cruz says, is that county officials have “intimidated and retaliated” against interpreters who asked for the proper conditions—arbitrarily docking pay or foisting a heavier workload on them.

Without administrative support, these interpreters’ complaints either went ignored or were scoffed at by judges who lacked sympathy for the overwhelming nature of the work.

“Once I worked a hearing and the witness was an expert in gang and prison culture,” Phelan-Caceres says.

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COURT VET Carmen Ramos has spent 20 years as a county court interpreter and she says the situation has never been more dire. then, so I asked the judge, ‘May the court please instruct the witness to slow down for the interpreter?’ He laughed in my face and didn’t do anything. These are the sort of things you encounter here.”

According to Aranguren, this environment has spawned negative health effects—several interpreters have lost their voice and one was “put on disability related to workload stress and impacts on her pregnancy.” When fatigued employees call in sick, the already excessive workload gets even worse. Outsiders have been appalled.

Last year, Nick Zacherl, a former interpreter for the European Parliament, came to work for the county. When Jones denied him an interpreting partner twice, he gave her “the benefit of the doubt” and translated for “longer than [he] should have.” The third time, he translated for half an hour, then told the judge that he would be unable to continue without a partner or breaks—a warning the judge didn’t take kindly.

“The judge called the office to get a ‘real interpreter’ that would work the way that she wanted the interpreter to work, not the way the rules said we should work,” Zacherl says. “When that interpreter came, I thought that I had

a teammate to work with. The judge derisively snickered and said that I was being replaced and I could just leave.

Santa Clara County throws interpreters into situations where they'll be expected to work for five-plus hours in a row.”

On June 9, Metro learned from Phelan-Caceres that Jones had been transferred to another division after 20 years at her post. In an email, Macaluso claimed this was done in accordance with the court’s “practice of periodically reassigning staff for continued development,” but this is the first time the interpreter division has seen this type of management restructuring. And though Nancy Pruitt, Jones’ replacement, once managed courts in Palo Alto, Terraine and South County, she doesn’t have any interpreting experience either.

Aranguren and Phelan-Caceres contend that the transfer came in response to the consistent complaints by interpreters, and the reporting of this story. They also stress that an administrative shift means little unless the court commits to altering the way they attract, retain and treat interpreters.

“This changes nothing,” says Aranguren.

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*** Interpreters aren’t the only ones who have voiced concerns. Three public defenders have filed written complaints with Aranguren echoing her sentiments. Molly O’Neal, the head of the Public Defender’s office, says she has seen a pattern of disrespect since the 1990s, when interpreters exclusively worked as daily contractors without benefits or a consistent salary—the era in which Karen Jones got hired.

“I think as a system we should learn how to really change the way we look at interpreters,” O’Neal says. “If we’re having a problem getting qualified interpreters into our county, we need to pay them more. It’s an equal access to justice issue that needs to be addressed.

We have to fund our justice system.”

Darby Williams, a former deputy public defender, laments that she must speed through interactions with her non-English speaking clients because interpreters are so pressed. As a result, clients chafe at the lack of attention and come to think the justice system isn’t looking out for them.

“Law is all about language,”

Williams says. “You don't get the benefit of being able to sit down like you would with an English-speaking client and put them at ease. Instead, you’re hurrying. Then, you have to continue their case. They have to take another day off work … they could lose [their job] in an instant.”

In November of 2012, Judge Vanessa Zecher remanded Alfredo Garcia for a probation violation after a DUI arrest. Garcia hadn’t sought to disobey the terms of his sentence, according to sources familiar with his case, but he failed to sign up for his court-ordered classes because his responsibilities were written in English—a language he couldn’t read.

The decision was rightfully reversed, but nobody knows how many defendants like Garcia have been unfairly punished for not speaking English. And the linguistic demands of the county’s court system aren't expected to wane.

Non-white citizens now comprise a majority of the population. By 2050, Latinos are projected to outnumber whites 36 percent to 28 percent.

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SURVIVAL OF THE SILENT Maria Cruz says court officials have ‘intimidated and retaliated’ against interpreters who ask for better working conditions. interpreters is that the court simply needs to make its interpreters—and by extension its defendants—a priority.

Aranguren says she’s encouraged by Jones’ transfer, but she stresses that there must be further reforms to ensure that the county protects the

due process rights of the public.

“There’s nothing rational about this,” Aranguren said. “This really is a constitutional crisis. It makes [nonEnglish speakers] feel like there is no justice. Like they don’t matter and their life doesn’t matter.”

Perdido en la Traducción La escasez en el número de intérpretes del condado ha generado la renuncia de derechos en la corte por parte de la gente, la falta de ética por parte de los jueces y el falso bienestar por parte de los funcionarios de la corte.

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EBIDO A LA FALTA continua de intérpretes, el sistema judicial del condado de Santa Clara ha logrado segregar a los ciudadanos con base a su idioma durante años. Por lo tanto, esta separación ha causado injusticias.

De acuerdo con documentos de la corte, acusados, intérpretes del

condado y abogados de defensa, Metro pudo constatar que los angloparlantes reciben mejor protección del proceso en comparación con hablantes foráneos. Ya que regularmente estos son afectados con demoras y trámites acelerados por parte de intérpretes con exceso de trabajo o miembros bilingües de la corte que no cuentan con una certificación oficial.

“Es un gran problema,” dice la Defensora Pública del condado Molly O'Neal. “Creo que como sistema realmente debemos aprender a cambiar la manera en que vemos a los

intérpretes,” dice O'Neal. “Si tenemos problema consiguiendo intérpretes calificados en el condado, debemos pagarles más. Es un acceso igualitario a la justicia que debe ser abordado. Debemos financiar nuestro sistema jurídico.”

Las secuelas de la carencia de intérpretes han generado que el sistema jurídico del condado de Santa Clara tenga una de las peores reputaciones en la región. La Sala de Justicia promedia dos o tres intérpretes disponibles por dia de los mínimos requeridos para realizar correctamente las tareas en los

tribunales, según la representante de la Federación de California de Intérpretes, Mary Lou Aranguren.

“En comparación con otros tribunales en el área de la bahía, sólo el condado de Santa Clara está sufriendo esta extrema, crónica y continua al déficit de intérpretes en Español,” aclara.

Funcionarios de la corte manifiestan que el condado no lleva un registro del número de acusados hispanohablantes que han sido afectados por la reducción.

Sosteniendo que cada persona en el juzgado recibe igualdad de trato, sin importar el idioma que hablen.

Víctor Méndez, Antonio De Jesús Cortesarista y David Pérez Ramírez.

Los acusados que renuncian al derecho a un intérprete deben conformarse con cualquier persona (si es que la hay) que pueda hablar español en la sala. El 20 de Ene., Luis Oscar Chavez Mendoza esperó desde las 9am hasta las 2:30 pm, sólo para renunciar a su derecho a un intérprete certificado y utilizar un abogado hispanohablante de la oficina del defensor público.

En algunos casos, los mismos jueces han actuado como intérpretes de los acusados, lo cual tanto como el defensor público y el fiscal del distrito consideran comportamiento inapropiado en el tribunal. El 20 de Ene., Hon. Teresa Guerrero-Daley tradujo para Roberto Avalos Santiago, Francisco Alirio Catedral, Juan Carlos Lombar Gómez y José Antonio Rodríguez, seguido de dictar sus comentarios para el registro en Inglés. De acuerdo a múltiples fuentes entrevistadas para esta historia estas acciones constituyen un procedimiento inadecuado.

“No estoy de acuerdo con un juez haciendo eso,” dice Rosen. “Pone al abogado defensor y al fiscal en una situación difícil. Al punto en que terminamos discutiendo con el juez, se trata de la ley y la forma de aplicar la ley. No de la traducción.”

Las solicitudes para entrevistar al juez del condado, Risë Jones Pichon, el cual supervisa todos los temas relacionados con la corte, fueron negadas.

El 3 de Feb., Favian Ochoa Macías renunció a sus derechos de interpretación a pesar de enfrentar cargos de agresión sexual. El 18 de Feb., José Domingo Alvarez Vega desistió a una conferencia de preparación con referencia a su cargo por poner en peligro la vida de un menor. El 22 de Feb, Jehova Arciga renunció antes de enfrentarse a los cargos de delito mayor por drogas. Y el 7 de Marzo, Primitivo Hernández renunció a su derecho a un intérprete durante el juicio de petición sobre su cargo de delito de asalto con arma mortal.

“Es un absoluto fracaso”, dice Darby Williams, un abogado que anteriormente trabajó en la oficina del defensor público. “Si alguien sale de ese tribunal con una vaga idea de lo que han hecho, o lo que les ha sucedido a ellos o a sus seres queridos, entonces eso es un fracaso absoluto.

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Aranguren, defensores públicos como Meghan Piano e intérpretes incluyendo Phelan-Cáceres pintan un cuadro diferente. Destacan los problemas en más de 70 casos en donde intérpretes son necesario entre sólo en Ene. 20 y Feb. 26—un número que sienten es solamente “la punta del témpano.”

En ocaciones, acusados hispanohablantes sufren retrasos extravagantes. Como Jaime González, que durante casi un año ha ido a la corte "muchas, muchas veces," sólo para ser pospuesto o enviado de vuelta a casa debido a la falta de intérpretes.

“Un día, esperé hasta las 2:30pm sólo para que me dijeran que no había ningún intérprete,” dice González.

“Tengo hijos en la escuela. Ya que soy padre soltero, tengo que cocinar para ellos, lavar, limpiar, todo. No tengo a nadie que los cuide. No tenemos otra alternativa. No quiero que mis hijos estén viendo esto. Te estresas esperando a un intérprete. Tal vez si va ver uno. O tal vez no. Ese es el mayor problema.”

Sin intérpretes disponibles, los posibles acusados deben reprogramar. Este es un caso que afecta principalmente a los hispanohablantes pero para los acusados que hablan un lenguaje menos ordinario, los tiempos de espera puede extenderse por meses.

Jaswinder Singh ha sido reprogramado cinco veces ya que el habla Punjabi. Aún así no se ha contratado a un intérprete para mediar su caso. Como consequencia de los retrasos y reprogramaciones se han desaprovechado inumerables horas esperando interpretes las cuales son financiadas con el dinero de los contribuyentes.

“Es un problema,” dice el fiscal de distrito del condado de Santa Clara, Jeff Rosen. “Tenemos una gran cantidad de casos, y quiero esos casos aclarados. Cualquier cosa que retrasa la administración de justicia no es buena para la comunidad.”

En otros casos, los acusados renuncian al derecho constitucional de un intérprete con la espera de lograr un veredicto más rápido.

Pero al mismo tiempo, al hacerlo los pone en riesgo de no entender las ramificaciones de sus juicios.

En solo dos días, Febrero 10 y 16, esto le sucedió a Karina Vera, Mauricio Sánchez Hernández, Glenn Alejandrooca Ocampoflores, Richard Quiroz Mendoza, Wilson Antonio Henríquez, Long Do Hoang, Rodolfo Ángel Ojeda, José Leonardo Carabajal, Oscar Ortega Díaz,

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LOS LOBOS

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*thu *fri

MOTOWN THE MUSICAL

JAZZ ON THE PLAZZ

AUGUST OSAGE COUNTY

Wed, Various Times, $35 SJ Center for the Performing Arts

Wed, 6:30pm, Free Los Gatos Town Plaza

Thu, 8pm, $10-$35 The Pear Theater, Mountain View

At 18, Berry Gordy was a featherweight boxer with a 29 percent knockout rate. At 28, he was cashing in on the all-toocatchy “Reet Petite.” Soulful crooner Jackie Wilson was just the first in a long list of talented performers the songwriter, producer and music industry magnate discovered and signed to his legendary Motown Records.

Broadway San Jose’s Motown The Musical will transport audiences to a time when the Detroit label ruled the pop charts with hits like “My Girl,” by The Temptations and “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”

by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell.

Runs through Jun. 26, (MH)

The work week sucks. Perhaps that’s why the organizers of Jazz on the Plazz decided to schedule their event on hump day. Jazz fans are invited to celebrate America’s music at this free concert series, held every Wednesday evening in downtown Los Gatos. This week featuring a performance by vocal trio DUCHESS. The festival continues through Aug. 24, when Alexis Cole closes out the summer with her deep, smooth voice. Local artists like Paula West, as well as stars, like Mark Winkler, will take the stage this summer.

This year’s theme, “An Ellington Summer,” honors composer, pianist and bandleader Duke Ellington. (MH)

The dysfunctional Weston family takes center stage in Tracy Letts’ Pulitzer Prize-winning play August Osage County. This dark comedy set in Oklahoma centers around Beverly Weston—a once-famous poet who has succumbed to alcoholism—and his wife, Violet, who is undergoing treatment for mouth cancer and suffers a nasty drug addiction.

When Beverly disappears, the three Weston sisters and their mother must come together and work through their strained, often hilarious relationships. The play previews on Thursday and runs through July 10. (ST)

LOS LOBOS

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Fri, 5:30pm, $11.75 Plaza de Cesar Chavez, San Jose

Fri, 8:30pm, $12-$15 The Catalyst, Santa Cruz

Known for their killer cover of “La Bamba,” which topped the charts in 1987, Los Lobos is a big name with an even bigger follow-through. Emerging from the multi-cultural melting pot that was 1970s East L.A., they’ve been cooking up hot Chicano rock tunes for the more than 40 years.

Their country and blues influences shine on tracks like “We Belong Together,” while they demonstrate their Mexican heritage with songs like “La Pistola Y El Corazon.” They headline the first installment of Music in the Park along with South Bay native Maxx Cabello Jr. (MH)

Born Christian Berishaj, JMSN (pronounced Jameson) was once known as Christian TV, Love Arcade and Snowhite. As a teenager he began writing his own songs and recording music using equipment bought by his dad. By 18 he produced, wrote and played all the instruments on the album Love Arcade. In 2012 he started his own record label, White Room Records, and released his debut album, Priscilla, which drew comparisons to R&B artist The Weeknd and accolades from Usher.

His latest effort, It Is., expands on his versatility as an artist, musician and producer. (ST)

* concerts VANS WARPED TOUR

Jul 6 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

ELECTRIC SIX

RASCAL FLATTS

Jul 7 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

G-EAZY, LOGIC, YO GOTTI, YG

Jul 8 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

DIANA ROSS

Jul 10 at Mountain Winery

STING & PETER GABRIEL Jul 14 at SAP Center

WEIRD AL

Jul 24 at City National Civic

KORN AND ROB ZOMBIE

Jul 29 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

ADELE

Jul 30-31 at SAP Center

DEAD & COMPANY

Jul 30 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

WEEZER

Jul 31 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

ZIGGY MARLEY

Jul 31 at Mountain Winery

WARPED TOUR

Aug 6 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

FREDDY BENZ Fri, 7pm, $11-$14 BackBar SoFa, San Jose Up and coming hip-hop artist Freddy Benz has been grinding hard on the local circuit of late—playing everywhere from Homestead Lanes in Cupertino to Concord’s G and K Lounge.

The Oakland-based rapper has a penchant for delivering succinct and witty wordplay over hyphy production, as evidenced on “Watz Hattanin,” his collaboration with fellow veteran East Bay spitter Turf Talk. Benz will be celebrating the June release of his latest EP, DayDream Theory, with fellow Bay Area emcee Green Mischief. (TM)

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TAPPED BREW FEST

SV JEWISH MUSIC FESTIVAL

Sat, 7pm, $30-$55 Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose

Sun, 2pm, $4-$20 Addison-Penzak JCC, Los Gatos

The 2006 bro-comedy Beerfest was centered around a fantastical beerdrinking competition. In this veritable Olympiad of chugging, teams from all over the world gathered in Germany each year to face off in a tournament of college-style drinking games. By contrast, real beer festivals tend to be populated by a bunch of boring beardos—all bent on brewing up beer with as much hoppy bite as possible. Tapped Brew Fest is different. Sure, there’ll be plenty of high qual suds, but this carnival for quaffing will also feature live DJs, giant beer pong, corn hole, glow-inthe-dark Jenga and something called “energy flip cup.” Game on. (NV)

Branching off from the successful East Bay Jewish Musical Festival, the fifth annual Silicon Valley Jewish Musical Festival is back for another star-studded summer day. The fest is becoming known for its big gets.

Last year’s headliner was Matisyahu.

This year it’s the actress and singer Molly Ringwald—star of The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink.

The Roseville resident will sing jazz standards and hits by 20th century Jewish composers. Other musical guests include Jewish revival band Mostly Kosher, and children’s musician, Mister G. In addition to music, the festival will also feature activities for kids, multiple food vendors and local artisans. (TM)

ELECTRIC SIX Tue, 8pm, $13-$15 The Ritz, San Jose

It’s rumored that the Electric Six’s breakout hit, “Danger! (High Voltage),” features a backing vocal by none other than White Stripes leader Jack White. Listening to the song, it’s easy to understand why.

With his explosive delivery, Dick Valentine could easily serve as a stand-in for White—in a pinch.

Whatever the case, one thing is for sure: the Electric Six frontman is rather adept at deploying his gravelly vocal attack. His spastic style helps to propel his group’s amalgamation of disco, funk and punk into the stratosphere. The group is currently touring behind their latest effort, 2015’s Bitch, Don’t Let Me Die! (MH)

KENNY CHESNEY

Aug 6 at Levi’s Stadium

JACKSON BROWNE

Aug 16 at City National Civic

DEMI LOVATO & NICK JONAS Aug 18 at SAP Center

HEART, JOAN JETT & CHEAP TRICK

Aug 24 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY

Aug 29 at Mountain Winery

5 SECONDS OF SUMMER

Sep 2 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

COLDPLAY

Sep 3 at Levi’s Stadium

EVE 6

Sep 8 at The Ritz

COUNTING CROWS & ROB THOMAS

Sep 10 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

PROPHETS OF RAGE

Sep 13 at Shoreline Amphitheatre For music updates and contest giveaways, like us on Facebook at metrofb.com

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Soldier Science CURIOUS ROACH In ‘Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War,’ Oakland author Mary Roach explores the U.S. military’s ongoing crusade against battlefield casualties.

Science writer Mary Roach discusses her new book, ‘Grunt,’ at Kepler’s

BY TAD MALONE

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OR SOMEONE WHO has devoted the last two decades to investigating ghosts, cadavers and life on Mars, science writer Mary Roach is a surprisingly down-toearth woman. What's not surprising is that she is as witty in real life as she is in her books.

The Oakland-based author and humorist is known for a string of quirky, scientific investigations into the human body. Her best-known

and best-selling works include Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife; and Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex. In her newest book, Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War, Roach investigates a collection of U.S. military experiments—all of them designed to better understand the science of “keeping people alive and putting them back together.”

From the gut-churning, all-tooreal “maggot therapy” to recruiting disabled actors to help medics better understand how to work with amputees, Roach assembles a smorgasbord of weirdness in the fields of military science and field medicine.

Roach was initially inspired to write the book while reporting on the Indian defense ministry’s development of non-

lethal chili pepper bombs. “There they were doing all these surprising projects like a leech repellent,” she says, speaking to Metro by phone. “I had these moments thinking ‘military science might be Mary Roachable.’”

Indeed, in Grunt, Roach discovers more than the usual collection of strange, preposterous and utterly imaginative examples of military science in relation to the body. With her characteristic wit and style, Roach explores various ways the U.S. military tries to cut down on casualties. She shares the best practices for escaping from a sinking submarine, gives readers the lowdown on genital transplants and takes a deep dive into World War II-era shark repellents.

Besides running into classified files and waiting for delayed experiments, Roach notes that most of the hiccups in her research for Grunt stemmed from procedural red tape—an experience familiar to anyone who

has spent time in the military. It’s not that she was turned down, she explains. It’s just that “nobody would know who was the person with authority to sign off on things.”

While she is fully capable of limiting herself to the role of observer, Roach is anything but casual when it comes to her research. She is known for her willingness to become part of the experiments she is covering. She’s participated in all kinds of studies, including one where she and her husband had sex on top of a 3-D ultrasound imaging device.

“If I’m not going to immerse myself in a people and place, I’m not going to cover it,” she says.

Roach’s reputation precedes her, and the author acknowledges this has helped her gain access at times. When researching for Grunt, Roach’s hefty rolodex and celebrity helped her weave through the military’s bureaucratic minefield to find the unique contacts that ultimately informed the content of the book. “I wouldn’t say access was easy”, she says on finding and pursuing topics, “but people were really helpful and accommodating.”

In researching her books, Roach has been to all seven continents. While working on Grunt she visited a roster of U.S military bases and research centers including Camp Pendleton and the U.S. Army Labs near Natick, Massachusetts. The book also took her to the small east African nation of Djibouti, where she studied American ballistic missile submarines.

While chapter titles like “Feedback from the Fallen” and “What Doesn’t Kill You Will Make You Reek” are punchy and somewhat cheeky, Roach often strikes a more serious tone in Grunt. “Where it works, I’ll be funny”, Roach says. “With this book humor was not always appropriate, so it was more in the historical chapters or poking fun at myself being the clueless outsider.”

Grunt may be the most sober addition to Roach’s series of Curious, but the nature of the topic allows her to showcase the drive for compassion and safety even in the strangest of military experiments.

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BAT BOY THE MUSICAL

This hard rock musical drew inspiration from tabloid headlines based on a halfboy, half-bat creature that hung upside down in a cave outside of Hope Falls, West Virginia. Thru Jun 25. $18$28 Bus Barn Theater. Los Altos Stage Company. Los Altos.

THE WILD PARTY

Set when the Roaring ’20s were getting hoarse, two quick-tempered lovers, Queenie and Burns, throw a party where Queenie gets seduced by a man named Black and Burns gets a gun.

Thru Jul 10. $20-$50. The Stage. San Jose.

*concerts MUSIC AT THE MARKET

A hotbed of live jazz talent, organized by San Jose Jazz.

Every Fri, 7-9pm. San Pedro Square Market. San Jose.

OFF THE GRID

A rotating cast of food trucks and music acts characterize this weekly event. Sat. Free.

Computer History Museum.

Mountain View.

*opera CAFFE FRASCATI

Opera Night. First Friday of every month. San Jose.

*art MUSEUMS NUMU LOS GATOS

“Mitchell vs. Steinbeck.” Thru Oct 16. Los Gatos.

CANTOR ARTS CENTER

“Richard Diebenkorn: The Sketchbooks Revealed” Thru Aug 22. “Edward Hopper: New York Corner” Thru Aug 22.

Stanford.

DE SAISSET MUSEUM

California History Exhibit always on display. Santa Clara.

HISTORY PARK SAN JOSE “The Wireless Age: Electric Entrepreneurs before Silicon

BAT BOY The Los Altos Stage Company wraps up its production of this tabloid-inspired musical on Jun. 25.

Valley.” Thru Oct 27. “Tattooed and Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s History” Thru Dec 31. 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.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS & TEXTILES

“Blanket Statements” by Kaffe Fassett. Thru Jun 28.

San Jose.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART

“Border Cantos,” photographer Richard Misrach and experimental composer Guillermo Galindo combine mediums to explore the border. Thru Jul 31. “New Stories From the Edge of Asia” Tabaimo blends reality and make-believe. Thru Aug 21. Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm, closed Mon. San Jose.

TRITON MUSEUM OF ART

“Primary Structures/ California Classicist” by David Ligare. “Lorraine Lawson” Thru Aug 21. Santa Clara.

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

GALLERY HOUSE

“Paintings and Photographs of Maura Carta & Bill Shupp.”

Thru Jun 30. Palo Alto.

HIGHER FIRE CLAYSPACE

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

San Jose.

KALEID GALLERY

One Thousand Thousand: The First Third Retrospective by Jason McHenry. San Jose.

MACLA

“Code Mixing” From Concrete to Canvas.”Thru Aug 14. San Jose.

MAIN GALLERY

“Summer-ized” bright, breezy works. Thru Jun 26. Redwood City.

PALO ALTO ART CENTER

“Fired Up: Monumental Clay” Ceramics on the Grand scale Thru Aug 28.

SAN JOSE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART

GALLERIES

“NextNewPaper,” “This is Not a Book: Chapter 2.” Thru Sep 18. “Mary Ellen Bartley: Looking Between the Covers.”

Thru Sep 4. San Jose.

ART ARK GALLERY

SEEING THINGS GALLERY

“Wildlife Beyond Borders.”

Starting Jun 17. San Jose.

ART BOUTIKI

Monthly Midtown Beat Show.

San Jose.

BRUNI GALLERY

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

“Onshore Winds, Offshore Accounts” by Martin Machado. Thru Jul 15. San Jose.

TECHSHOP SAN JOSE

Daily Classes offered on Art and Technology. San Jose.

WORKS SAN JOSE

Pieces from benefit art auction. San Jose.

MAJESTIC MURAL Local artist and musician Ben Henderson has added a significant touch of color to downtown San Jose with his new Good Karma mural.

Karmic Creation SAN JOSE’S LATEST piece of public art has made a much-loved downtown cafe one of the most visually striking buildings on S. First Street.

Artist and musician Ben Henderson’s new poster-art inspired mural should serve to draw more customers to the already popular Good Karma.

A combination vegan cafe and craft brewery, Good Karma has become something of a local institution since it first opened—known for its prime people-watching patio, tasty vegan fare and artisanal brews.

“We’ve been talking about it for a couple years, but only in the last few months did the wheels start moving,” Henderson says of his new 30foot by 18-foot mural. Melding the aesthetics of art nouveau and rock & roll poster art, the piece is a multilayered exploration of earthy themes.

Keeping in line with Good Karma owner Ryan Anderson’s love of nature, the piece expresses a story of growth in stark blues, whites and greens. Two verdant columns, topped by flowers of hops, flank the building, while the top of the edifice features a line of trees and a radiant moonrise.

Although local artist Henderson works in multiple mediums artistically, he is best known for his letter-work and sign-painting. On the music side, he plays guitar and sings for local psychedelic folk band Brother Grand as well as producing music as a solo artist.

One may not know it, but chances are you’ve already seen Henderson’s graphic work on many downtown signs, including Cafe Stritch and stores inside San Pedro Market. “It’s been my bread and butter for awhile now,” he says.

Henderson reckons that this is his first truly public mural. To complete the detailed piece he enlisted friends and fellow San Jose artists Lacey Bryant and Drew Roulette. If done individually, Henderson estimates the piece would have taken him at least a month. “We had to work magic as quickly as possible,” he says.

Impressed by the number of murals that continue to crop up in San Francisco, Henderson was grateful for the opportunity to bring some more color and purposeful design to the streets of San Jose. “I was really happy to be able to introduce a storefront like that here,” he says— “especially for a good friend like Good Karma.”—Tad Malone

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Servant Trouble LOVE AND WORK Humanity’s basest drives clash with polite society in Benoit Jacquot’s adaptation of ‘Diary of a Chambermaid,’ starring Lea Seydoux.

Lea Seydoux smoulders in the latest film adaptation of ‘Diary of a Chambermaid’

BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

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NSOLENCE VERSUS INJUSTICE is the theme of Octave Mirbeau’s novel, Diary of a Chambermaid.

As adapted by director and co-writer Benoit Jacquot, it’s a bracingly nasty piece of work, contrasting brutishness at the bottom and condescension from the top.

Jacquot previously directed star Lea Seydoux in somewhat similar material, Farewell My Queen. She’s the movie’s real raison d’etre. Seydoux has impressed in films as different as Spectre and Blue is the Warmest Color,

but Jacquot was one of the first to understand Seydoux’s fascinating sullenness, and to appreciate those gunfighter eyes: when Seydoux glares at someone, you think of Lee Van Cleef in a spaghetti western. And Jacquot has the budget to make this version authentic to the 1890s, when the Dreyfus affair was setting France through a round of Jew-hating panic.

Mirbeau was a muckraker in his way—his novel Sebastian Roche, filmed recently, was a very early account of priestly sexual abuse. Despite the oohla-la title of Diary, it’s in some respects a continuation of Flaubert’s work.

Mirbeau ladles on the vinegar while differentiating cozy, romantic notions of country life from the narrow minds, schemers and swine who dwell in the hinterlands.

After making the honorable choice between being a maid and being a whore, Seydoux’s Celestine takes a bumpy, third-class train to work for the Lanlaires. M. Lanlaire (Herve Pierre) is a damp letch; his spouse (Clotildes Mollet), a wheedling tyrant. The job includes chamberpot scrubbing and running endless errands assigned by the mistress of the house.

The house’s other servant—the gentle, dull and obese Marianne (Melodie Valemberg)—has been molested by M. Lanlaire. Shared confidences between the maids show us the human warmth hiding in Celestine, which has been driven underground by misfortune and sexual harassment.

As Celestine negotiates her way between her two bosses, she becomes interested in the tough gardener Joseph (Vincent Lindon). He’s an out and out bastard; he writes antiSemitic newspaper propaganda on behalf of the local clergy. And he may have even darker habits.

Right next door is the Lanlaire’s

cracked neighbor, an old Bonapartist known as the Captain. He’s played by the Eli Wallach-ish Patrick d’Assumcao—it’s a part Burgess Meredith played in the 1946 Jean Renoir version, which Meredith scripted. The Captain’s large and untidy garden is meant to recall Monet’s “Giverny,” and the Captain is whimsical enough to eat flowers snatched off the plant. Still, he has a vicious streak that pops out like a jack-in-the-box. Warning: this movie is rough on animals; in a later scene, a pair of dogs are shot, likely to encourage their replacements to be more vigilant against prowlers.

It wasn’t indecent haste to revisit the source material; truth is, I’ve never seen a bad movie version of Diary, despite the drastic range of styles in the adaptations. It’s juicy material. Renoir’s version was saucy, tart and genial. The 1964 Luis Buñuel film, updated from 1900 to the Depression, made Joseph’s evil even more explicit—we saw the corpse of a girl Joseph may or may not have snuffed, dead, with snails crawling up her thighs. (A spilled basket was nearby; the girl had been gathering the snails for supper.)

The gastropods were too much for Jacquot, but the famous moment of a sex toy buzzing away unseen in Buñuel’s Belle du Jour may be referenced with the incident here of an ivory dildo discovered by customs agents. Movie directors are simultaneously more explicit and less explicit than they were a half-century ago.

The flashbacks are over-sudden— it’s as if they’re only there to have something to cut to—but Jacquot’s elegant malice makes this work. We get on Celestine’s wavelength: we don’t have any backhanded sympathy for Madame Lanlaire when she weeps great hawking sobs, having discovered her house plundered of its second-rate treasures.

Like the ugly antiques Mme. Lanlaire hoarded, yesterday’s exposees inevitably look a little nostalgic.

Jacquot keeps all necessary dirt here, however smoothed by Bruno Coulais’ Chopin-like soundtrack and the cold, post-Impressionist colors in which the creamy whites have curdled.

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(1988) Katsuhiro Otomu’s pioneering anime never recovered its money on its initial release, but its influence persists to this day—it was much imitated on both sides of the Pacific.

Tetsuo, a biker in the radioactive post World War 3 ruins of Tokyo, is accidentally enveloped into a government scheme to recreate an ultimate android-weapon.

The climax takes place in Tokyo’s Olympic stadium—a place of great significance, according to Clement and McCarthy’s Anime Encyclopedia: the Olympic village was started up for a 1940 summer Olympics and was postponed by the Second World War (plans included bringing the torch from Nazi Germany via Messerschmitt aircraft). The Japanese picked up where they left off for the 1964 Olympiad. The theme of destruction and rebirth is rich amid the futuristic action here. (Plays Jun. 23 at 9:30pm and Jun. 25 at midnight at Camera 3, San Jose.) (RvB)

THE LOBSTER

An Ionesco-like absurdist parable.

Some smooth yet totalitarian government of a near-future insists on coupling up its citizens. The sad-sack David (Colin Farrell) walls up at a rainy, clinical hotel where the residents get only a short time to find a mate for life. If they don’t, they endure some sort of mysterious reverse Dr. Moreau surgery that will turn them into an animal of their pick.

(David chooses a lobster.) Greece’s Yorgos (Dogtooth) Lanthimos assembled an impressive cast for this speculative fiction tale, with Rachel Weisz as the love object David meets too late, and John C. Reilly (with an Elmer Fudd accent) as another forlorn intern. It’ll be loved and hated, sometimes by the same people. But it’s distinctive. There hasn’t ever been such a sharp film about the endless pressure on singletons to hook up.

(Camera Cinemas.) (RvB)

THE NICE GUYS

A pair of searchers team up: a morose, portly professional armbreaker 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

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in the picture, since other female characters just drop by. 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. 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)

PSYCHOTRONIX FILM FESTIVAL

Eerie children’s programs, commercials for extinct and bizarre merchandise, a performance by sinister marionettes, 16mm reels of flabbergasting oddities—all made by people who once had hopes and dreams, and families to support.

People just like you. They strutted and fretted their hours away on some lonely sound stage. If you can’t stop snickering at the quaintness, that’s on your conscience, Mr. or Ms. Sophisticated. I really hope you sleep well. I really do. (Plays Jun 25 at 7pm in Los Altos Hills at Foothill College, Room 5015. Arrive early; bring $3 for parking.) (RvB)

EAST MEETS WEST Documentarians visit an Indian guru and leave with more questions than when they started.

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TO EACH HIS OWN/ THE GREAT GARRICK

IF A DOCUMENTARY is worth anything, it will display mixed feelings about its subject. That being the case, I’m not completely sure how totally beguiled the directors of Gurukulam might be by their tour of an ashram in the mountains of Tamil Nadu, in rural southern India.

The presiding guru Dayananda Saraswati is elderly, requiring the support of a pair of acolytes when he gets around. Co-producers and directors Neil Dalal and Jillian Elizabeth had fine access; Saraswati pays no attention to the camera, or anything but his reading, as he’s having his saffron-colored socks changed by a helper. On a trip to purify a temple, the guru meets with farmers whose fields are being invaded by elephants, beasts they’ve been trying to pray away. Saraswati gifts them with dried beans, a gift that underwhelms them as it would underwhelm an American.

Since the ashrams' teachings include Sanskrit grammar, not everything the Guru says can be easily grasped; maybe he was most lucid during a sermon delivered to a group of children. “Work when you work, play when you play … if you want to be a good person, have good thoughts.”

Inarguable. Inarguable, that is, yet

(1946/1937) Olivia de Havilland as an unwed mother, reunited in post-war London with the son she gave up for adoption—John Lund plays the part of both the father and the adopted son. De Havilland took home the Oscar after two years on suspension from Warner Brothers for refusing to take roles that didn’t interest her. And she surely won the Oscar not just for the delicacy of her acting but for the gratitude of her fellow actors. BILLED WITH The Great Garrick. In this rare film by James Whale (Bride of Frankenstein), a group of Comedie Francaise actors hear a rumor that the greatest English actor of the day, David Garrick (Brian Aherne) is coming to France “to teach the French to act.”

Garrick is travelling to Paris with his valet (Edward Everett Horton) and so the Parisian actors lay in wait for him at a country inn. That’s when a young girl (De Havilland) turns up at the Inn and is mistakenly considered to be part of the prank. Whale made fluff—quite a lot of it—but there’s always something intense lurking underneath the surface of this ex-POW’s films, and it’d be worth watching to see what sort of edge he brings out on the material. (Plays Jun 24-26 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

dismaying to hear the same futile “I must not think bad thoughts” advice most of us got as children.

Working when they work, as it were, the Gurukulam unidentified devotees shimmy up coconut Not Rated: trees, clean dishware, 108 Mins. and sweep the pathways Camera 3, San Jose with handleless brooms.

It’s unclear how much of a contrast the filmmakers intend between the life of the mind and the labor carried out by the people who keep the ashram humming.

What Gurukulam does well is encourage that daydream—part Elizabeth Gilbert, part Doctor Strange comics—of dropping out to the East. Gurukulam is a lovely ashram: 14 acres on a mountain top, with peacocks. The appeal is best explained to us by a former psychology professor who gave up on the West to live his life as a disciple of Saraswati for more than a decade.

Ultimately besotted with the subject, the camera grows passive, encouraging the hierarchal approach to enlightenment, and the kind of wishful thinking that tries to pray away elephants.

—Richard von Busack

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How Blue Can You Get GOLDEN STATE PLAYERS The California Honeydrops headline this year’s Fountain Blues Festival in Plaza de Cesar Chavez in San Jose.

Fountain Blues Fest celebrates 35 years of American music

BY STACY TORRES

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F ALL THE incredible blues performances Dan Ross has seen in his time, there is one he will never forget.

“It was just fantastic when John Lee Hooker came out and basically rocked 3,000 people with his boot,” Ross says, recalling one of the two times

the blues legend performed at the Fountain Blues Festival in San Jose.

It was the mid-’80s, and Ross was a 19-year-old San Jose State University student intent on helping build a blues festival for his alma mater. He couldn’t possibly have known back then that the Fountain Blues Festival would go on to become one of San Jose’s best known music festivals.

Not even Ted Gehrke, who was serving as faculty advisor to Ross and the rest of SJSU’s Associated Students—the student-run

organization that pushed to start the festival—realized what they had set in motion. “Never in [his] wildest dreams” did Gehrke think the Fountain Blues Festival would grow like it has.

The Associated Students started the Fountain Blues Festival in 1981.

According to Gehrke, the students chose to focus on blues because of its mass appeal and because of budget constraints: hiring blues musicians was cheaper than pop or rock artists.

For the first 25 years, even though the festival was free, Gehrke, Ross and others still managed to book top talent—like Hooker, Buddy Guy and Bo Diddley.

The festival did suffer some slow years. Heavy rain forced organizers

to reschedule the festival in 1994 and the whole show was nearly halted in 1997 because of financial troubles. However, just like the music it presents, the festival proved tough to kill.

Organizers started charging festival goers in 2005. That same year, they booked Etta James, who undoubtedly helped ticket sales.

That year’s Fountain Blues Festival sold out fast.

Today, the fest is produced by the non-profit Fountain Blues Foundation. The foundation is composed of 14 volunteer board members, with Gehrke as president and some of the same 1981 individuals who were a part of the Associated Students team that organized the first

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Fountain Blues Festival, including Ross. Coming into its 35th year, organizers expect to draw between 3,000 and 5,000 people from all over the South Bay and beyond.

Looking into the future, Fountain Blues Foundation member Amy Anderson says the goal of the festival remains the same as always—but with a twist.

The mission of the Fountain Blues Festival has always been to preserve the history of blues. However, Anderson says, the foundation is currently looking at ways of drawing new listeners into the fold, which means including a variety of artists and bands with different backgrounds—not just the blues.

“We’re trying to diversify the music to broaden the audience,” Anderson says, noting that younger listeners might not even realize how much the popular music they have grown up listening to is influenced by the blues.

As Ross puts it: “It’s a blues festival, but it’s really an American music festival.”

This year's headliners are The California Honeydrops. Known for their energetic and engaging performances, The California Honeydrops play a mixture of R&B, funk, Delta blues and Southern soul. Their impressive repertoire of performances includes festivals like Outside Lands, Monterey Jazz and High Sierra.

Returning to the festival this year is Otis Taylor. Known for songs “Nasty Letter” and his version of “Hey Joe,” Taylor has played the Fountain Blues Festival twice before—in 2004 and 2010—and Anderson describes him as “Jimi Hendrix on the banjo.” Taylor’s somber lyrics and stories capture the purest and most authentic form of the blues.

Opening the event is the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir. The awardwinning choir was founded in 1986 at a gospel music workshop at Living Jazz’s Jazz Camp West.

The festival still keeps close ties to SJSU by including a side stage where students from SJSU and area high schools showcase performances.

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Benofficial. Every Fri: DJ Radio Raheem. Every Sat: DJ Ready Rock. San Jose.

CAFE STRITCH Wed, Jun 29, 9pm: DJ Mighty Hannibal, DJ Fabio Y2K, DJ Matt G. San Jose.

THE CARAVAN Every Tue: DJ Music (goth, industrial, ’80s). San Jose.

CARDIFF LOUNGE 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. Sun, Jun 26, 8pm: Dub Step Nights.

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CHARLEY'S LG Sat, PUB Jun DATE: 25, 7pm: DJ Shaffy.

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C&J’S SPORTS BAR Every Fri & Sat: Live Music or ISSUE NUMBER: DJ. Santa Clara.

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THE CATS BRIT ARMS ALMADEN Every Thu: DJ Maniakal. San Jose.

BRITANNIA ARMS DOWNTOWN Every Wed: Karaoke with Neebor. Every Thu: DJ

Wed, Jun 22, 7pm: Bi Polar Bears. Thu, Jun 23, 7pm: Aftermath. Fri, Jun 24, 8pm: Phil and The Blanks. Sat, Jun 25, 8pm: Tinman. Thu, June 30, 7pm: Sound Decision. Los Gatos.

CITY NATIONAL CIVIC Fri, Jul 8, 7pm: Soulstice Fest.

San Jose.

COURTHOUSE SQUARE Fri, Jun 24, 6pm: Mustache Harbor. Redwood City.

DANA STREET COFFEE Every 2nd Mon, 7pm: Ukulele Jam. Mountain View.

DOWNTOWN SUNNYVALE Wed, Jun 22, 5:30pm: BustaGroove!. Wed, Jun 29, 5:30pm: Sage. Wed, Jul 6, 5:30pm: Rebel Yell. Wed, Jul 13, 5:30pm: The Retromaniax. Sunnyvale.

EAST COAST ALICE Sat, Jun 25, 8pm: Paul Kent.

Fri, Jul 1, 8pm: Johnny Reason.

Fri, Jul 8, 8pm: Joel Nelson.

Sat, Jul 9, 8pm: Steve Siacotos.

Saratoga

FOX THEATRE Sat, Jun 25, 8pm: Buckethead.

Redwood City.

JOHNNY V’S Every Mon: Gangster rap, rock, metal with Ben B and Sean Blak. Every Tues: Hip Hop, EDM with Sean Blak and guests.

Every Wed: Ben B and DJ Test.

Thur, Jun 23: DJ Carlos C and Rogcon. Fri, Jun 24, Hip Hop Show hosted by Sean Black.

San Jose.

MARIANI'S Fri-Sat: Live Music. Santa Clara.

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SAN JOSE’S NEW ORLEANS JOINT!

poorhousebistro.com Sat. June 25 Fountain Blues Afterparty 9:30 Delgado Brothers + guests!

Tonite Wed. June 22 • 6-9pm Blues & $2 Brews w/ Ron Thompson & Sid Morris Featuring: Discretion Brewing Co.

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Sports Bar & Banquet Room Happy Hour Apps, Grub Hub Orders, Paint Nite

Mon: Trivia Tues: Quarter Drinks!

Wed & Thurs: 2 for 1 Dinners!

LIVE MUSIC WED NIGHT

KARAOKE THURS-SUN

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OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK

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SAMMY VARELA'S BLUES ALL STARS

FRI 6/24: LISA MANN'S BLUES BAND 6-10PM

GAIL DOBSON GROUP jazz vocalist Metro Ad, Wed. 06/22

10 Soft Tip Dart Boards

Pool Tables • Jukebox

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SATURDAY, JUNE 25th LIVE MUSIC HANGOUT | 2pm to 3:30pm

REN GEISICK soulful / R&B / jazz vocalist COVER CHARGE $15 | 7:30pm

SHOWING ALL SPORTS!

SUNDAY, JULY 3rd ANTON SCHWARTZ GROUP

9:30PM - THE DELGADO BROTHERS

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SUN 6/26: SCHOOL OF BLUES STUDENT JAM 2-6PM

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SAT 6/25: JOHN BLUES BOYD BAND 5-9PM

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THUR 6/23: CHEF RAMON'S BLUES W/ 5-9PM

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06/23 BERNER/ KOOL JOHN 07/02 THE PATH TO NORTHERN NIGHTS LAFA TAYLOR FREE 07/09 KUNG FU VAMPIRE 07/20 P-LO/ NOODLES 07/21 TOXIC SUMMER/ MUST DIE! 07/24 BELANOVA 07/25 STEEL PULSE 07/29 THE EXPANDERS/ THRIVE FREE 07/30 SHWAYZE/ WILDCARD 08/02 PROTOJE & THE INDIGGNATION 08/04 ATLAS GENIUS/ BEAR HANDS 08/11 KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS 08/13 GALACTIC 08/25 POUYA/ GERM/ RAMIREZ 08/28 X/ MIKE WATT & THE SECONDMEN 09/04 THE WHITE PANDA 09/07 THE ZOMBIES

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HAPPY HOUR M-F 3:30-6PM

JURE PUKL The Slovenian saxophonist brings his jazzy tunes to Cafe Stritch on June 23.

All the games

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Great Food 1235 OAKMEAD PARK• SUNNYVALE FAULTLINEBREWING.COM

28 MOJO LOUNGE Most Fri/Sat: Live Music. Every Sun, 8pm: Acoustic Jam. Every Tue, 8pm: Aki Kumar’s Band.

Every Thurs: DJ Mist. Fremont.

MOUNTAIN WINERY Thu, Jun 23 and Fri, Jun 24, 7:30: Chicago with Rita Wilson. Sun, Jun 26, and Thu Jun 30, 7:30pm: The Roots. Saratoga.

THE BEST BAR IN TOWN FOR LIVE MUSIC

NOMIKAI Fri, Jun 24: DJ Dluzion. Sat, Jun 25: DJ Drift and Grubber.

San Jose.

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.

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12 Beers on Tap Full Bar • Hot Spot DirecTV• Pool Open 7 Days 11:30am-2am QUARTER NOTE BAR & GRILL 1214 Apollo Way, Sunnyvale 408-732-2110 • Quarternote.com

Every Wed: J.C. Jam. Thu, Jun 23, 8pm: Kid Dynamite. Fri, Jun 24, 8pm: Touch N Go. Sat, Jun 25, 8pm: Konsept Party Band. Los Gatos.

THE QUARTER NOTE Every Mon: Live Music Jam with Kimberley’s Band. Every Wed: Live Music Jam Funk. Every Thu: Jam Funk with Vicious Groove.

Sunnyvale.

RED ROCK COFFEE Fri, Jun 24, 8pm: Jake Wichman featuring Israel Sanchez and Mardi Morillo. Mountain View.

THE RITZ Every Wed, 8pm: Ritchie Dagger’s Crime Time. Thu, Jun 23, 8pm: Creep (All ’90s) with DJ Basura. Fri, Jun 24, 8pm: New Wave Prom. Sat,

Jun 25, 8pm: Club Satori. Tue, Jun 28, 8pm: Electric Six, In The Whale.

San Jose.

SAN PEDRO SQUARE MARKET Thu, Jun 23, 6:30pm: Burroughs Brothers Band, Joy Bonner Sonic. Sat, Jun 25, 7pm: Given To Fly Band. Sun, Jun 26, 1pm: Diminished Blue Duo. San Jose.

SAP CENTER Thu, Jul 14, 8pm: Sting and Peter Gabriel. San Jose.

SHORELINE AMPHITHEATRE Thu, Jun 28: Flight of the Conchords. Mountain View.

WOODHAMS LOUNGE First and Second Fri, 9:30pm: Live PRO Jam. Third and Fourth Fri: Live bands. Santa Clara.

Jazz/Blues/ World AGAVE Every Thu: Banda La Unica.

Every Fri, 6:30pm: Mariachi Mariachismo, 9:30pm DJ Norman.

Every Sat: Las Mejores Bandas De La Bahia. Every Sun: 4pm-8pm: Edith Del Sol. San Jose.

AGENDA LOUNGE Every Wed, 8pm: Salsa. Every Thu, 9pm: Banda Night. Every Sun: Reggae Night. San Jose.

ANGELICA’S BISTRO Every Tue: Jazz Tuesdays and Open Mic Night. Wed, Jun 22: Rick Ferguson, 7:30pm Carolee & FlashDrive. Thu Jun 23, 7:30pm:

Will Russ Jr & The Force of Will Band. Fri, Jun 24, 8:30pm: Camino Flamencos. Sat, Jun 25, 8:00pm: “Dating Chronicles” by Fuse Theatre. Sun Jun 26, 7:30pm: Lies My Mother Told Me-Jacquie McCarley. Redwood City.

ART BOUTIKI

Sat Jun 25, 7:30pm-11:00pm: Wallace (CD Release Show), The Frenzys, Tone in Georgia, The Kelps. San Jose.

BLUE NOTE LOUNGE Every Tue, 8:30pm:Tuesday Night Blues. Every Sun: Jazz or Blues. Milpitas.

BLUE ROCK SHOOT Every Thu: Open Mic. Every Fri: Blue Rock Showcase. Every Sat: Live Featured Show. Every Sun: Jazz & Blues Jam. Saratoga.

BRANHAM LOUNGE Every Sun, 10pm: Sunday Mass w/ Rev. Sean Blak. Every Mon: Mad Mondays Industry Night with DJ Sean Blak. Every Tue, 10pm: Irie Nights w/ DJ Hi Grade and Friends. San Jose.

CAFE STRITCH Every Wed: Wax Wednesday: All Vinyl DJ Sets. Thu, Jun 24, 8:30pm: Jure Pukl. Fri, Jun 24, 8:30pm: The SJZ Jazz Camp Faculty Group. Sat, Jun 25, 8:30pm: Marcos Varela Quartet featuring Joe Santa Maria.

Every Sun: Eulipions Jazz Jam Session. San Jose.

CAFFE FRASCATI Every Tue, 7pm: Open Mic Night.

Every Wed, 7:30pm: Commedia Comedy Night, Sat Jun 25, 8pm: Sufani and Master G. San Jose..

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This Friday, June 24, In San Jose!

Buddy’s is sponsoring an exclusive VIP area for it’s patients at this Friday’s Los Lobos concert in downtown San Jose!

We’ll have capacity for 250 people right near the stage, and your $7 donation will include: - FREE admission to the event! (Reg.$10) - FREE access to Buddy’s VIP area!

- FREE beer - Blue Moon and Lagunita’s IPA! - FREE wine - Cabernet Sauvignon and Chardonnay!

- FREE food sponsored by Chacho’s Restaurant!

We’ll also have for your pleasure a large canopy for shade, lots of chairs, bar tables and an exclusive restroom area!

WHEN: Friday, June 24, from 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

WHERE: Plaza de Cesar Chavez Park, San Jose.

HOW: Drop by Buddy’s anytime between now and Friday at 3:00 p.m. to get your $7 bracelet! FIRST COME/FIRST SERVED!

ALL ticket proceeds will be donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank!

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Mountain View.

Thu, Jun 23: Chicago. Fri, Jun 24: Rita Wilson. Sat, Jun 25: case/ lang/veirs and Andy Shauf. Sun, Jun 26: The Roots. Saratoga.

Every Sun 4pm: Music Jam with Terry Hiatt and Brett Brown.

Every Wed: Kevy Nova and Friends. Every Thu: WhiskeyHill Billys. Fri, Jun 24: High & Tight.

Woodside.

MURPHY’S LAW

RODEO CLUB

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MOUNTAIN WINERY CAFE PINK HOUSE Every Sat, 2pm-3:30pm: Saturday Coffee Time Music. Fri Jun 24, 7:30pm: Gail Dobson Group. Sat Jun 25, 7:30pm: Ren Geisick. San Jose.

CASCAL

all ages welcome EVERY WEDNESDAY 9PM - 1AM

Wax Wednesday: All Vinyl DJ Night

G | P | S | J | I  NEEDLE TO THE GROOVE/WAX  POETICS + GHOST & THE CITY

Downbeat 8:30pm ( unless noted ) THUR 23 Jure Pukl Quartet FRI 24 SJZ Jazz Camp

Faculty Group SAT 25 Marcos Varela Quartet THUR 30 Closed for a Private Party F

SAVE AUGUST 4-7, 2016 FOURTH ANNUAL THE RAHSAANATHON WITH STEVE TURRE, DATE JAMES CARTER, & MORE DETAILS TO COME E J J SUNDAYS 7 PM T S

374 South First Street | San Jose | cafestritch.com

Every Fri & Sat: Live Music.

Mountain View.

CHARLEY'S LG Every Thu: Karaoke Night. Every Fri: Live Music. Fri Jun 24, 7pm: Mike Drew Country Band and VJ Iceman. Sat Jun 25, 7pm: Summer Fling with DJ Shaffy. Los Gatos.

Every Mon: Monday Night Blues Jam. Fri, Jun 24: Emphatics. Sat, Jun 25: Aftermath. Sunnyvale.

O’FLAHERTY’S Every Tue, 6:30pm: Irish Seisiún.

San Jose.

POOR HOUSE BISTRO Every Wed: Blues & Brews w/ Sid Morris & Ron Thompson.

San Jose.

CITY NATIONAL CIVIC Fri Jul 8th, 7pm: Soulstice. Sun Jul 10, 7pm: Valy US Tour 2016.

San Jose.

CLUB FOX Every Wed: Club Fox Blues Jam. Every Fri: Salsa Spot. Thu Jun 23, 8:30pm: DeadPhish Orchestra.

Sat Jun 25, 9pm: Swamphammer.

Redwood City.

CUPERTINO MEMORIAL PARK Every Sat through Jul 14: 2016 Concert Series. Cupertino.

HEDLEY CLUB AT HOTEL DE ANZA Every 1st and 3rd Wed: Jazz Jam. San Jose.

HUKILAU

PIONEER SALOON

SAM'S BBQ Wed, Jun 22, 6pm: Loganville.

Tue, Jun 28, 6pm: Slide Road.

San Jose.

SAN PEDRO SQUARE MARKET Thu, Jun 23, 6:30pm: Burroughs Brothers Band, Joy Bonner Sonic. Sat, Jun 25, 7pm: Given To Fly Band. Sun, Jun 26, 1pm: Diminished Blue Duo. San Jose.

SMOKING PIG BBQ Fri, Jun 24, 9pm: Lydia Pense and Cold Blood. Sat, Jun 25, 9pm: CISUM. Fremont.

ST. STEPHENS GREEN

Thu, Jun 30, 7pm: Brodie Stewart Band, Toree McGee, Ryan Scripps, Chris Giles. San Jose.

THE SADDLE RACK Every Wed, 7:30pm: West Coast Swing. Thu, Jun 23 and Sat, Jun 25: Rob Tracy Band. Fri, Jun 25, 7:15pm: California Cowboys. Fremont.

SAM’S BBQ Wed, Jun 22, 6pm: Loganville.

Tue, Jun 28, 6pm: Slide Road.

San Jose.

Open Mic/ Comedy ANGELICA’S BISTRO Every Tue: Open Mic Tuesdays.

Redwood City.

BACK BAR Every Wed, 9pm: Open mic.

San Jose.

BLUE ROCK SHOOT Thu, 7pm: Musical open mic.

San Jose.

CAFFE FRASCATI Every Wed, 7:30pm: Commedia Comedy Night. Every Tue, 7pm: Open mic. San Jose.

Fri-Sat, 8pm: Hawaiian music.

San Jose.

Every Tue, 7:30pm: Irish music.

Fourth Sat, 10pm: Latin Party Night. Mountain View.

JJ’S BLUES

FLIGHT WINE & FOOD

Fri, 9pm, Sat, 7pm and 9:15pm: Comedy Sportz. San Jose.

Fri, Jun 24, 6pm: Given to Fly. Cupertino.

CARAVAN

Every Tue: MikeB Interactive Jam. Wed-Sun: Live Music. Every Fri: Latin Rock Nights. San Jose.

LITTLE LOU’S BBQ Every Sun: Jazz or Pro Jam. Tue Jun 21, 7pm: Nineteen: The Quartet. Wed Jun 22, 7pm: Scott Goldberg Pro Jam. Every Thu, 7:30pm: Aki’s Blues Jam. Fri Jun 24, 8pm: Ladee Chico. Sat Jun 25, 8pm: Evan Thomas. Campbell.

Tue Jun 28, 7pm: Bi Polar Bears.

San Jose.

LOUISIANA BISTRO Every Thu, 7pm: Yellow Bulb Sessions. San Jose.

THE MOJO LOUNGE Every Tue, 8pm: Aki Kumar’s Blues Jam. Fremont.

MOROCCO’S Every Tue, 4pm: Live Acoustic Music. Every Wed, Thu, Fri, and Sat, 5pm: Belly dancing.

C&W/Folk DANA STREET COFFEE Every 2nd Mon, 7pm: Ukulele Jam. Mountain View.

CHARLEY'S LG Fri, Jun 24, 8pm: Mike Drew Country Band and VJ Iceman.

Los Gatos.

MISSION PIZZA Thu, Jun, 23 and Thur, Jun 30, 7pm: Mill Creek Ramblers. Fri, Jun 24, 7pm: Stragglyrs. Sat, Jun 25, 7pm: Beargrass Creek. Fremont.

ORCHARD VALLEY COFFEE Every Thu: Acoustics Music Nights. Every Fri & Sat: Acoustics/Bands Music Nights.

Campbell.

CAMERA 3

Every Wed: The Caravan Lounge Comedy Show with host Mr. Walker. San Jose.

CITY ESPRESSO Fri, 7pm: Open mic. San Jose.

CITY NATIONAL CIVIC Sun, Jul 24, 8pm: “Weird Al” Yankovic. Thu, Jul 28, 8pm: Jim Jefferies. San Jose.

IMPROV Wed, Jun 22, 8pm: Eric Schwartz. Thu, Jun 23- Jun25: Michael Blackson. Tue, Jun 28, 8pm: Bad Influence Burlesques. San Jose.

PHILZ COFFEE Mon, 7pm: Open mic. Free.

San Jose.

POOR HOUSE BISTRO Tue, 6pm: Open mic. San Jose.

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performs at The Improv on June 24.

RED ROCK COFFEE CO.

BRIT ARMS CUPERTINO

THE HUDDLE

Mon, Jun 27, 7pm: Open Mic Night. Mountain View.

Sun-Tue, 10pm: Karaoke.

Cupertino.

Wed-Thu and Sun, 9pm: Karaoke.

Fremont.

ROOSTER T. FEATHERS

BRIT ARMS DOWNTOWN

KATIE BLOOM’S

Wed, Jun 22, 8pm: New Talent Showcase. Thu, Jun 23, 8pm: Jason Resler. Thur, Jun 24- Sun, Jun 26, 8pm: Alex Edelman.

Sunnyvale.

Every Wed: Karaoke w/ Neebor.

San Jose.

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

THE CARAVAN

KING OF CLUBS

Sun: Sunday Fun Day Karaoke with KJ Matt. Mon: Mandatory Monday Karaoke with KJ Nik. San Jose.

Thu, Sun, Mon, 8:30pm: KOR Karaoke. Mountain View.

Karaoke 7 BAMBOO 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.

THE BEARS Fri, 9pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

RAIL CLUB

NORMANDY HOUSE LOUNGE

Thu, 10pm: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

COURT’S LOUNGE Mon, Thu & Sat, 9:30pm: Karaoke.

Campbell.

DASILVA’S BRONCOS

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

BLUE MAX

DIVE BAR Wed, 9:30pm: Karaoke. San Jose.

EFFIE’S RESTAURANT Wed-Thu: Karaoke. Campbell.

Thu, 8pm: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

Fri-Sat, 10pm: Karaoke. Santa Clara.

Wed-Sun 9pm: Karaoke.

Sunnyvale.

Tue, 9pm: Karaoke with TJ The DJ. Sunnyvale.

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

RED STAG LOUNGE

Saturday at 7pm & Sunday at 1pm

Eat, drink, shop & listen to live music all in one place.

ICE COLD BEER

Nightly Karaoke, 9pm-1:30am.

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By AMY ALKON

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I’m increasingly frustrated by your views that women are attracted to men with status or wealth and don’t care much about men’s looks. Personally, I’m not attracted by men’s status or wealth, and I’m very aroused by gorgeous naked men—as are many women. Granted, women thousands of years ago were forced to rely on men for security, but there’s been something called “evolution.” Women don’t need men to survive anymore. Consequently, women are experiencing a discovery of their real libido, which is greatly stimulated by the vision of beautiful male bodies.—Modern Woman If women truly prioritized men’s looks like you say, Victoria’s Secret would be raking in the bucks with a companion chain of sexy undies stores for men.

However, Victor’s Secret, if any, remains pretty simple: “Turn ’em inside out and you can wear ’em another day.”

You are right, “there’s been something called ‘evolution.’” Unfortunately, psychological change takes a little longer than you think—you’re only off by maybe a few million years.

As evolutionary psychologists Leda Cosmides and John Tooby explain, we’re living in modern times with a “stone age mind.” By this, they mean that the genes right now driving our psychology and behavior were molded by (and are still largely adapted for) mating and survival problems in the hunter-gatherer environment millions of years ago.

We do continue to evolve. For example, over the 10,000 years since humans started dairy farming, some of us eventually developed the physiology to digest lactose (the sugar in cow’s milk)—allowing us to drink milkshakes without gassing it up under the covers and asphyxiating the dog. But changes in our psychological architecture—like the complex cognitive adaptations behind our mating behavior—don’t happen anywhere near that fast. So, no, your genes didn’t just go “Whoa, look, women’s lib!” and then make you start catcalling construction workers.

Of course, we ladies will take a nice view if we can get it, but other things come first. Anthropologist Robert Trivers explains that what women evolved to prioritize in a partner comes out of the greater amount of “parental investment” required from us. Because a man could just walk away after sex (in the days before there was a state to come after him for child support) and because the features men find hot reflect fertility and health, male sexuality evolved to be primarily looks-driven. For a woman, however, a single romp in the bushes with some loinclothed Hunky

McHunkerson could have left her with a kid to feed—long before baby food was sold in stores in cute little jars.

So, the women whose children survived to pass on their genes to us were those who vetted men for the ability and willingness to “provide.” There was no “wealth” in ancestral times—no National Bank of the Stone Age. However, evolutionary psychologists believe a modern man’s high earnings act as a cue for what women evolved to go for in a man—high status, meaning high social standing and the ability to bring home the wildebeest steaks for Mommy and the twins.

You, however, claim that a man’s status does nothing for you. Now, studies reveal how most people are, not individual differences, so you may be right. However, cognitive neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga explains that 98 percent of our brain’s activity is unconscious—including some of our decision-making—but we invent reasons for our choices afterward (typically those that make us seem rational, consistent, and admirable). And research keeps reflecting that women subconsciously prioritize status. In a study by evolutionary psychologist Michael Dunn, women found the exact same man hotter when he was driving a Bentley than when he was driving a Ford Fiesta.

Men? They found a woman equally attractive in either car, and frankly, a woman who’s hot can probably get dates while “driving” a donkey with bumper stickers on the back.

Finally, there’s your claim that you and other women are “very aroused” by “gorgeous naked men.” Um, sorry, but that’s not what the vagina monitor says. Sex researcher Meredith Chivers hooked some ladies up to a machine that measures arousal through blood flow in their ladyparts. Though the women were aroused by footage of sex acts, she also showed them footage of a hot dude exercising naked. The vaginal response: “Yeah, whatevs.”

©2015, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 550 S. First St., San Jose, CA 95113, or email adviceamy@aol.com.

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NVIDIA Corporation, market leader in graphics & digital media processors, has engineering opportunities in Santa Clara, CA for a Sys SW Engr (SSWE386 and SSWE388) Implement software support for modern PC standards such as ACPI and OnNow; Sr Sys SW Engr (SSWE387) Develop system software for visual computing modules based on NVIDIA Tegra processors; ASIC Engr (ASICDE408 and ASICDE409) Engage in all aspects of physical design and implementation of Graphics processors, integrated chipsets and other ASICs targeted at the desktop, laptop, workstation, set-top box and home networking markets; Sr ASIC Engr (ASICDE410) Create Built-In-Self-Test (BIST) controllers, Input/Output (IO) test modules, Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) and test mode controllers; Sr Tools Dev Engr (TDE12) Develop automation on mission-critical infrastructure, operating system software, and NVIDIA GPUs; Sr Mech Engr (SME06) Design and develop consumer electronics in support of all business segments, including Notebooks, Desktops, Servers, Automotive, and Direct consumer products; Sr Sys SW Engr (SSWE390) Design, develop, and debug aspects of multimedia accelerator and mobile system-on-chip (SOC) devices; Sys SW Engr (SSWE389) Create features that are used in the latest games and multimedia applications; Sr Game Content Program Mgr (GCPM01) Without any direct reports, provide overall support to the Game Content organization and manage the back office functionality; Sectional Sys SW Mgr (SSWM03) Design and implement software platform support, including kernel modifications, driver support, and tools / test development; Unix Advisory Admin (USA07) Perform necessary system administration to support distributed systems operations and resolve end-user issues quickly; Mixed Signal Design Engr (MSD26) Work on deep submicron analog mixed signal design in CMOS process; Sr Sys SW Engr (SSWE392) Develop optimizing compiler software to support NVIDIA’s latest graphics processors; Sr Sys SW Engr (SSWE400) Design, implement and optimize all of the multimedia drivers for NVIDIA’s processors; Sr Sys SW Engr (SSWE393) Interface with leadership team and business units to gather requirements and deliver complete reporting solutions with reporting tools including Tableau, Kibana, and BI packages; and Program Mgr III (PROGM06) Without any direct reports, align the marketing expectations with the engineering deliverables and obtain agreement among all teams.. If interested, ref job code and send resume to: NVIDIA Corporation. Attn: MS04 (J.Green).

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Test Engineers to ensure product quality of F5 Application Delivery Networking software products by performing system testing of new product releases. See http://www.caljobs.ca.gov and CA SWA Job Number 14894097 for specific details. FT, in San Jose, CA. Apply to: F5 Networks, Inc., Attn Y. Malina, ZZ20394, 401 Elliott Avenue W, Seattle, WA 98119.

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LEGALS & PUBLIC NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #618435 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Y2K Handyman, 1182 Winslow Dr., San Jose, CA, 95122, Kien To.

This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 6/13/16. /s/Kien ToThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 6/13/2016. (pub Metro 6/22, 6/29, 7/06, 7/13/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #617585 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Gold Coast Signal 88 Security, 300 E. Esplanade Dr., 9th Floor, Oxnard, CA, 93036, H and C Security, Inc. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant begantransacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 7/4/2014. Above entity was formed in the state of California /s/Martin C. Scherer President #C3646492 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/18/2016. (pub Metro 6/15, 6/22, 6/29, 7/06/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #618032 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Water Lily Spa, 2011 Forest Ave., Suite 1, San Jose, CA, 95128, Di Wu, 863 Lakebird Dr., Sunnyvale, CA, 94089.

This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/ Di Wu This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 6/02/2016. (pub Metro 6/22, 6/29, 7/06, 7/13/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #618278

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Hello From Mars, 2159 Calla Ct., San Jose, CA, 95133, Nhat Nguyen, 855 Cape York Pl., San Jose, CA, 95133.

This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 5/16/2011.

Refile of previous file #551569 with changes/s/Nhat Nguyen This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 6/10/2016. (pub Metro 6/22, 6/29, 7/06, 7/13/2016)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #617494

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: San Jose Investments, Ltd, 2151 Old Oakland Road, San Jose, CA, 95131-1564, Jeffrey A. Kaplan, Thomas T. Tatum, 10877 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 1520, Los Angeles, CA, 90024. This business is conducted by a limited partnership. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 3/17/1993. Refile of previous file #551500 with changes. Above entity was formed in the state of California /s/Jeffrey A. Kaplan President #19 8418900825 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/17/2016. (pub Metro 6/08, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29/2016)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #618271 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Park Station Hashery, 1701 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95126, Thru & Thru Enterprise, LLC, 1256 South Abel Street, Milpitas, CA, 95035. 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. Above entity was formed in the state of California /s/Long Nguyen Managing Member#201609610184 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 6/10/2016. (pub Metro 6/22, 6/29, 7/06, 7/13/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #617643

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1.

C2 California Clean, 2. C2 CaliClean, 804 Lennox Court, Sunnyvale, CA, 94087, C2 SkinCare, Inc. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on June 1, 2016. Above entity was formed in the state of California /s/Christine Falsetti CEO and President#3900194 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 6/01/2016. (pub Metro 6/15, 6/22, 6/29, 7/06/2016)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. MTCA, 2. Mighty Threads, 3. Mighty Thredz, 387 South 1st Street, San Jose, CA, 95113, Mighty Thredz Corporation, 4037 Yolo Drive, San Jose, CA, 95136. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 5/19/16.

Above entity was formed in the state of California /s/ Julius P. Bercasio President#C3581586 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/19/2016. (pub Metro 6/15, 6/22, 6/29, 7/06/2016)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #617641

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Mogo BBQ, 2007 Morrill Ave., San Jose, CA, 95132, SCHP Inc. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 5/1/16. Above entity was formed in the state of California /s/Samuel C. Pak #35883633 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/27/2016. (pub Metro 6/08, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #617541 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Monsters of Rock #2, 1189 S. De Anza Blvd., San Jose, CA, 95129, Wizard Shop 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 #528327 with changes and after 40 days of expiration date.

Above entity was formed in the state of California /s/ Ziad Alnajjar President#200914710034 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/17/2016. (pub Metro 6/15, 6/22, 6/29, 7/06/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #617446 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Daniel’s Transportation Services, 1115 E. Santa Clara, San Jose, CA, 95116, Daniel Akeni. This business is conducted by a individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 5/16/16. /s/Daniel AkeniThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/16/2016. (pub Metro 6/15, 6/22, 6/29, 7/06/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #617457 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Loft2Paint, 542 Tubman Court, San Jose, CA, 95125, Tammera Wright. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 3/28/16. /s/Tammera Wright This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/17/2016. (pub Metro 6/01, 6/08, 6/15, 6/22/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #617542

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: The Patio Kitchen, 550 Hull Ave., San Jose, CA, 95125, Ingrid Holguin. This business is conducted by an individual.

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

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Golden Gate International Film Festival, 1440 Koll Circle, Suite 110, San Jose, CA, 95112, Net Effect Media, Inc. 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/Kapil Sethi President #C2267178 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/19/2016. (pub Metro 6/01, 6/08, 6/15, 6/22/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #616965 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. Pink Elephant Bakery, 415 South King Rd., San Jose, CA, 95116, Meza Corporation, 2. Pink Elephant Deli-Cafe, 3. Pink Elephant Laundry Mat, 4. Jalisco Taqueria Mexican Food, 5. Pink Elephant Center, 6. Pink Elephant Bakery #2. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein in 1980. Refile of previous file #476456 after 40 days of expiration date. Above entity was formed in the state of California /s/Maria Elena Meza Vice President #01235403 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 4/29/2016. (pub Metro 5/25, 6/01, 6/08, 6/15/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #617996 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Coconut’s Fish Cafe, 20010 Stevens Creek Blvd., Cupertino, CA, 95014, CDubb Restaurant Ventures, LLC, 6762 Olive Branch Ct., San Jose, CA, 95120. 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. Above entity was formed in the state of California /s/Chad Webb President #201512610321 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 6/01/2016. (pub Metro 6/08, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #618600

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Forever Smiles Pediatric Denistry, Dental Practice of Leyla Abazari, DDS A Professional Corp, 1704 Miramonte Ave., Ste 9, Mountain View, CA, 94090, Leyla Abazari: DDS, Corp, 2663 Ross Rd., Palo Alto, CA, 94303.

This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 6/17/16.

Above entity was formed in the state of California /s/ Leyla Abazari President #26445834 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/24/2016. (pub Metro 6/22, 6/29, 7/06, 7/13/2016)

To all heirs beneficiaries creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: Marcia A. Dawson, aka Marcia Ann Dawson, aka Marcia Iton Dawson. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: James J Ramoni, Public Administrator of Santa Clara County in the Superior Court of California, County of: SANTA CLARA A Petition for Probate requests that: James J Ramoni, Public Administrator of Santa Clara County be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take-many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant authority. A hearing on the petition will be held on 7/8/2016, at 9 a.m. in Dept. 10 located at 191 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE, CA, 95113. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in section 9100 of the California Probate Code. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in section 1250 of the California Probate Code. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney of petitioner: Mark A. Gonzalez, Lead Deputy County Counsel, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL, 373 West Julian Street, Suite 300, San Jose, CA, 95110 408-7584200 (Pub CC 6/22, 6/19, 7/06/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #617220

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Maid Pro, 1400 W. Campbell Ave., Campbell, CA, 95008, Grewal Service Group, 3854 Aelna Springs Way., Sacramento, CA, 95834. This business is conducted by a corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on May 2, 2016. Above entity was formed in the state of California /s/Satnam Singh President #3878076 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/06/2016. (pub Metro 6/01, 6/08, 6/15, 6/22/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #617805 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Fresco Painting, 6815 Rockview Ct., San Jose, CA, 95120, David Gewargis. 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/ David Gewargis This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/24/2016. (pub Metro 6/08, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #617888 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Taste Makerz, 2007 Morrill Ave., San Jose, CA, 95132, SCHP, Inc. This business is conducted by a corporation.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 5/1/16. Above entity was formed in the state of California /s/Samuel C. Pak #35883633 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/27/2016. (pub Metro 6/08, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29/2016)

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To all heirs beneficiaries creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: Bernard R. Greening. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: James J Ramoni, Public Administrator of Santa Clara County in the Superior Court of California, County of: SANTA CLARA A Petition for Probate requests that: James J Ramoni, Public Administrator of Santa Clara County be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take-many actions without obtaining court approval.

Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant authority. A hearing on the petition will be held on 7/8/2016, at 9 a.m. in Dept. 10 located at 191 NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE, CA, 95113. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing and state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing.

Your appearance may be in person or by your attorney.

IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the deceased, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within four months from the date of first issuance of letters as provided in section 9100 of the California Probate Code. The time for filing claims will not expire before four months from the hearing date noticed above. YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a formal Request for Special Notice (DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in section 1250 of the California Probate Code. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney of petitioner: Mark A. Gonzalez, Lead Deputy County Counsel, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL, 373 West Julian Street, Suite 300, San Jose, CA, 95110 408-7584200 (Pub CC 6/08, 6/15, 6/22/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #617534 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Chasing Yummy, 5054 Carm Ave., San Jose, CA, 95124, Brinda Appadu. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Brinda Appadu This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/17/2016. (pub Metro 6/15, 6/22, 6/29, 7/06/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #617806 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1st Choice Drywall, Inc., 5148 Barron Park Dr., San Jose, CA, 95136, 1st Choice Drywall, Inc., 287 Pyramid Ave., Merced, CA, 95136. 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/Jose Galvan CEO #C3902398 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/24/2016. (pub Metro 6/01, 6/08, 6/15, 6/22/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #617804 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Deso Construction, 6815 Rockview Ct., San Jose, CA, 95120, David Gewargis. 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/David Gewargis This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 5/24/2016. (pub Metro 6/08, 6/15, 6/22, 6/29/2016)

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): “The past lives on in art and memory,” writes author Margaret Drabble, “but it is not static: it shifts and changes as the present throws its shadow backwards.” That’s a fertile thought for you to meditate on during the coming weeks, Aries. Why? Because your history will be in a state of dramatic fermentation. The old days and the old ways will be mutating every which way. I hope you will be motivated, as a result, to rework the story of your life with flair and verve.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): “Critics of text-

messaging are wrong to think it’s a regressive form of communication,” writes poet Lily Akerman. “It demands so much concision, subtlety, psychological art—in fact, it's more like pulling puppet strings than writing.” I bring this thought to your attention, Taurus, because in my opinion the coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to apply the metaphor of textmessaging to pretty much everything you do. You will create interesting ripples of success as you practice the crafts of concision, subtlety, and psychological art.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): During my careers as

a writer and musician, many “experts” have advised me not to be so damn faithful to my muse. Having artistic integrity is a foolish indulgence that would ensure my eternal poverty, they have warned. If I want to be successful, I’ve got to sell out; I must water down my unique message and pay homage to the generic formulas favored by celebrity artists.

Luckily for me, I have ignored the experts. As a result, my soul has thrived and I eventually earned enough money from my art to avoid starvation.

But does my path apply to you? Maybe; maybe not.

What if, in your case, it would be better to sell out a little and be, say, just 75 percent faithful to your muse? The next 12 months will be an excellent time for you to figure this out once and for all.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): My meditations have generated six metaphorical scenarios that will symbolize the contours of your life story during the next 15 months: 1. A claustrophobic tunnel that leads to a sparkling spa. 2. A 19th-century Victorian vase filled with 13 fresh wild orchids. 3.

An immigrant who, after tenacious effort, receives a green card from her new home country. 4. An 11-year-old child capably playing a 315-year-old Stradivarius violin. 5. A menopausal empty-nester who falls in love with the work of an ecstatic poet.

6. A humble seeker who works hard to get the help necessary to defeat an old curse.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Joan Wasser is a Leo singersongwriter who is known by her stage name Joan As Police Woman. In her song “The Magic,” she repeats one of the lyric lines 14 times: “I'm looking for the magic.” For two reasons, I propose that we make that your mantra in the coming weeks. First, practical business-as-usual will not provide the uncanny transformative power you need. Nor will rational analysis or habitual formulas. You will have to conjure, dig up, or track down some real magic. My second reason for suggesting “I'm looking for the magic” as your mantra is this: You're not yet ripe enough to secure the magic, but you can become ripe enough by being dogged in your pursuit of it.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Renowned martial artist

Bruce Lee described the opponent he was most wary of: “I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.” In my astrological opinion, you should regard that as one of your keystone principles during the next 12 months. Your power and glory will come from honing one specific skill, not experimenting restlessly with many different skills. And the coming weeks will be an excellent time to set your intention.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): To celebrate my birthday, I'm taking time off from dreaming up original thoughts and creative spurs. For this horoscope, I'm borrowing some of the BOLD Laws of author Dianna Kokoszka. They are in sweet alignment with your astrological omens for the next 13 months. Take it away, Dianna. 1. Focus on the solution, not the problem. 2. Complaining is a garbage magnet. 3. What you focus on expands. 4. Do what you have always done, and you will get what you have always gotten. 5.

Don’t compare your insides to other people’s outsides.

6. Success is simple, but not easy. 7. Don’t listen

By ROB BREZSNY week of June 22

to your drunk monkey. 8. Clarity is power. 9. Don’t mistake movement for achievement. 10. Spontaneity is a conditioned reflex. 11. People will grow into the conversations you create around them. 12. How you participate here is how you participate everywhere.

13. Live your life by design, not by default.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): No pressure, no

diamond. No grit, no pearl. No cocoon, no butterfly.

All these clichés will be featured themes for you during the next 12 months. But I hope you will also come up with fresher ways to think about the power and value that can be generated by tough assignments. If you face your exotic dilemmas and unprecedented riddles armed with nothing more than your culture’s platitudes, you won’t be able to tap into the untamed creativity necessary to turn problems into opportunities. Here’s an example of the kind of original thinking you’ll thrive on: The more the growing chamomile plant is trodden upon, the faster it grows.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): The royal courts of Renaissance England often employed professional fools whose job it was to speak raw or controversial truths with comedic effect. According to the Royal Shakespeare Company, Queen Elizabeth once castigated her fool for being “insufficiently severe with her.” The modern-day ombudsman has some similarities to the fool’s function. He or she is hired by an organization to investigate complaints lodged by the public against the organization. Now would be an excellent time for you to have a fool or ombudsman in your own sphere, Sagittarius. You’ve got a lot of good inklings, but some of them need to be edited, critiqued, or perhaps even satirized.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn

journalist Katie Couric is a best-selling author who has interviewed five American presidents and had prominent jobs at three major TV networks. What’s her secret to success? She has testified that her goal is to be as ingratiating and charming as she can be without causing herself to throw up. I don’t often recommend this strategy for you, but I do now.

The coming weeks will be a prime time for you to expand your web of connections and energize your relationships with existing allies by being almost too nice. To get what you want, use politeness as your secret weapon.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): “The water cannot talk without the rocks,” says aphorist James Richardson. Does that sound like a metaphor you’d like to celebrate in the coming weeks? I hope so.

From what I can tell, you will be like a clean, clear stream rippling over a rocky patch of river bed. The not-really-all-that-bad news is that your flow may feel erratic and jerky. The really good news is that you will be inspired to speak freely, articulately, and with creative zing.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Every now and then you may benefit from being a bit juvenile, even childlike. You can release your dormant creativity by losing your adult composure and indulging in free-form play. In my astrological opinion, this is one of those phases for you. It’s high time to lose your cool in the best possible ways. You have a duty to explore the frontiers of spontaneity and indulge in I-don't-give-a-cluck exuberance. For the sake of your peace-of-soul and your physical health, you need to wriggle free of at least some of your grown-up responsibilities so you can romp and cavort and frolic.

Homework: What experience do you deny yourself even though it would be good for you and wouldn't hurt anyone? Write a note giving yourself permission. Share at Truthrooster@gmail.com.

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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Susannah Gross, who farms north of Seattle, supplemented the diet of four pigs with plant leavings courtesy of medical marijuana grower Matt McAlman during the last four months of the animals’ lives, and she said they ended up 20 to 30 pounds heavier than other pigs from the same litter that didn’t get the “special” feed.

“They were eating more, as you can imagine,” she said.

Gross wasn’t the only one imputing special qualities to the grass-fed pigs.

William von Schneidau of Bill the Butcher, an upscale shop in Seattle’s Pike Place Market, butchered and cooked up the hogs, holding a “Pot Pig Gig” at the market, where he served up the pork as part of a five-course meal.

“Some say the meat seems to taste more savory,” he said.

The bacon had a “smooth and mellow” taste, said Gross’ husband, Jeremy.

And grower McAlman was having visions of pot-fed everything. “We can have pot chickens, pot pigs, grass-fed beef,” he dreamed.

Alas, it has yet to materialize. The Pot Pig Gig was in 2013 and turned out to be an one-off event. Bill the Butcher went broke and all seems to be quiet on the marijuana-as-animal-feed front.

Part of the reason is fear the practice won’t pass muster with health authorities. Neither the FDA nor USDA made any noise about the potfed pigs, but that’s most likely because it was a one-time deal. Either the feds or state authorities could step in to prevent the use of pot grow leftovers as animal feed if the practice appeared to take off.

That’s because, in theory, THC contained in the grow leftovers could be passed on to the consumer. The European Food Safety Authority has found that adding even small amounts of hemp seeds or leaves can cause enough THC to accumulate in the milk of dairy cows to pass it on to consumers. That leaves American cattle farmers skittish about using even hemp seed, let alone marijuana grow leftovers. —Phillip Smith Phillip Smith is an editor for AlterNet and author of the Drug War Chronicle.

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Good Vibrations COLORFUL SOUNDS This year’s logo for the San Jose Summer Jazz Fest was designed by painter Bruni.

Legendary painter Bruni teams up with San Jose Summer Jazz Fest

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INALLY, SAN JOSE Jazz Summer Fest has teamed up with the most cosmic jazz painter to ever to spend a substantial amount of time in this area.

As was unveiled yesterday, Bruni Sablan—the enigmatic, esoteric legend known by just her first name—painted the thematic material for this year’s festival, which happens in August.

Along with other instrumentation,

the painting features an abstract trombone mimicking the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest logo. A swirling piano keyboard accompanies a stand-up bass against a background that almost looks park-like. Could this be Plaza de Cesar Chavez in the background? I know not.

Abstract movement, however jazz-like, connects the instruments together against a whimsical purple background that will eventually fade into the subtle borders of the festival poster and promotional materials.

The way I see it, this is a landmark collaboration, as musicians all over the world already know of Bruni’s abstract color vibrations. I say “vibrations” because the way she implements color in her definitive

jazz portraits is usually what moves viewers the most, whether they realize it or not. Above all else, Bruni captures the vibrations of the musicians and people she portrays, along with their music, their suffering and their perseverance. Esotericists throughout the centuries have waxed poetic about color theory, vibrations of specific hues and their effects on the human spirit, and Bruni probably falls into that process. And all of this is inseparable from jazz.

“It’s not something I can see, it’s what I feel,” Bruni told me, when speaking of color vibrations.

From there, painting becomes a spiritual process for Bruni. Since she’s met or known practically everyone— Miles, Dizzy and countless others—she slips into the musician’s own cosmic realm when painting a portrait. She can feel her subject’s pain and laugh at their jokes. When looking at her paintings, any viewer/participant with a deep sense of awareness will perceive

specific moods. And those moods are inseparable from the colors Bruni uses.

What’s more, the Bruni effect is part of local history. For nearly 20 years, Bruni set up shop in Los Gatos, with a gallery in Old Town, back when that center still looked interesting. Around 1999 she migrated over to Campbell, and then about five years ago opened up on Lincoln Avenue in Willow Glen.

You won’t find her during the daytime, as she works in private, usually into the wee morning hours. She pipes in the jazz and paints, a virtuosic routine she’s deployed for decades.

But if one does stagger into her gallery, a treasure trove of paintings becomes apparent. Hundreds of canvases are attached to walls or leaned up against each other.

Immediately inside the door, an entire section is devoted to Miles Davis, like a shrine to the iconoclastic jazzman of mystery. The eyes of Miles, like altarpieces atop the shrine, tend to speak volumes. Various color schemes capture his moods.

Everything is vibration. One can almost hear Miles’ scratchy voice dripping from the walls.

Since Bruni is Brazilian, she captures Brazilian geniuses whenever and wherever possible. It’s in her blood. For example, on the opposite side of the gallery, more cosmic eyes appear. This time, it’s Ayrton Senna, the legendary Brazilian Formula One driver, who died in a car accident more than 20 years ago. His eyes carry just as much emotion as those of Miles, if not more.

A keen visitor will probably spend time just looking into the eyes of these characters. In that sense, I get inspired to write, and paint, every time I walk into the Bruni Gallery, which wouldn’t possibly happen with any other establishment on that street, essentially a genteel conformist landscape.

That said, Bruni’s painting for the San Jose Jazz Summer Fest is quite a departure, in the sense that it probably doesn’t evoke the same space-time continuum-shattering connections to an artist’s personality, moods, harmonics, orbits or philosophy. One probably won’t tap into any cosmic jazz transmissions when viewing the image. Instead, it looks more like something one would hire an illustrator to do. No disrespect to illustrators, of course.

But this is not necessarily a bad thing.

It’s still Bruni. And I hope this leads to a long and fruitful collaboration.

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to strict Islamic dietary guidelines for Halal. Nearly six years ago, I was fortunate enough to try this signature dish with a fairly doable wait in line. The long grain, seasoned rice and tender shredded chicken was doused in their special white sauce, which married everything together nicely. Since that time, national food media outlets have been abuzz with the brand’s quick expansion from food cart to brick and mortar stores in NYC to their franchise locations in San Francisco. The expansion has now come to San Jose, and earlier this month South Bay residents got

a preview through exclusive delivery from the delivery app, Caviar. Shortly after the restaurant opened at The Plant shopping center.

My visit to the preview dinner at The Plant revealed that after all these years not much has changed about The Halal Guys. The same great food and simple menu was just put in a brick and mortar store across the nation. It’s a small location, with yellow and red designed in every aspect of the décor and signage. There are few seats, but since the platters are served out of to-go containers and the sandwiches are wrapped, take out or dine in decisions make no difference to the food preparation. Other than a few additions to the menu like fries and hummus sides, or Baklava for dessert, the basics are still there: tender savory chicken, gyro (beef

The famed white sauce gets generously drizzled on top of the order with some barbecue sauce and extra sauce packets available for take-out. Diners beware: the spicy red sauce is not for beginners and a few dots should suffice.

In 2014, The Halal Guys released the ingredients in their sauces without revealing the “natural flavors” which go into the taste. The white sauce contains items like soybeans, canola oil, egg yolk, vinegar and water, while their red sauce includes ground red pepper, vinegar, salt, and spices—no wonder it packs so much heat.

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