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comments@metronews.com RE: “THE 23 MOST HAUNTED PLACES IN SILICON VALLEY,” COVER, OCT. 26

Some of those are funny. Lots I’ve never heard of.

Sunday morning along Santa Clara Street in downtown San Jose. You, middle-aged man on a bike, followed me, riding next to my car stop-light-by-stoplight for 15-plus blocks, staring at me and screaming inches from my window at the top of your lungs about the various flavors of ice cream my vagina must taste like. What a poet. You seemed to settle on “Butter Pecan” after the first few blocks. There is nothing quite as threatening as being a 20-something woman driving alone in her car in an urban area, trying to politely ignore/ avoid hitting a psychocatcalling-bike-man who won’t stop following and insistently hollering his ice cream dream—which also happen to be my nightmare.

Seriously, you kept this up through the entirely of downtown San Jose, until I finally pulled my car onto the 101 on-ramp. Thank Christ for locked car doors, you lowlife—and, why Butter Pecan?

LETICIA GONZALEZ VIA FACEBOOK RE: “ACTIVISTS THREATEN TO SUE OVER WATER FLUORIDATION,” SAN JOSE INSIDE, OCT. 26

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THE FLY

Eviction Averted DONALD TRUMP never stood much of a chance in California. Allegations of serial groping amid other scandals have him barreling toward a historically dismal showing in the Golden State. Faced with glum prospects, some Silicon Valley Republicans tell Fly they can’t help but agree when their presidential nominee bellows about voter fraud, media bias and poll rigging. So when a county sheriff’s deputy showed up with eviction papers at Trump’s Sunnyvale call center just hours before the second presidential debate, it struck volunteers as a little fishy. Why them?

Why then? “Turned out, it was a completely honest mistake,” Trump volunteer KIM WOMACK assured Fly. “It was meant for the location right next to us.” JON CORDOVA, Trump’s California communications director, says his thoughts upon learning of the mix-up only briefly verged on conspiratorial.

“Quite frankly, there is documented proof that the DNC’s tactics aren’t always above board,” he says, “but I don’t think this was nefarious.” JUAN HERNANDEZ, a gay Latino for Trump, says he got a bunch of confused calls from volunteers when the near-eviction occurred, but suspicions They quickly subsided. “We Did have other things to What? focus on,” Hernandez says. “We’re calling all SEND TIPS TO the battleground states, FLY@ METRONEWS. sending out strike teams COM to Nevada and planning our Election Night party, where I will be crying either tears of joy or sadness.” Had the sheriff’s deputy not caught his error, there’s a good chance the mixup could have become national news in what has been an unprecedented freakshow of an election. Hernandez expects emotions will continue to run high even after the Nov. 8 showdown between Trump and HILLARY CLINTON. As a gay man of Mexican descent, Hernandez says his support for Trump has cost him friendships in the queer community. “It’s been a great journey, but it’s also been a messed up one,” he says. “There’s one less birthday party I’ve been invited to and, I’m assuming even after this is over, one less Christmas party.”

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Year of the Woman HER TIME Hillary Clinton hasn’t been perfect, but she’s mentally balanced enough to trust with nuclear war codes.

From the South Bay to D.C., women lead the way in Election 2016

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HE END IS NIGH. For the election, that is. But with all the race baiting, pussy grabbing and doomsday rhetoric—not to mention straight-up violence at a certain bloviating billionaire’s nativist rallies— it can feel like our democracy is teetering on the brink.

Assuming common sense does prevail by banishing an unapologetic demagogue with a crushing defeat, the 2016 election will go down in

history for a much better reason.

This could be the year we finally put a woman in the White House.

California women, also, stand to claim some big victories in statewide and local elections, from the U.S. Senate to the state Legislature and the San Jose City Council.

This guide features recommendations on a collection of candidates, as well as every state proposition and county ballot measure. It should help to make sense of what just happened.

Hillary Clinton

equivalencies. By the end of the Nov. 8 showdown between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, Americans will have either elected their first female president or their first dictator-in-chief. Trump’s scandals link him to sexual assaults, wage theft, racial discrimination, a number of criminal probes and Russian hackers. If he wins, he’ll try to jail his opponent and the media.

If he loses, he’ll call the election rigged and follow Alex Jones to some dark corner of the interwebs as an alt-right media mouth. So please, don’t let him anywhere near the White House. Clinton will be a steady hand on the levers of power, and she’s familiar with landscape so she won’t be learning on the job.

It’s a clear choice, and, luckily, most Californians seem to agree.

PRESIDENT Let’s dispense with the false

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VOTE YES Measure A People with million-dollar homes will pay an extra $126 a year in property taxes and first-time homebuyers and the homeless will have greater access to affordable housing.

Measure B There is no other alternative on the table to finish the BART extension and fix Santa Clara County roads in the near future.

Measure F Don't buy into the hysteria—San Jose is still one of the safest big cities in the nation. But perception can quickly become reality, and SJPD needs help to recruit new officers to fill backlogs.

Measure G Local governments have upped the sales tax four times since 2000. San Jose hasn’t revised its business tax for three decades. It’s about time.

Measure H An urban growth boundary for Gilroy would control sprawl that would stretch city services, reduce open space and potentially double the number of peak hour commutes on 101.

Measure N Sunnyvale has a good idea—it’s time to apply traditional taxes and fees to cellphone and internet-based communications.

Measure P This term-limit proposal would get rid of the revolving door that has allowed Santa Clara to create its own political ruling class.

Measure R A much better-worded version of Sunnyvale’s Measure M, this proposal requires voter approval ONLY for the sale of Santa Clara’s public parks and open space.

Measure S Morgan Hill's annual cap on housing units is a paced method of metering growth that should continue to 2035, with council discretion to ratchet downwards.

Measure T This proposal adds a 2 percent tax to short-term rentals and AirBnB stays to benefit public spaces in Los Gatos.

GOAT CHECK Measure H’s growth proposal in Gilroy has met resistance, but it will help the city.

their jobs and vote on land-use decisions instead of passing the buck to voters.

Measure M

Measure V

No. It’s an attempt by disgruntled residents to do a job that should be handled by Sunnyvale’s democratically elected City Council.

A city charter update to tie rent control to inflation in Mountain View.

Measure O

VOTE NO Measures C & D Cupertino's elected officials should be the ones to figure out building height restrictions and growth proposals, not voters. As they say in football: do your job.

Measures I & J Milpitas should focus building denser, mixed-use development within existing city limits. Keep our hillsides out of it.

Measure K Make Milpitas elected officials do

With the 49ers and massive billiondollar development projects underway, Santa Clara elected officials are in over their heads. This won’t change by giving them a parttime raise; they need to change the charter to go full-time.

Measure Q A simple majority vote to fill Santa Clara council vacancies is fine. What a waste of time.

Measure W The landlord lobby in Mountain View loves this one because it allows the council to chip away at tenant protections in the future.

COIN FLIP Measure E Companies with 35 employees or more in San Jose would need to give part-time workers more hours before adding additional staff. Workers struggling to make ends meet—we feel ya—love it.

Companies trying to stay in business in an expensive area—hey we just lost Mel Cotton’s and Keeble & Shuchat—are rightly nervous. The proposal is the first of its kind, as places like Seattle and San Francisco only applied similar laws to the retail sector. And who knows how competent the city is to serve as the HR police? City staff has already admitted it has little clue. Good luck!

Measure L Milpitas can make up its own mind on what to do with its trash.

Measure X, Y, Z, AA, BB, CC, EE, GG & HH These have less to do with how much you support education than how much you trust your local school district to spend the money as promised.

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hirty-two measures grace the Santa Clara County ballot this election season, and while some readers might not care about Milpitas trash hauling or building heights in Cupertino, many of these issues will affect daily life in Silicon Valley. We offer our best take from “yes” and “no” to admitted coin flips —Editor

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Kamala Harris

Jim Beall

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California’s first new senator in two dozen years will be a woman. Ideally, the distinction will go to Kamala Harris. The state attorney general, vying to replace Sen. Barbara Boxer, is up against debate-dabbing Loretta Sanchez, a 10-term congressional representative from Orange County.

Both are Democrats, but Harris has the potential to be a more effective leader in Washington.

State Sen. Jim Beall has used his tenure in office to champion legislation that protects the environment, the mentally ill and victims of sexual abuse.

His challenger, termed-out Assemblywoman Nora Campos, has spent her time in the public’s employ stumbling from one embarrassment to another. Re-elect Beall.

Ro Khanna CONGRESS, DISTRICT 17 It seemed like Ro Khanna would run away with this race after defeating eight-term incumbent Mike Honda (D-San Jose) in the June primary.

Plagued by a prolonged ethics scandal, Honda has overseen one of the nastiest re-election campaigns in recent history. It’s been a steep fall for a man who has an inspiring story and was widely respected just several years ago. Khanna’s camp stumbled after Honda filed a lawsuit alleging a cyberattack, but that has proven to be an overblown October surprise.

Khanna will provide an informed voice and help Silicon Valley representation catch up to the 21st Century.

Anna Eshoo

Madison Nguyen STATE ASSEMBLY, DISTRICT 27 With Assemblymember Nora Campos on her way out, it’s time to bring some sanity back to the 27th Assembly District. Both Ash Kalra and Madison Nguyen—former San Jose City Council colleagues— have the experience to equip them for the role. We believe Nguyen’s independence makes her the right person to represent Silicon Valley in the state Legislature.

CONGRESS, DISTRICT 18

SAN JOSE CITY COUNCIL

Since being sworn into Congress in 1993, Rep. Anna Eshoo has seen 30 of her bills signed by three presidents from both major parties.

In an age when partisan squabbling bogs down policymaking and has even shut down the federal government, Eshoo has managed to craft important legislation.

Her advocacy for consumer protections and responsible innovation should rightly result in yet another landslide victory.

With a candidate like Steve Brown, a misguided Republican exposed for wage theft and discriminatory views on LGBTQ rights, SERGIO JIMENEZ deserves the District 2 vote. He supports a higher minimum wage and the right for low-wage earners to never have to work for a boss like Steve Brown.

HELEN CHAPMAN and DEV DAVIS hold different ideologies, but they’re both qualified to give D6 voters thoughtful representation at City Hall.

SYLVIA ARENAS led a pack of five candidates in the June primary, and her progressive convictions and two years as a school trustee make her a solid successor to Vice Mayor Rose Herrera.

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Prop 55 This prop creates a 12-year extension to the 1-3 percent tax on people who make more than $250,000 a year. It will help continue to fund public schools and healthcare programs.

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A $2 tax on e-cigs and traditional smokes has Big Tobacco and Big Vape hot and bothered. It’s probably time we quit anyway.

Prop 57 Gov. Jerry Brown is trying to redeem himself by dismantling some of the tough-on-crime policies that led to mass incarceration. Yes on 57 would qualify more inmates for early release and prevent juveniles from being tried as adults.

Prop 58 The “learn how to talk English” crowd might not like this one, but it’s time to end the state’s bilingual ban in public education.

Prop 61 Big Pharma has spent more than $100 million to kill Prop 61. Need we say more?

Prop 62 It’s time the death penalty met its demise. Prop. 62 would both repeal capital punishment, direct more money to restitution for victims.

Prop 63 This prop would ban the sale and possession of high-capacity ammunition magazines, enforce background checks for ammo purchases and enhance charges for gun thefts. If you really want to play with high-powered guns, get an X Box.

Prop 64 Hey, pro-cannabis anti-legalization crowd: get over yourselves. Weed isn’t “basically legal” as long as police call the scent of marijuana probable cause, a fact that overwhelmingly affects people of color. Prop. 64 isn’t perfect, but we’ve put this off for way too long.

Yes on 67 The state Legislature banned plastic bags in 2014, but this referendum now requires a majority of Californians to sign off before it becomes law. Future generations will thank you.

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VOTE NO Prop 51 Bankrolled by the construction industry, Prop 51 would create $9 billion in bond debt on top of all the local school bond measures. Gov. Jerry Brown called it a “blunderbuss effort,” and we wholeheartedly agree.

pat state lawmakers on the back and agree that the U.S. Supreme Court decision was a clusterfuck. The prop accomplishes nothing. We’re better off focusing on getting Congress to confirm the next nominee(s).

Prop 60

Keep porn dirty.

Prop 65

Central Valley farmer Dean “Dino” Cortopassi says he penned this prop as a way to rein in state debt but it would actually stall major infrastructure improvement. Bad farmer! Bad!

The plastic bag lobby— seriously, it’s a thing—created this prop to confuse voters. Don’t let what seem like noble intentions get in the way of voting Yes on Prop 67.

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THE PRICE OF FREEDOM

Silicon Valley tries to quit money bail, but reform is a lot more complicated than a single vote

BY JENNIFER WADSWORTH

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ROM THE EDGE of a bed in a rundown San Jose motel, a 21-year-old woman with burgundy hair and a small frame tearfully told police how Paul Griffin became the fearsome center of her world. Another sex worker had jumped her on The Blade, a prostitution track along Monterey Road, and she recalled how Griffin chased away the attacker.

He gave her advice about how to take calls and post ads. To a newcomer in the flesh trade, Griffin seemed

indispensable. Then came the ground rules: no boyfriends, no free sex, no talking to other pimps.

In exchange for compliance and every dime of the $100,000 she claimed to earn in the year prior, he promised protection. The woman mentioned how their arrangement— presumably one of several for Griffin— afforded him a Maserati and a Jaguar.

She told police how he threatened to slice up her face if she tried to leave. She described a kind of man notoriously hard to prosecute, someone brutal enough to scare victims out of testifying and moneyed enough to evade capture.

When San Jose police caught up to Griffin and booked the 33-yearold on a pimping charge in lieu of $50,000 bail, he called Bad Boys Bail Bonds. In a typical deal, Griffin paid Bad Boys a nonrefundable fee—which usually costs about 10 percent of the bail amount—to post a bond and secure his release. Bad

Boys pledged to pay the full $50,000 if he skipped court, but wrote up an insurance policy in case he did.

With so much cash on the line, bail agents can go to incredible lengths to make sure the people they get out of jail keep their end of the bargain. But they hardly ever have to.

Years of lobbying have shaped California law to give bondsmen a surprising number of chances to avoid liability. If a client misses a court date, bail agents have six months to find them. If the bond forfeits, they can seize and sell assets from the accused and any co-signers to pay off the judgment.

Defendants usually turn themselves in or get re-arrested. If a fugitive flees the state, companies can hire a bounty hunter to chase them down.

Or they can get taxpayers to foot the bill.

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Paul Griffin’s arraignment rolled around May 6 and the accused felon was a no-show. When he resurfaced as an inmate in West Virginia some weeks later, the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office tapped the U.S. Marshals Service to fly him back to San Jose and back into custody. In the past, that would have let Bad Boys off the hook. A judge would exonerate the bond and that was the end of it. But Alison Filo, the prosecutor handling the case, said the bonding company must first repay at least some of the extradition costs fronted by public law enforcement agencies.

Just $2,202, a fraction of the real cost.

Bad Boys balked at the demand, which Filo based on a longstanding state law that is virtually never enforced. Penal Code section 1306(b): “If a court grants relief from bail forfeitures, it shall impose a monetary payment as a condition of relief to compensate the people for the costs of returning a defendant to custody.”

“The people,” of course, are taxpayers who footed the bill to extradite the suspect.

If the $2,202 tab caught Bad Boys off guard, Filo says, that’s because no one— to her knowledge, based on extensive research—has ever held them or any other local bail company accountable for extradition costs. Law enforcement agencies have either taken the loss or asked for payback from another government entity, as the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office does from the state, for example. Either way, the public bears the cost. Filo only discovered the reimbursement clause earlier this year while dealing with a multi-agency probe into several other bonding companies.

“I thought this cannot be right, that you guys bailed him out and now we’re responsible for getting him back,” Filo says. “Generally, when you feel in your gut that something doesn’t sound right, you propose a change to make it right. Maybe there’s a legislative fix or some kind of policy change. In this case, it was already the law, but nobody paid any attention.”

Filo says she brought it up with other prosecutors at a statewide conference over the summer, and it was news to them, too. The oversight only surfaced this past year as nationwide criminal

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justice reforms put the commercial bail industry under a harsh spotlight.

A growing coalition within the legal establishment, from prosecutors to public defenders, argues that cash bail discriminates against the poor and gives little regard to public safety.

“Money is a terrible sorting mechanism for people who are dangerous,” says David Ball, a Santa Clara University law professor who taught a class on pretrial justice last year.

“Not to mention the profit incentive makes it extremely prone to abuse.”

Only two nations on the planet, Ball adds, use commercial bail to define the pretrial release system: the United States and the Philippines.

Santa Clara County took the historic step of eliminating monetary bail for hundreds of inmates this past month.

With 70 percent of the county’s jail population made up of pretrial detainees, the goal is to shrink that figure so that nobody awaits trial behind bars because they can’t afford to bail out.

The unanimous Oct. 4 vote by the Board of Supervisors will essentially modernize the local bail system by expanding and formalizing the role of Pretrial Services, which uses a computer algorithm to predict whether a defendant will skip court or re-offend. On Tuesday this week, the county followed up on those changes by agreeing to replace colorful bail bond ads in jail with neutral white-and-black listings along with those for criminal defense attorneys. The overhaul doesn’t end commercial bail—that may take a statewide legislative fix, which Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) pledged to tackle in the coming years. But the county’s action at least stands to starve out a lot of the local industry.

For months leading up to the decision, bond agents defended their trade as the most cost-effective and efficient way to keep scofflaws in check.

But prosecutors say that a closer look at monetized bail shows that the local industry runs up hidden costs on the public dime. The county’s reform vote this week does little to fix that.

Recent investigations into abuses within the industry, however, have at least brought greater accountability— and a financial reckoning.

Uncompensated extraditions in this county alone have cost

law enforcement agencies at least $100,000 in annual losses for an unknown number of years, Filo says.

Multiply that out by 58 counties, and the potential loss becomes mindboggling. Since she began applying state laws about reimbursement in her own jurisdiction this past March, Filo managed to recover about $40,000 in travel costs for nine outof-state extraditions.

“It’s appalling to me that we have so much difficulty collecting what should be an easy fee,” Filo says. “This is not a very well-oiled machine.”

‘It’s appalling to me that we have so much difficulty collecting what should be an easy fee. This is not a very well-oiled machine.’

The courts, however, often take a far greater loss. If a someone jumps bail, it’s up to bondsmen to drag the person back to custody or pay the full bail amount. To get that money to taxpayers, the court has to declare the bond forfeited and then enter a summary judgment within 90 days.

Yet throughout the state and here in Silicon Valley, courts have routinely eschewed that responsibility. With remarkably lax state laws that allow those debts to expire in two years, the systematic lack of enforcement allows millions of dollars to simply evaporate.

To get an idea of how much money is on the line in the South Bay alone, look at 2015.

Last year, bail agents posted 7,599 bonds collectively worth nearly $199 million. Of those bonds, just 189 collectively valued at $3.4 million were declared forfeited—fairly consistent with preceding years. How much of that money resulted in default judgments and how much of it was

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Big Game The executive suite of Bad Boys Bail Bonds doubles as a showroom for owner Clifford Jeffrey Stanley’s priciest hobby. Disembodied heads of a giraffe, a water buffalo, a zebra and a half-dozen species of antelope peer blankly from their wall mounts in his San Jose office. A taxidermy baboon in an Indiana Jones hat and black sunglasses holds a tray topped with a scrimshaw tusk and the bleached skull of his own kind.

“That’s Wellington,” Stanley says of the primate, which stands behind the ivory crescent of a polished elephant tusk. Displayed elsewhere: lion skulls and animal hides, an elephant tail, a grip-and-grin photo of Donald Trump and a rhinoceros penis mounted on a copper-rimmed wood base.

Stanley, a nationally ranked powerlifter turned bail bonds big shot, says he took up trophy hunting for the thrill of conquest, but he also has come to view it as a kind of charity.

The tens of thousands of dollars he pays to shoot the exotic animals pay for wildlife conservation in Zimbabwe, he explains, while meat from each kill feeds hundreds of impoverished villagers. Talking about the villagers brings Stanley to tears.

“There’s so much need,” he says, before trailing off, squeezing his eyes shut and bowing his head. “I’m sorry,” he whispers, stabbing his forefinger on his desk with one hand and wiping away tears with the other. The Great White Hunter of bounty and big game is nothing if not impassioned about his polarizing pastime, profession

and politics. The way Stanley sees it: hunting can be humanitarian, Trump should be president and bail bonds fulfill a constitutional right.

This last point is becoming an especially tough sell as public sentiment shifts against the privatization in favor of public alternatives. Stanley sees bail as an example of the freedoms afforded by the Constitution itself, while a growing number of critics cast it as a manifestation of social inequities.

According to the Office of Pretrial Services, defendants facing felony charges spend an average of 224 days in jail while those charged with a misdemeanor spend an average of 28 days.

Bad Boys’ personnel have called themselves “constitutional advocates.”

But lofty thoughts about life and liberty tend to get lost in the din of the industry’s tawdry promotion, which hasn’t helped its case amid recent reform efforts.

When Stanley stormed into the bail industry with his brother, Craig, in 1998, he upped the ante for every other firm in the South Bay with aggressive marketing. He got his friend, George Wallace, to dress up in drag and hired a DC Comics artist to sketch a logo. Bad Boys flooded the South Bay with its signature T-shirts, keychains and lanyards touting the slogan, “Because your mama wants you home!” Where he couldn’t buy billboards, Stanley parked advertising vans or lime green Humvees. Or, he’d dispatch eye candy in form-fitting clothes to spread the gospel of Bad Boys outside the Hall of Justice.

The franchise, which has since expanded to seven locations, floods its social media channels with cheesy raps and memes making fun of prison rape, racial stereotypes and criminality. “Waking up to morning sex is great,” reads one photo on a Bad Boys Twitter account, “unless you are in jail.” Four years ago, Stanley’s promotional tactics got him into a legal tussle with the San Jose Sharks, which accused the bondsman of turning his season seats into free advertising by wearing neon T-shirts emblazoned with the Bad Boys logo. The hockey team’s effort to prevent him from wearing the shirts went to court as First

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collected remains unclear. Santa Clara County Superior Court spokesman Joe Macaluso did not provide an accounting of those judgments, despite repeated requests.

At this point, the bail bond business owes California taxpayers an estimated $150 million, according to the nonprofit Justice Policy Institute.

In a public hearing on the issue earlier this year, county policy analyst Matthew Fisk said the courts and prosecutors often forgo collecting that debt because it’s deemed impractical. That inaction on the part of the authorities, he said, “ends up being pure profit for the industry.”

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BAILIN’ OUT OF CONTROL Dino Garcia routinely broke laws on recruiting clients in jail, prosecutors allege.

Amendment showdown in which Stanley prevailed.

The county’s turn toward computer-calculated risk assessments concerns Stanley, he says, because it would put dangerous people back in the community. When people jump bail, police often lack the resources to extradite them, he points out.

Stanley says his company spends $1 million a year to haul bail skippers back to court. “We have a 99 percent success rate,” he says. “We have to because we’re on the hook.”

The South Bay bonding business, which rakes in about $19 million a year in profit, has survived reforms in the past by the strength of its political connections—Stanley and other bond companies generously fund county political races—and the perceived lack of a viable replacement. This latest overhaul, however, marks a cultural as well as systemic shift.

While the concept of using money to guarantee a trial appearance dates back 1,000 years, it came of age as a business on the American frontier. This might explain the industry’s penchant for outlaw bravado. Public agencies that uncouple profit from pretrial release, on the other hand, were born out of the civil rights movement and are viewed as an existential threat to the bonding market.

“More and more, there’s this idea we’re a bunch of rich, greedy people making money off the backs of poor people in jail,” says Topo Padilla, a second-generation bondsman and head of the Golden State Bail Agents Association. “That’s the narrative put out there.”

Recent events have made it harder to shirk that reputation. In August last year, the state Department of Insurance and local law enforcement nabbed 31 local bail agents on a slew of felony charges, including allegations that they employed unlicensed bail agents and at least one convicted felon as a bounty hunter. They also gave illegal “finder’s fees” to inmates who referred new clients, investigators say. Twenty-seven of them worked out of San Jose.

The state Department of Insurance, which regulates the bail bonds sector, suspended 26 licenses at seven South Bay companies, including some of the biggest hitters: Aladdin, Hotline Bail and Luna Bail Bonds.

Dubbed “Operation Bail Out,” the yearlong investigation peeled back the curtain on a system plagued by corruption. Court records paint Dino Garcia as one of the more prolific offenders. The veteran bondsman took 1,000 calls from inmates over a sixmonth span in 2014, according to the sheriff ’s office. Inmates who referred newly booked detainees would haggle with Garcia and his colleagues over compensation, which often entailed adding money to their prepaid phone account or buying them commissary items like dried noodles.

“Give me some good ones, dude,” Garcia allegedly told an inmate during one such call in June 2014.

“Some Asians, some fucking Asians and some fucking Hindus, man. Some good domestic violence ones.”

Collusion between inmates and bondsmen, which gives rulebreakers a competitive advantage, had been an open secret for decades before regulators decided to mete out some consequences. What’s more concerning is how the referral scheme pressured inmates to shell out cash before finding out whether they qualified for free or supervised released through the Office of Pretrial Services.

“The bail agents were so aggressive,” Filo says. “They were jumping the gun, offering bail to people who may not have needed it.”

At least one of the accused bail agents, Veronica Merelo, has been acquitted. Another, Jake Peters, who was caught up in a separate investigation, dodged charges of extortion and went right back to work.

When Greg Chiotti sprang his daughter out of jail in 2009, he paid Jake’s Bail Bonds a $1,500 fee on a $15,000 bond, using his house as collateral. He thought it was a done deal. The contract would cost him nearly everything he owned.

Chiotti’s daughter, in the throes of addiction and accused of felony welfare fraud, skipped her court date. That triggered a $50,000 bench warrant, which a judge later rescinded when she was placed back into custody. Jake Peters, owner of Jake’s Bail Bonds, charged another 10 percent fee, or $1,500, for the bond.

Chiotti, a divorced retiree on a fixed income, had no idea until Peters put a lien on his Los Altos home six months later, demanding more than seven times the initial debt. To avoid foreclosure on the property he bought nearly five decades ago, Chiotti cashed out $36,000 from an investment to pay Peters.

Six years passed. Chiotti’s daughter sobered up. The chaos settled. But then, just last year, Peters re-entered their lives.

A new foreclosure notice claimed Chiotti owed Peters more than $100,000, a fifth of that amount attributed to “recovery fees” to bring Chiotti’s daughter home from a Central Valley rehab.

“That’s when I knew this guy was a fraud,” says Chiotti, 76. “This is a crime.”

In December 2015, Peters was arrested on suspicion of extortion and released on his own recognizance—that is, for free. The 41-year-old bondsman has since been exonerated. A judge didn’t think the threat of foreclosure Chiotti faced rose to the level of extortion.

“I think we filed the most appropriate charge we had and, unfortunately, it doesn’t really encompass the tactics that were used by Mr. Peters,” says county prosecutor Filo. “Not every wrong has a criminal remedy. But I do believe that [Chiotti] is a victim in the truest sense.

He’s a victim of predatory behavior.”

Chiotti says he racked up $20,000 in attorney fees—on top of the cash he paid Peters. Chiotti expects to pay even more as he takes the matter to civil court.

Veteran bondsman Robert Silva, who runs Amigo Bail Bonds with his wife, says he’s just as eager to see the industry cleaned up. His competitors’ illegal deal-making with inmates

dramatically cut into his bottom line, Silva says, dropping his case load from 30 bonds a month to just three. For years, he says, he’s had to supplement his income with private detective work.

“You know, bail works and pretrial works,” Silva says. “Bail works when it’s done right, but right now they don’t have enough people to regulate it.”

A college-educated, military-trained and licensed private investigator as well as a bondsman, Silva says he’d like to see regulators raise the bar for certification.

Right now, all it takes is a few-day course and a background check.

“That’s all it takes to give them the right to arrest, basically,” Silva says.

“You’re giving people who may not have a high school degree the power to pull someone out of jail and knock down doors. I know a lot of people in the industry who have been arrested.

It attracts the kind of people who have nothing to lose.”

Silva admits this level of freedom is what attracted him to the business.

“I loved being able to put on my vest and gun—legally, of course,” he says. “I love that I can go do motions and show up in court. I love that I could help families get their loved ones out of jail. But I have a lot to lose, so I do play it safe.”

Odds are Silva’s livelihood will suffer even greater losses from the county’s decision to effectively divest from commercial bail.

Stanley, head of Bad Boys, says he’s unfazed. “I feel optimistic,” he says.

In the run-up to this week’s vote, county supervisors backpedaled on some proposals, including a plan to lobby the state for legislative changes in support of pretrial services. From the dais last month, Supervisor Dave Cortese said he’s not in favor of eliminating monetized bail entirely, which the county doesn’t have full authority to do anyway. He said he wants to include bail agents on the citizen commission that came up with the policy proposals in the first place.

Stanley took it as a shred of hope.

“It’s great that they made a recommendation to include us going forward,” Stanley says. “We hope going forward that we will at least have a voice.”

The lifeline Cortese extended the bail industry—and Stanley specifically— could be seen as a political favor. When

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PREGAMING THE SYSTEM Bail statistics in Santa Clara County show how much money could be saved by directing defendants to Pretrial Services. the Board of Supervisors president unsuccessfully ran for mayor of San Jose in 2014, the Bad Boys CEO held a fundraiser for Cortese at his Willow Glen home.

Stanley, Professional Bail Agents of Santa Clara County President Steve Sparacino as well as the owners of All-Pro and Le Bail Bonds have also given $6,000 to Cortese political campaigns since 2012.

Regardless of what the citizen commission recommends, the industry’s hustle and hype may have finally met its match in the strength of its alternative—one that trades profit and instinct for insight and algorithms.

Algorithm Nation Every day and virtually every hour, clerks seated behind a computer in the basement of San Jose’s Main Jail interview new arrestees to determine whether to release them or let them walk. The clerks—employees of Pretrial

Services’ round-the-clock jail division— don’t set bail based solely on the alleged crime. Rather, they review pending charges in addition to rap sheets and records of attendance at scheduled court appearances. They also ask about living and work situations, histories of mental health and substance abuse and whether the case involves any victims.

The clerks plug that data into an algorithm, which assigns a score on a nine-point scale based on the likelihood of the arrestee showing up at court as well as committing a new crime if released. Low scores call for release without supervision. Moderate risk levels equate to supervised release, which usually involves electronic monitoring or house arrest and more frequent phone or face-to-face check-ins.

Scores beyond eight generally disqualify someone from pretrial release. Those reports are later revised with any new in-court information before getting

passed on to a judge, who can follow or ignore the recommendation.

Garry Herceg introduced the computerized risk assessment in 2011 as the newly appointed head of Pretrial Services. He modeled it after an algorithm developed in Virginia and customized it for the local demographic. The decision-making tool replaced paper questionnaires and gave pretrial services a greater breadth of information to draw upon when writing up recommendations about what level of supervision a person requires while awaiting trial.

Under Herceg, Pretrial Services saved the county $33 million in six months by keeping 1,400 defendants out of jail, according to a 2012 audit.

The daily cost to house an inmate is $204 compared to $15 to $25 through pretrial release. Almost all of the defendants made it to court. From April 2013 to March 2016, 95 percent of de-

fendants released without supervision made it to their court date and all but 1 percent avoided re-arrest. Proponents say pretrial policy based solely on risk fulfills the system’s original intent—to keep dangerous people locked up regardless of their ability to pay.

“Just to be clear, I don’t want everyone out of jail,” says Herceg, who has since been promoted to a deputy post in the Office of the County Executive. “I want the high risk in, and the low and medium people out, as they pose little danger to the public.”

A recent tally showed that when judges in this county decided on bail or release, they followed pretrial advisories about 75 percent of the time. Pretrial Services officials say they’d like to see that bump up to 85 percent.

“We want to give judges objective, evidence-based data to guide their decisions,” Herceg says. “We’ve done a lot of work with them to help them understand risk assessments, to trust the science behind it and release more people. I think we’re starting to see the results of that.”

Skeptics contend that the purportedly neutral algorithm can perpetuate existing inequities. Padilla and other bail agents pointed to a recent ProPublica investigation that found racial bias in a recidivism prediction software created by a private company called Northpointe, Inc. There are plans to retool the South Bay’s algorithm by stripping its sole focus down to documented data, eliminating the need for a face-to-face interview. Some jurisdictions don’t even factor in residential stability, mental health or employment, which can manifest socioeconomic bias. Granted, just looking at someone’s arrest record can be problematic, given that minority neighborhoods are more heavily policed.

“The way people are treated now is neither fair nor equitable,” says Cherise Fanno Burdeen, CEO of the nonprofit Pretrial Justice Institute. “The fact is that no pretrial risk assessment is going to fix over-policing. But the point of using science-based tools is to at least not exacerbate whatever racial bias exists in the system already.”

At a hearing on the matter last month, Cortese said giving defendants more options to bail out should coincide with an effort to reduce the number of people being booked in the first place.

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THE POINTER SISTERS

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK

THE CAVE SINGERS

THE POINTER SISTERS

Fri, 8pm, $22 Lucie Stern Theater, Palo Alto

Fri, 9pm, $15 The Crepe Place, Santa Cruz

Fri, 8pm, $67 Campbell Heritage Theatre

In this new adaptation by Wendy Kesselman, the story of Anne Frank—who as a young teen spent two years hiding from SS patrols in an attic in the Netherlands—is brought to life on stage. Working with the original script by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Kesselman incorporates recently discovered passages from Frank’s diaries, as well as accounts from Holocaust survivors. The Tony Award-nominated Diary sheds a fresh light on one of the most compelling narratives to emerge from the horrors of World War II. Presented by Palo Alto Players, The Diary of Anne Frank runs through Nov. 20. (JT)

Seattle-based trio The Cave Singers are just the latest in a long line of indie rock bands to give up on the traditional record production and distribution process. After releasing 2011’s No Witch on Matador and 2013’s Naomi on JagJaguar, the band abandoned all record labels, turning to the crowdfunding platform IndieGoGo to finance their latest full-length, Banshee—a 10-song collection of slowly bubbling, psychtinged rock & roll. Though the band wrote Banshee by remotely trading demos, they tracked the album live over six days with No Witch producer Randall Dunn—a process that stands in stark contrast to the month they took to record Naomi. (NV)

Oakland-bred R&B group The Pointer Sisters bring their longrunning hit machine to Campbell this week. Known for such classics as “I’m So Excited,” “Jump (For My Love) and “Neutron Dance”—from the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack— the Sisters scored big hits in the 1980s by combining synth-pop arrangements with soulful vocal performances. They’ve been making music for more than 40 years. After the untimely death of founding member June Pointer in 2006, Ruth’s daughter, Issa, helped the group continue by taking June’s place. They’ve been nominated for nine Grammys and awarded three. (NV)

DECADES IN

CEMENT PRAIRIE

Fri, 8:30pm, $10 X Bar, Cupertino

Fri, 11am, $6-$10 NUMU, Los Gatos

After more than 10 years on the local post-hardcore and emo scene, the Union City quartet formerly known as Dennis is Dead decided it was time for a new moniker: Decades In. Since their formation in 2003, they’ve shared stages with a number of prominent acts, including The Acacia Strain and Arsonists Get All The Girls. The group recently released their first self-titled full-length under their new name. The 10-song set features the lead single “Buried Under,” a crushing metalcore dirge with an accompanying wartime video. They share the stage with Anever, Tamerlane and Brace For Mavericks this Friday. (JT)

During the 1950s an estimated 100,000 Native Americans were incentivized to relocate from reservations to urban centers, including San Francisco and San Jose. “Cement Prairie” explores the impact of this program, which was intended to encourage the assimilation of the country’s native population. However, due to continued discrimination and segregation, the program ultimately led to the unification of disparate tribes into politically organized blocks. This, in turn, gave way to the modern pan-Indian political movement. San Jose and the broader Bay Area became a hub of this movement, which continues to advocate for American Indian rights to this day. (NV)

* concerts TONY BENNETT

DECADES IN

Nov 5 at City National Civic

CHARLIE PUTH

Nov 7 at City National Civic

OFF!

Nov 10 at The Ritz

PRETTY LIGHTS

Nov 11 at City National Civic

BILL MAHER

Nov 12 at City National Civic

GALANTIS

Nov 16 at City National Civic

KANYE WEST

Nov 17 at SAP Center

DREAM THEATER

Nov 20 at City National Civic

YG

Nov 11 at The Catalyst

WILD 94.9 JINGLE BALL Dec 1 at SAP Center

TRIPLE HO SHOW

Dec 3 at SAP Center

STEVIE NICKS

Dec 14 at SAP Center

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TONY BENNETT Sat, 8pm, $70+ City National Civic, San Jose Tony Bennett is truly a living legend. For well over 60 years he has entertained audiences with renditions of American pop, jazz and big-band standards— including his signature tune, “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” Since he began his singing career in the late ‘ ’40s, he’s worked with some of the biggest names in show biz, including Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Willie Nelson and Lady Gaga. At 90-years-old, Bennett has 19 Grammys to his name and is still touring the country, charming crowds both young and old with his disarming smile, winning personality and smooth, crooning style. (TJ)

MOSAIC AMERICA

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THE MUMLERS

Dec 22 at The Ritz

THE LIMOUSINES Dec 23 at The Ritz

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

CORRIDOS THE REMIX

Sat, 6pm, $25-$50 De Anza Visual Performing Arts Center, Cupertino

Tue, 7:30pm, $43+ San Jose Center for the Performing Arts

Tue, 8pm, $11-$21 Hammer Theatre, San Jose

They say that everyone smiles in the same language. Something similar might be said of dancing.

Produced by Sangam Arts, “Mosaic America” pays homage to a variety of dancing styles from a wide swath of global cultures, including Aztec, Bharatanatyam, Chinese Dance, Contemporary, Folklorico, Flamenco, Guitar, Haitian Drumming, Indian Folk, Mridangam and more. Directed

by Priya Das, the production will go beyond simply presenting each form of dance in a showcase format— as dancers and choreographers from multiple disciplines will work together on cross-cultural displays of movement. (JT)

Nuns, Nazis and frivolous singing— what's not to love? Sometimes moving on from tragedy includes a little bit of music to get going.

Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Tony-, Grammy- and Academy Awardwinning classic tells the story of the Von Trapp family, who struggle to flee Austria in order to escape the rising Nazi menace. Directed by three-time Tony Award-winner Jack O’Brien, Broadway San Jose’s production of The Sound of Music promises to delight audiences with enduring melodies such as “DoRe-Mi”, “My Favorite Things” and “Edelweiss.” The production runs through Nov. 13. (JT)

Weaving family history and the art of storytelling, the father-son duo of Luis and Kinan Valdez highlight the passing of one generation to the next. Luis, who is regarded as the creator of Chicano theater is best known for penning the play Zoot Suit and the film La Bamba. Written

by Luis and directed by Kinan, the new musical Corridos the Remix explores the relationship between an old-school grandfather and his rebellious granddaughter, as they each seek to understand one another in a rapidly changing world. Presented by San Jose State University, the production runs through Nov. 12. (JT)

WAR

Dec 29 at City National Civic

IHEART 80S PARTY

Jan 28 at SAP Center

TWENTY-ONE PILOTS Feb 10 at SAP Center

BON JOVI

Mar 1 at SAP Center

ARIANA GRANDE

Mar 27 at SAP Center

GAME OF THRONES CONCERT Mar 29 at SAP Center

THE WEEKND

Apr 28 at SAP Center

ROGER WATERS

Jun 7 at SAP Center

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Life of Python JUST A FLESH WOUND John Cleese is forthcoming about his money troubles—he got ‘cleaned out’ by a divorce.

But he’s not worried. He’s seen worse.

John Cleese, Eric Idle consider the meaning of life on comedy tour

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FTER A DECADES-long, massively successful comedy career, John Cleese needs money.

That’s not cynical speculation.

It’s fact. Just ask him.

“There’s two reasons to work,” Cleese says. “One reason is because you love it. And the other is because you need money. You can arrange any particular piece of work on a spectrum between those two poles.

And this is plumb in the middle.”

Known to American audiences for his work with Monty Python and his uproarious turns in A Fish Called Wanda and Fierce Creatures, the British

icon got “cleaned out” by a $20 million divorce settlement last year.

Luckily, Cleese can make a sufficient wad by chatting onstage with his friend and longtime collaborator, Eric Idle, on their Together Again At Last...

For the Very First Time tour.

Since meeting at Cambridge in 1963, Cleese and Idle rose to international stardom after the success of Monty Python. Cleese starred as the tall, manic face of the troupe and Idle played more supporting roles, while overseeing sketch editing and song composition. Their comedy’s durability is undeniable—Cleese’s performance in the “Ministry of Silly Walks” sketch, which debuted over 40 years ago, just got made into an iPhone app.

After Python, the two occasionally got back together for reunion shows.

But this latest tour isn’t a rehashing of their old hits. Rather, they eschew any of their known material for gossip, off-the-cuff riffs and less-performed— but still exceptional—sketches, like a visit to a scatter-brained memory teacher. The show evolves organically, dependent upon audience reaction.

“We can work very, very fast together because we’re both flexible,” Cleese says. “It’s easy for us to let go of ideas, twist ideas and make different shapes out of stuff we’re getting bored with. It’s like playing tennis with someone who is exactly as good as you are. It brings out the best in you.”

In his later years, Cleese has turned towards teaching seminars on creativity, writing books on psychology and drafting his memoirs. This introspective stance has lead him to conclusions like “there is no hope,” a sentiment he shared on Stephen Colbert’s late show. It’s an observation based in the tremendous difficulty he’s had in financing almost all of his projects.

After unanimous studio rejection,

Pink Floyd ponied up most the dough for Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Life of Brian only got made when George Harrison stepped in to be its executive producer. And a recently written adaptation of Roald Dahl’s The Twits, got tossed to the scrap heap after Cleese declined to make the script “worse” by taking the notes of an unfunny producer. Essentially, he thinks the suits haven’t got a clue.

“The people in charge didn’t know what they were doing,” he says. “They are too stupid to realize how stupid they are. Almost nobody can predict what’s going to happen. But you see an awful amount of people running around, thinking that they’re capable of understanding things and forecasting things when they have no chance at all.”

Cleese admits he isn’t infallible, but his hopelessness toward the powerful applies more broadly. Recently on Twitter, where he has 5.4 million followers, he has ripped Rupert Murdoch’s press empire, accused serial sexual abuser, Roger Ailes and most especially, Donald Trump.

“It’s quite clear that he’s a nasty man,” Cleese says. “And that he has no attention span. The one thing the president of the United States needs is an attention span. The alarming thing is that 40 percent of the American voters think he is a good thing. That’s not a place to start a sane society.

America is full of some of the brightest people I’ve ever met. And another large slice of it is completely moronic.”

Regarding the world’s many issues, Cleese feels there must be a focus on ending the “vulgar, unkind, brutal attitude that a lot of men seem to have towards women.” And personally, after spending a good deal of time thinking and writing about his life, Cleese has arrived at a sensible philosophy for the rest of his years.

“I’ve discovered the things that make me happy are incredibly simple: spending time with people I love, reading, enjoying beautiful things to look at, enjoying food, thinking, being kind and taking exercise,” he says. “And none of those are very expensive.”

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*stage COMEDYSPORTZ IMPROV COMEDY

Laugh until your stomach hurts at this improv battle of wits, all audience-sourced and suitable for the entire family. Ongoing. Camera 4, San Jose. 7pm. Midnight Show Saturdays.

‘MAJOR BARBARA’

Coming at the height of the 2016 presidential election, George Bernard Shaw’s witty and thought-provoking look at human nature, morality, religion and social engineering asks some big questions directly relevant to our place and time. Thru Nov 20.

Mountain View.

‘THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK’

In this transcendently powerful new adaptation

by Wendy Kesselman, Anne Frank emerges from history a living, lyrical, intensely gifted young girl, who confronts her rapidly changing life and the increasing horror of her time with astonishing honesty, wit, and determination. Palo Alto Players. Nov 4-20. Palo Alto.

*concerts MUSIC AT THE MARKET

San Pedro Square Market. San Jose.

TOSPS TUESDAYS

A weekly showcase of Bay Area’s budding music scene across all genres. Most Tuesdays, 7pm. Theatre on San Pedro Square. San Jose.

OFF THE GRID

A rotating cast of food trucks and music acts characterize this Friday afternoon event.

Free. Computer History Museum. Mountain View.

*art MUSEUMS ANDERSON COLLECTION

“Soundsuits” by Nick Cave.

Eight Soundsuits along with three video works by Cave, as well as a recently completed documentary on the artist, titled “Here”. “Soundsuits” are

full body-size sculptures made of everything from collected and repurposed buttons, to wooden sticks, beaded baskets, doilies and sequined fabric.

Thru Aug 14. Stanford.

NUMU LOS GATOS

“Making Contact: SETI Artists in Residence.” This group exhibition features artists from the SETI Artist in Residence (AIR) program, including Danny Bazo, George Bolster, Charles Lindsay, Marko Peljhan, Rachel Sussman, Martin Wilner and Karl Yerkes.

Thru Mar 5. “Cement Prairie: The History and Legacy of the 1952 American Indian Urban Relocation Program.”

An exhibition that explores the genesis, rollout and impact of the American Indian Relocation Program initiated by the U.S. government in 1952. Nov 4-Jun 25. Los Gatos.

CANTOR ARTS CENTER

“California: The Art of Water.”

An exhibit exploring the way artists and photographers have portrayed California’s most precious resource. Thru Nov 28.

Stanford.

CHILDREN’S DISCOVERY MUSEUM

“Festivals of India.”The works featured in Festivals of India were created by over 90 artists ages 4–12 with media of their choice through the India Community Center’s Annual Children’s Art Contest. Thru Nov 27. “Día de los Muertos Altar Installation” by artist Lissa Jones.Built in the Oaxacan tradition in celebration. Thru Nov 6. San Jose.

DE SAISSET MUSEUM

California History Exhibit always on display. “Coriolis and Torqueri: Bruce Beasley Recent Work.” Thru Dec 4. “Crossing Cultures: Belle Yang, A Story of Immigration.” Thru Dec 4.

Santa Clara.

EUPHRAT MUSEUM

“De Anza & Foothill Faculty/ Staff Art Show.” Art and photography created by students at De Anza College.

Thru Dec. 1. Cupertino.

HISTORY PARK SAN JOSE

“Tattooed and Tenacious: Inked Women in California’s History” Thru Dec 31. “Painting the Town: The Work of Rey Giese.”

Thru July 30. San Jose.

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SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF ART

“Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.” SJMA is the only West Coast venue for the latest global overview of design today, the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s popular contemporary design triennial. Thru Feb 19. San Jose.

SAN JOSE MUSEUM OF QUILTS & TEXTILES

“The California Art Quilt Revolution: From The Summer of Love to the New Millennium.” This exhibition includes works by pioneers of the art quilt movement such as Jean Ray Laury, Yvonne Porcella, Joan Schulze and Therese May, who pushed the boundaries of what could be called a quilt, and highlights late-20th and 21st century artists working in the quilt medium. Thru Jan 15. San Jose.

Galleries ART ARK GALLERY

“More the Merrier” featuring Avery Palmer, Monica Valdez, Dorit Elisha, Alexander Eischen, Alyssa Eustaquio, Steve Clark. Nov 4-Dec 2. San Jose.

THE ARSENAL

“If Looks Could Kill” by Adam Porwol. San Jose.

GALLERY HOUSE

“Down to Earth” Thru Nov 12.

“Cochran/Warnock.” Thru Nov 11. Palo Alto.

LGBTQ YOUTH SPACE

“Love Good Books,” every third Thu, 6pm. Art group every Fri night, 5:30-6:30pm. San Jose.

MACLA

“Pattern Recognition” Thru Nov 13. San Jose.

MAIN GALLERY

“Day of the Dead.” Thru Nov 13. “Quotes” Nov 2-Nov 27.

Redwood City.

PACIFIC ART LEAGUE

“Photography.” Nov 4-23. Palo Alto.

PALO ALTO ART CENTER

“The Butterfly Effect: Art in 1970s California.” Thru Dec 30.

Palo Alto.

AURAL TRADITION Performing ancient Byzantine chants, Cappella Romana will transport audiences to the Hagia Sophia.

Time Traveling Chants THOUGH THE RUMINATIVE chanting of Byzantine monks might seem entirely unrelated to the complex mathematics at the heart of modern virtual reality software, the two will come together in a beautiful synthesis this Friday at Bing Concert Hall. On Nov. 4, a Portland choral group specializing in Eastern Orthodox sacramental music partners with Stanford sound engineers to recreate the uniquely reverberant recitations that once regularly echoed throughout Istanbul’s famed Hagia Sophia.

The Oregon-based Cappella Romana ensemble is working with Bissera Pentcheva—head of Stanford’s Department of Art & Art History—create a multisensory experience. Part of the university’s “Icons of Sound” project, the aim of the concert is to transport viewers to the iconic and historical basilica.

Hagia Sophia Reimagined Nov. 4, 7:30pm $30-$50 Bing Concert Hall, Stanford

Originally a Greek Orthodox church and later a mosque, the Hagia Sophia is now a museum. Today tourists from all over the world visit the site to view its Medieval tombs and colorful mosaics, marveling at its majestic architecture. But back when it was the seat of the Patriarch of Constantinople, its large dome and the marblelined floors of its massive sanctuary were not only a marvel to behold— they also served to amplify and sustain ceremonial chants.

These days, the Hagia Sophia no longer serves this purpose. Since becoming a museum, concerts and musical performances no longer take advantage of the unique, echo-chamber-like acoustics of the space. In this sense, Pentcheva says, it’s as if the Hagia Sophia has “lost its voice.”

Fortunately, that voice hasn’t been forgotten. Several years ago, sound scientists from Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics were given permission to map the sonic properties of the Hagia Sophia—popping a series of balloons inside the massive hall and taking measurements of the way the sound bounced around the room.

Using that data, the scientists then developed a digital process for reproducing the building’s rolling, “acoustic waterfall,” effect. Pairing this technology with massive projections of the Hagia Sophia, the state-of-the-art soundsystem inside Bing Concert Hall and the authentic performance of recently discovered liturgical chants, the concert—titled “Icons of Sound: Hagia Sophia Reimagined”—is meant to give listeners a sense of exactly what it might have been like to take in a church service there, back when Istanbul was known as Constantinople. —Taylor Jones

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CRACKING THE CODE For some reason, symbologist Robert Langdon (Hanks) is the most qualified man in the world to stop a bioterror attack in ‘Inferno.’

Leading man shines, as always, in otherwise over-the-top ‘Inferno’

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T’S WEIRD SEEING Tom Hanks trying to emote so seriously in Inferno after witnessing one of his finest performances ever, as David S. Pumpkins, on the SNL sketch “The Haunted Elevator.” In the hilarious skit, Hanks’ grimacing loon of a song and dance man, is clad in a squash-themed wardrobe, flanked by fluff-topped b-boy skeletons. Pumpkins is fatuously confident—a celebrity in his own mind.

There is no dancing, unfortunately, in Hanks and Ron Howard’s follow up to The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. Inferno is more interesting than its predecessors, though it’s just as preposterous. Our two-fisted symbologist Robert Langdon (Hanks) is struck with amnesia after taking a bullet to the head. He wakes up in Florence, tended by a British physician—a prodigy of art history and medicine, Dr. Sienna Brooks.

She’s played by Felicity Jones, with the antiseptic, no-nonsense quality of Julie Andrews in the spy movies she occasionally made.

The trickery begins early, with an opening grabber: a man named Zobrist (Go Cubs!) is cornered atop a high Florentine tower, and he leaps for it. In life, Zobrist (Ben Foster), is a

zillionaire with an agenda. The dead plutocrat and TED-talker wasn’t just concerned with overpopulation, he was actively working to correct it— using his wealth and smarts to cook up a diabolically deadly bio-plague that’ll make some much-needed elbow room on this planet.

The plot gets thicker with the introduction of a SPECTRE-like “security group,” headed by Harry Sims (Irrfan Khan), as well as investigators from the World Health Organization. All seem in pursuit of the same deadly vial, and Langdon has to parse egregiously written clues concealed in objects d’art to find the virus where it waits in its final UNESCO world heritage hiding place.

Unlike the first two Dan Brown adaptations, Inferno doesn’t confront religious belief—except maybe to please the kind of audience so opposed to population control that they think condoms are tantamount to genocide.

The conspiracy is as essentially secular as the evil scheme in a

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Bond movie, though the 007-style components and scenery changes here don’t really fit together. Inferno may be twistier, faster, and less smothered with details than the first two Brown adaptations. But it’s always on the edge of real fun, and it never crosses over. Howard tries to keep it realistic when it might have been better to go crazier and richer.

The second-unit cityscapes have a smogged realism to them—they don’t have the menace and the glory of the cityscapes in Bond movies. The direction is unusually jagged and stuttery for Ron Howard; you’d almost credit the movie to Tom Tykwer. Happily, David Koepp is the writer this time, not series regular Akiva Goldsman, a stand-and-deliver exposition scriptwriter of maximum stasis.

Howard goes to particularly crowded European destinations to prove the germ-warfare wielding villain’s point: the Plaza San Marco in Venice, the palaces of Florence, and the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul swarm with mobs of tourists. Still, despite Ben Foster’s impeccable moist-eyed fanaticism, wouldn’t this “herd-thinning” (as Zobrist calls it) be an older man’s insane scheme? Humans in their 50s remember the world as it was a few billion people ago, and might be more inclined to recreate it. And there’s a passing swipe at young people by Sims, about how people don’t become interesting until they’re 35; this, in a movie cut as restlessly as a Bourne film, aiming to please a young audience.

Certainly, Hanks is far more interesting now than when he was on the sunny side of 35. If he’s eminently trustworthy, Hanks is also slightly frail—he’s not the kind of action hero you want to see knocked about. Inferno has a spurious Dante quote in it—the hottest place in hell is reserved for people who fabricate quotes, or words to that effect. When watching Hanks here, and as the weird Pumpkins, one thinks of another quote you could bend. It’s something said about God watching humanity: we respect Hanks when he works but love him when he dances.

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Revivals ‘FROM DUSK TILL DAWN’

(1996) Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s insane farrago slams together the desperate hours of a pair of escaping criminals (QT and a then up-and-coming George Clooney) with a siege by vampires at Mexico’s most infamous nightspot: the Titty Twister, a bar so tough it allows only truckers and bikers. Nightly entertainment comes courtesy of an impossibly voluptuous she-demon played by Salma Hayek, who does a boa-constrictor dance that induces what’s been euphemistically described as “the pain of being a man.” In several roles, including the pussy-praising barker outside the joint, is Cheech Marin. In a Metro interview, Marin recalled reading the script: “OK, they do this stuff, they do that stuff, they— WHOA!—turn into vampires! This is either going to be a big cult favorite, or it’s going to dump a big pail of cold water on everybody’s career. But let’s do it!” The water was indeed a little cold, but why? It’s a magic effort, with Harvey Keitel quietly uproarious in the ancient movie bit about the man of the cloth who loses his faith; the granitefaced Danny Trejo is all the worse for fangs, Big Jim Brown shows off the bulk that terrorized the NFL, and special effects genius Tom Savini is the biker with the derringer crotch. Several dozen quotable lines include one from Hayek, to a victim: “You will be my dog.

I will call you… ‘Spot.’” Music by Los Lobos. The 20th anniversary screening includes a simulcast interview of

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‘LOLA MONTES’/‘CAUGHT’

(1955/1949) Sweeping but never sprawling, Lola Montes, the glorious last film by Max Ophuls, glows in a particularly rich Technicolor. Shot with a CinemaScope lens—a natural fit for the master of the slow, gliding tracking shot—it is the heavily fictionalized but seriously romantic life of Lola Montes. Played by the lovely, sad Martine Carol (as inward-looking a character as you’ll ever see in the center of an epic) Lola’s life is framed by her final year as as an exhibit in the Mammoth Circus, circa 1850. With whip and whistle, a monocled Circus Master (Peter Ustinov) propels his unwell star through her story. “My life is whirling around in my head,” she murmurs, and in flashbacks we see her adventures—her unhappy marriage with a Scots brute, an affair with Liszt (Will Quadflieg) and with a callow student (the prettiest boy in the German cinema of the day, Oskar Werner). Eventually, she finds peace in a liaison with the aged, deaf king of Bavaria (Anton Walbrook), though the affair brings down the government. In design, tone, and spectacle, it seems to me what directors as diverse as Baz Luhrmann, Ernst Lubitsch and Vincente Minnelli were aiming for.

One could read it as a rebuke to slutshamers then and now—Lola claims, “I did what every woman dreams of doing but lacks the courage to do.”

It’s particularly sardonic about showbusiness, as per Ustinov’s grim joke about the education of a performing elephant. It was a commercial failure, re-cut by producers and was rarely visible in a good print; this is the 2008 restoration and you won’t see many movies as splendid as this is.

In a world where women were taken as seriously as men, it would be as well-known as Lawrence of Arabia.

BILLED WITH Caught. A charcoal study for a detail in Ophuls’ canvas above: the scene of the trapped Lola.

Barbara Bel Geddes (the trustworthy maternal friend in Vertigo) is Lenora, who marries in haste, and repents at leisure: her new husband, a millionaire called Smith Ohlrig (Robert Ryan) is a vicious bastard who psychologically and physically torments her. James Mason is a physician who tries to free her. The much repeated story goes that director Ophuls modeled Ohlrig on his sometimes employer Howard Hughes; true or not, in this ace film noir, Ryan evinces the nightmarish solitude of the real Hughes. (Plays Nov. 5-6 in Palo Alto at the Stanford Theatre.) (RvB)

ON THE BEACH Iconic Brazilian actress Sonia Braga stars in ‘Aquarius.’

Taking It Easy IN THE 1980s, Sonia Braga was an idol of Brazilian film. Her coolness, her mahoganycolored body and her magnificent black tresses still stir the memory of longtime filmgoers. Now 65, she still has the hair, as Aquarius demonstrates; Braga winds it, unfurls it, tosses it for the camera. Aquarius is a tribute to Braga. It’s a Brazilian vacation with a civics lesson on the side.

Braga plays the widowed Clara. Once a noted rock critic, she is now an idler, puttering around her art deco oceanside apartment in the city of Recife and swimming in the South Atlantic. But her apartment is up for bulldozing. Over the significant length of Aquarius, Clara puts up a struggle, turning down the payoffs (the developers offer her $635,000). She endures the dirty tricks used to pressure her out of her otherwise vacant building.

In Brazil, Aquarius is seen as a protest against the kleptocracy that pushed out President Dilma Rousseff. But what is Aquarius over here? A little exasperating, frankly. Everyone calls Clara “Dona”—she’s a great lady, a survivor of breast cancer, and in passing we learn that her family owns five apartment buildings. But she wants her home for sentimental reasons.

Laid-back director Kleber Mendonca

Filho is a serious nostalgist. We mark the distance between the past and the present with a monologue about a prized John Lennon LP. Aquarius begins in the apartment, with the Aquarius 70th birthday party of Clara’s aunt Lucia in 1980; that means that Unrated, 142 Min. Lucia (Thalia Perez), Camera Cinemas whose memory sparkles with hardcore flashbacks of the passions of her youth, is almost as old as the 20th century.

But what is Clara doing with her time in 2016? She has a maid (Zoraide Coleto) whom she scolds and kisses. Clara pushes around her real family. She has a lifeguard at the beach who watches out for her—it seems to be his only job. She rings up for paid sex from a gigolo, or goes out with a group of friends who gossip about men.

There’s no reason that a person in their 60s shouldn’t take it easy—shouldn’t just live—but the question is how a director will give some energy to those sweet last days. Aquarius misses the salt and vividness of middle-aged female life we saw in the Chilean film Gloria—where it was ABBA, not Queen, that got the ceaseless needle drops. —Richard von Busack

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HANG LOOSE San Francisco by way of Santa Cruz band Battlehooch aren’t too keen on rules. They just wanna jam.

San Francisco jam-band Battlehooch keep things weird on new single

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EOPLE KIND OF know us now for playing ‘Turn Down For What,’ for better or worse, but we only play ‘Lil Jon’ if we feel 100 percent comfortable.”

That’s not entirely what you’d expect to hear from Grant Goodrich, the bassist for San Francisco-based sextet Battlehooch, a spacey and psychedelic rock & roll band that was once self-described as “shape shifting orchestral rock music.”

The group—consisting of vocalist Pat Smith, guitarist AJ McKinley, synth player Ben Juodvalkis, drummer

Ryan Huber, wind instrumentalist Tom Hurlbut, and Goodrich—is bringing its multifaceted act to downtown San Jose for a night of impromptu jamming, spontaneous audience requests and maybe even a Tupac cover.

“At this point, we’ve been a band for so long that we have a myriad of ways to keep our sets fresh,” McKinley explains. “We have songs that we haven’t played for years that we can get back into, and that’s what’s cool about our material: it can sit alongside everything else. We can play something from our first album right after a brand new song or even a cover and it works. It’s all part of the sound and experience.”

Recently, Battlehooch has taken a different approach to releasing

new tunes, choosing to consistently drop individual songs, as opposed to traditional, full-length albums.

Not only has this helped the band maintain a constant flow of creativity while on tour, it’s also allowed for old and new material to be played side-by-side with improvised, extended versions of songs and covers, McKinley says.

Case in point, Battlehooch’s latest single, “Everyday,” is an assemblage of funky guitar riffs and bluesy harmonica melodies.

“Instead of releasing a fat batch of material all at once and expecting everyone to stop what they’re doing and digest it all in one sitting, we’re going to keep things steady,” McKinley says. “Let people hear a song, digest it, share it, dive into it, get to know it, and by the time they’ve fully listened we’ll give them a new song to check out.”

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and are set to be released over the next few months. After the band finishes out the latter leg of its fall tour in November, they’ll be back in their practice space, learning new jams and re-learning old ones, switching up the songwriting process as they see fit.

“In terms of songwriting, we’ve run the whole gamut,” McKinley explains. “We’ve had songs in our repertoire that arose simply out of improvisation, jam sessions where one of us had come in with all parts of the song written and we’d learn it from top to bottom, and we’ve also gotten together and done crazy weird experiments where we’d all share instruments back and forth.”

The band’s fondness for experimentation stems in part from their UC-Santa Cruz roots. Their mutual involvement with the “hippie expression center,” is at the core of the band, according to McKinley.

“We spent four years making noise and sharing music with each other, and then we moved to San Francisco and kept making music,” McKinley says. “There’s a long lineage of rad music being made, and we just want to humbly contribute the best possible music to that.”

For nearly a decade, Battlehooch has maintained a reputation within the Bay Area’s vast musical landscape.

Known as a band brimming with colorful personalities and eclectic sounds, the group’s continued success is due in part to their reluctance to limit themselves to any defined genre and their penchant for experimentation. This has not only helped keep fans coming back for more, it has also ensured that playing music continues to be fun and rewarding for the band.

“We’re working towards implementing our creative voices as we get more refined and better understand how to distill our creativity into songs,” Goodrich says, explaining that his band still has fun. “I hope we can use our voice to have a broader impact on a bigger level, both musically and socially.”

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PUT WHAT WHERE? Back in 2013, indie punk outfit Modern Baseball played an underground show at a San Jose porn shop.

San Jose’s Secret Scene YOU’D BE FORGIVEN for thinking that “San Jose” and “music” aren’t really words that go together at all. We are, after all, the 10th most populous city in the US—a city of one million people—and yet we have almost never had a dedicated all-ages venue for music.

This is not a common thing. I’ve been a touring musician for about 12 years. I played in a band called Shinobu for many years, and I now play in a band called Hard Girls. I spend about 4-5 months each year on tour.

I’ve played just about every major US city at least once, and after a decade plus of experience, I can say that San Jose is truly unique in how little infrastructure there is for music here.

But that doesn’t mean we aren’t trying. San Jose’s lack of proper live music venues has merely driven the scene underground. Case in point: several years before indie punk quartet Modern Baseball opened up the SJSU Event Center for The Front Bottoms and Brand New on Halloween, they had played San Jose just once before. The venue? A short-lived DIY venue run out of the back of a porn shop located near the junction of Alum Rock Avenue and Highway 680.

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A true testament to the desire to keep music functioning in San Jose, the venue was easily one of the strangest the city ever had. Showgoers entered through the rear parking lot, where the back room of a porn shop had been converted into a small show space. In order to keep shows at Arrows all ages, the two parts of the business were temporarily separated with sheets of cardboard duct taped over the open doorway between the store and converted space. Unless you walked out and around to the front of the store, you never saw any porn. But if you did, there was plenty to see.

“I found a Diff’rent Strokes porn parody,” says Ian Farmer, bassist and cofounder of Modern Baseball.

These days Modern Baseball pack out thousand plus seat venues easily.

The New York Times recently ran a glowing profile on the four-piece—a distinction that few musicians of any genre can claim. Shortly before I talked to him, Farmer was invited to throw out the first pitch at a Tampa Bay Rays game.

That night in 2013, about 100 people from the South Bay packed into a makeshift live room to watch the Philly band play, separated only by a cardboard wall from thousands of adult DVDs and sex toys. The lack of consistency & reliability in San Jose’s music scene can be frustrating to musicians and fans alike. But every now and then, something amazing like this happens. —Mike Huguenor

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Endlessly replaying the memories of how perfect your ex was is a great idea—if you’re looking to grow old with a tube sock and a vat of lotion.

Like most of us, you probably have the adorable idea of memory as some faithful servant, dutifully reporting what actually happened—rather than as the sneaky, ego-serving distorter it is. If memory were faithful to reality—like a videotape—we could just pull out, oh, “The night of Jan. 12, 2015, with Ms. Perfect” and we’d have an accurate replay of the evening's events, with maybe a few fuzzy bits where somebody spilled a little sangria on the tape.

However, fascinating research on learning and memory by cognitive psychologist Robert Bjork finds that “using one’s memory shapes one’s memory.” Bjork explains that the more you “retrieve” something from your mind—that is, bring up the memory

to replay—the bigger and stronger it grows in your memory. In other words, retrieval is the neon-pink highlighting marker of your mind.

So, you retrieve and retrieve—and remember—your ex’s heart-shaped fried eggs and that sweet thing she said while unloading the dishwasher and not being exiled to the couch or her circus-style knife throwing.

Not surprisingly, no real woman can compare. And sure, maybe these women you dated weren’t right for you. But the question—with any woman—is whether she meets enough of your standards. You can't have it all—but do you have enough of it all?

You figure that out by coming up with a shortlist of minimums— standards for the stuff you absolutely can’t live without in a partner, in looks, demeanor (especially kindness), intelligence, rationality, and anything else that matters to you.

I’m a 26-year-old guy. In four years, I’ve taken three dozen women on one or two dates each. Without fail, I get rejected. I’ve tried changing things up— shameless flirting instead of casual small talk, etc.—but the result is always the same. I’m not some loser. I have a cool job and an active social life. But I’m the common denominator in things not working out. What am I doing wrong that I can’t even swing a third date?—Bummed Consider the fine French restaurant approach. Before the first course is served, the chef will sometimes send you out a tiny, delectable palate teaser, called an “amuse-bouche” (mouth amuser)— as opposed to sending out two burly waiters to hold you down and force-feed you a vat of stew. (What’s French for “fatten you up for the kill”?)

In other words, chances are, your problem is one of presentation—and yours is probably dragging you across the loserhood equator from nice to needy. Granted, you won’t be every woman’s cauldron of bouillabaisse, and maybe some of your prospects were out of your league. But 36 different women? That’s three egg cartons of ladies all saying nuh-uh to a second or third date with you. And if there’s one thing that women have in common, it’s

the ability to sniff out Eau Pleeeeeease, Pick Meeee! on a guy.

Consider “the scarcity principle,” which, as social psychologist Robert Cialdini explains, describes how we tend to long for what’s out of reach. Try a little test: Make an effort to make much less effort. Ask women about themselves instead of trying to hard-sell them on you (either by singing your own praises or complimenting them senseless). As I often advise, keep your dates cheap, short, and local. Especially short. (Leave them wanting more instead of less.)

And sure, text a woman—once, the afternoon after, not 26 times in the 20 seconds after you drop her off. If you and a woman get into a long-distance thing, it shouldn’t be because you’ll go to jail if you violate the 100-yard rule mandated by the judge.

©2016, 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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In re the Matter of the CAPELLA FAMILY REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DATED JULY 30, 1997, by Manuel J. Capella, DecedentNotice is hereby given to the creditors and contingent creditors of Decedent Manuel J. Capella that all persons having claims against the Decedent are required to file them with the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Santa Clara, at 191 N. First Street, San Jose, CA 95112, and mail or deliver a copy to David Capella, successor trustee of the Capella Family Revocable Living Trust dated July 30, 1997, of which the Decedent was the settlor, at the Sowards Law Firm, 2542 S. Bascom Avenue, Suite 200, Campbell, CA 95008, within the later of four (4) months after November 2, 2016 (the date of the first publication of notice to creditors) or, if notice is mailed or personally delivered to you, sixty (60) days after the date this notice is mailed or personally delivered to you.LATE CLAIMS: If you do not file your claim within the time required by law, you must petition to file a late claim as provided in California Probate Code §19103.FAILURE TO FILE A CLAIM: Failure to file a claim with the court and to serve a copy of the claim on the trustee will in most instances invalidate your claim.(Pub dates: 10/26, 11/02, 11/09/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #622524 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Advanced Industrial Delivery LLC, 247 N. Capitol Ave., Unit 104, San Jose, CA, 95127. This business is being 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/Gilbert Juan Garcia Managing Member#201627010166This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/17/2016. (pub Metro 11/02, 11/09, 11/16, 11/23/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #622430 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Union Avenue Liquors, 3649 Union Ave., San Jose, CA, 95124, Kim Dao Corporation, 36 Leominster Ct., San Jose, CA, 95139. This business is being 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/Michael John Perazzo President #C39443143 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/13/2016. (pub Metro 10/26, 11/02, 11/09, 11/16/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #622360 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Soft Touch Spa, 1692 Tully Road, Suite 12, San Jose, CA, 95122, Dai Nguyen, 650 Island Place, Redwood City, CA, 94065. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Dai Nguyen This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/12/2016. (pub Metro 11/02, 11/09, 11/16, 11/23/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #622523 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KT Dental Laboratory, 1333 Piedmont Rd., Ste #202, San Jose, CA, 95132, Thao Le Phong Nguyen, 3562 Peak Dr., San Jose, CA, 95127. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Thao Le Phong TranThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/17/2016. (pub Metro 10/26, 11/02, 11/09, 11/16/2016)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #622361 The following persons(s) / registrants(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): Soft Touch Spa, 1692 Tully Road, Suite 12, San Jose, CA, 95122, Minh T. Hoang, 1541 Flanigan Dr., #168, San Jose, CA, 95121. Filed in Santa Clara County

on 01/28/2014 under file number 587505. This business was conducted by: An individual /s/Minh T. Hoang Date filed with the clerks office: 10/12/2016 (pub dates 11/02, 11/09, 11/16, 11/23/2016

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MARK PASCOE KELLY. CASE NO. 16PR178443

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MARK PASCOE KELLY. CASE NO. 16PR178443To all heirs beneficiaries creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: MARK PASCOE KELLY. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: James J. Ramoni, Public Administrator of the County of Santa Clara in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara.The Petition for Probate requests that James J. Ramoni, Public Administrator of the County of Santa Clara 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 in this court as follows: November 28, 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 decedent, you must file your claim with the court and mail a copy to the personal representative appointed by the court within the later of either (1) four months from the date of first issuance of letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60 days from the date of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes and legal authority may affect your rights as a creditor. You may want to consult with an attorney knowledgeable in California law.

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 Request for Special Notice (form DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney for petitioner: MARK A. GONZALEZ, Lead Deputy County Counsel, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL, 373 West Julian Street, Suite 300, San Jose, CA, 95110, Telephone: 408-758-4200 (Pub CC, 11/02, 11/09, 11/16/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #622566 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Van Hoa Lam, 979 Story Rd., #7087, San Jose, Ca, 95122, Nuh Thuan Lam, Quoc Anh Nguyen, 608 Giraudo Dr., San Jose, CA, 95111. This business is conducted by an married couple.Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. Refile of previous file #620681 with changes. /s/Nhu Thuan Lam This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/18/2016. (pub Metro 10/26, 11/02, 11/09, 11/16/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #622752 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Free Spirit, 380 S. 1st Street, San Jose, CA, 95113, Michael R. Hill, 8093 E. Zayante Rd., Felton, CA, 95018. This business is conducted by an individual.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Michael R. Hill This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/24/2016. (pub Metro 11/02, 11/09, 11/16, 11/23/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #621712 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Countrywide Carrier, 2947 Capewood Ln., San Jose, CA, 95132, Rajwinder Singh. This business is conducted by an individual.Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 9/01/2016. /s/Rajwinder SinghThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 9/22/2016. (pub Metro 10/19, 10/26, 11/02, 11/09/2016)

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Pal Transport, 260 Pamela Ave., Apt #1, San Jose, CA, 95116, Jagjit Singh. This business is conducted by an individual.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/ Jagjit SinghThis statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/24/2016. (pub Metro 10/26, 11/02, 11/09, 11/16/2016)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #623023 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. KT Dental Laboratory, 2. Taya Dental Laboratory, 1333 Piedmont Rd., Ste #202, San Jose, CA, 95132, Thao Le Phong Tran, Kenny Phong Nguyen, 3562 Peak Dr., San Jose, CA, 95127. This business is conducted by a married couple. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. Refile of previous file #622523 with changes/s/Thao Le Phong Tran This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/28/2016. (pub Metro 11/02, 11/09, 11/16, 11/23/2016)

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL REAL PROPERTY: CASE NO. 1-15-PR-177695 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 6, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., the Public Administrator, as Administrator of the Estate of ALICE EDWARDS intends to sell at private sale, to the highest net bidder, all of the estate’s right, title and interest in and to certain real property located in the City of Santa Clara, County of Santa Clara, State of California,. The sale shall be subject to confirmation by the above-entitled court.Bids for property are hereby invited.

All bids must be made on the bid forms provided by the Public Administrator or RE/MAX Gold Santa Clara Valley and may be mailed or personally delivered to the Office of the Public Administrator, 333 W. Julian Street, 4th Floor, San Jose, CA 95110 or to RE/MAX Gold Santa Clara Valley, 1530 Parkmoor Avenue, Ste A, San Jose, CA 95128.All bids must be accompanied by a ten (10) percent deposit, with the balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash upon close of escrow. The full terms of the sale are contained in the bid form.All bids will be opened at the Office of the Public Administrator at 2:00 p.m., or thereafter as allowed by law. The subject property is commonly known as 16199 Highland Drive, San Jose, CA 95127 and shall be sold “as is.” The undersigned reserves the right to reject any and all bids prior to entry of a court order confirming a sale.For additional information and bid forms, apply at the office of RE/MAX Gold Santa Clara Valley, 1530 Parkmoor Ave., Ste. A, San Jose, CA 95127, Attention: Phillip Costanza, Telephone (408) 295-4432./s/Petitioner JAMES R. WILLIAMS, County Counsel, MARK A. GONZALEZ, Lead Deputy Counsel, Attorneys for James J. Ramoni, Public Administrator of the County of Santa Clara (Pub CC 11/02, 11/09, 11/16/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #622203 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Solo Cholo Wear, 3804 Yerba Buena Ave., San Jose, CA, 95121, Joe Santiago. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Joe Santiago This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/05/2016. (pub Metro 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/02/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #621955 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Tagz Boutique, 420 S. Bascom, San Jose, CA, 95128, Yoana Amador, Cetavia Durgin, 1276 Flickinger Ave., San Jose, CA, 95131. This business is conducted by a joint venture. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/8/15. /s/Yoana Amador This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 9/29/2016. (pub Metro 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/02/2016)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #621794 The following persons(s) / registrants(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): Captured Moments Videography, 5057 Impatiens Drive, Jose A. Diaz. Filed in Santa Clara County on 12/18//2016 under file number 517990. This business was conducted by: An individual /s/Jose A. Diaz Date filed with the clerks office: 9/26/2016pub dates (10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/02/2016

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on November 22, 2016 at 2:00 p.m., the undersigned, as Administrator of the Estate of BERNARD GREENING, intends to sell at private sale, to the highest net bidder, all of the estate’s right, title and interest in and to certain real property located in the City of Santa Clara, County of Santa Clara, State of California. The sale shall be subject to confirmation by the above-entitled court. Bids for property are hereby invited.All bids must be made on the bid forms provided by the undersigned or at the Sereno Group, 14506 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, CA 95070 and may be mailed or personally delivered to the undersigned at the Office of the Public Administrator, 333 W. Julian Street, 4th Floor, San Jose, CA 95110.All bids must be accompanied by a ten (10) percent deposit, with the balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash upon close of escrow. The full terms of the sale are contained in the bid form.All bids will be opened at the Office of the Public Administrator at 2:00 p.m., or thereafter as allowed by law. The subject property is commonly known as 2411 Borax Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95051 and shall be sold “as is.” The undersigned reserves the right to reject any and all bids prior to entry of a court order confirming a sale.For additional information and bid forms, apply at Sereno Group, 14506 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, CA, 95070, Attention Lynne Olenak, telephone (408) 741-8200. Dated this 27th day of October 2016/s/ JAMES J. RAMONI, Public Administrator of the County of Santa Clara, as the Administrator Estate of Bernard Greening. MARK A. GONZALEZ, Lead Deputy County Counsel, Office of the County Counsel, Attorneys for James J. Ramoni, Public Administrator of the County of Santa Clara, as the Administrator of the Estate of Bernard Greening(Pub CC 11/02, 11/09, 11/16/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #622442 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Poki Cali, 2080 S. Bascom Avenue, Suite C, Campbell, CA, 95008, Nam H. Nguyen, 593 Kings Cross Way., San Jose, CA, 95136. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein./s/Nam H. Nguyen This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/13/2016. (pub Metro 10/19, 10/26, 11/02, 11/09/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #623021 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as:Market Grill, 402 South Market St., San Jose, CA, 95113, Lawangeen Khairy, 7673 Turquasest, Dublin, CA, 94568. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/ Lawangeen Khairy This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/28/2016. (pub Metro 11/02, 11/09, 11/16, 11/23/2016)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #623022 The following persons(s) / registrants(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): Taya Dental Laboratory, 1333 Piedmont Rd., #202 San Jose, CA, 95132, Wu Tsung Cha. Filed in Santa Clara County on 4/13/2016 under file number 616254. This business was conducted by: An individual./s/Wu Tsung Cha Date filed with the clerks office: 10/28/2016 pub dates (11/02, 11/09, 11/16, 11/23/2016

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): I am in awe of your head-first, charge-forward, no-distractions approach.

In fact, I aspire to incorporate more of the Ariesstyle directness into my own repertoire. But I also love it when, on rare occasions, you flirt with a more strategic perspective. It amuses me to see you experimenting with the power of secrets. Your wisdom often grows at an expedited rate when you get caught up in a web of intrigue that exposes you to dark joys and melodramatic lessons. During times like these, you feel fine about not having everything figured out, about not knowing the most straightforward route to your destination. You allow the riddles and enigmas to ferment as you bask in the voluptuous ambiance of the Great Mystery. Now is such a time.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): I am pleased to inform you that at least 30 percent of what you think you know about love and lust is too prosaic. Probably too narrow and constrained, as well. But here’s the good news: As soon as you agree to relinquish the dull certainty of that 30-plus percent, you will open yourself to a surge of fresh teachings. And soon, I expect, dewy throbs and hot flows will awaken in all the erotic parts of your body, including your heart and brain and soul. If you’re brave enough to respond, generous lessons in intimacy will keep you entertained for weeks.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Over the last two

decades, well-meaning Westerners have donated a profusion of clothes to low-income folks in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Kind and magnanimous, right? Yes, but their largesse has had an unintended consequence: the demise of the textile industry in those African countries. With this as a cautionary tale, I’m asking you to take inventory of your own acts of benevolence and charity. Are they having effects that you approve of? If not completely, how could you adjust the way you give your gifts and bestow your blessings?

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Is it possible that you might flourish as a top dog after all the work you’ve put in as an underdog? Can you wean yourself from the worried fantasy that you’ve got endless dues to pay, and then harness your imagination to expand your confidence and build your clout? I believe you can. And in the coming weeks I will unleash a flood of prayers to the Goddess of Holy Reversals, asking her to assist you. Now please repeat after me: “I am a creative force of nature. I am a strong song of liberation. I am a wise animal with direct access to my primal intelligence.”

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): The next two weeks could be smooth, peaceful and bland. Is that the experience you want? Mild satisfactions, sweet boredom, and slow progress? There’s nothing wrong with any of that. Please feel free to loll and loaf as you explore the healing charms of laziness.

Grant yourself permission to avoid conflict and cultivate sunny self-protectiveness. This is one of those times when silence and stasis are among the best gifts you can give yourself. Welcome the rejuvenating power of emptiness!

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): It’s time to replace

banged-up, dried-out old obsessions with ripe, juicy fascinations. It’s your duty to phase out numbing traditions and deadening habits so as to make room for exciting new rituals, customs, and sacraments. Can you summon the electric willpower to shed influences that are technically “correct” but lacking in soulfulness? I think you can. Do you love yourself enough to forswear pretty but meaningless titillations? I think you do. Now get out there and do the hard work necessary to bring more serious fun into your life. Homework: Write an essay titled “What I Can Do to Be More Playful.”

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Over the course of his or her life, the average British person says “Sorry” on over 90,000 occasions. The typical Libran Brit probably utters routine apologies upwards of 120,000 times. Libras from other countries may not reach that heady level, but many do specialize in excessive politeness. (I should know, as I have three planets in Libra in my natal chart.) But in accordance with the astrological indicators, I am authorizing you to be a bit less courteous and solicitous than usual in the next two weeks. Don’t go overboard, of course. But

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allowing yourself some breathing room like this will help you get more rigorous access to your authentic, idiosyncratic, soulful urges—which will be very tonic.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Until 2007, Scotland's official slogan was “Scotland, the Best Small Country in the World.” Deciding that wasn’t sufficiently upbeat, the government spent $187,000 on a campaign to come up with something better.

“Home of Golf” and “Home of Europe's Fastest Growing Life Sciences Community” were among the proposed phrases that were rejected. The ultimate choice: “Welcome to Scotland.” I bring this to your attention, Scorpio, because you’re in a favorable phase to rebrand yourself. But I hope you will be more daring and imaginative than Scotland. How about “Smolderingly Alarmingly Brilliant”? Or maybe “Safely Risky and Unpredictably Wise” or “Home of the Best Secrets Ever”?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): I cheer you on as you attend to your difficult but holy duties. I send you my love as you summon the wisdom and resourcefulness you need to weather the gorgeous storm. Here are clues that might be useful: Whether you are partially or totally victorious will depend as much on the attitude you hold in your heart as on your outward behavior. Be grateful, never resentful, for the interesting challenges. Love your struggles for the new capacities they are building in you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): The coming weeks

constitute the harvest phase of your personal cycle.

That means you have the pleasure of gathering in the ripe rewards that you have been cultivating since your last birthday. But you also have the responsibility to answer and correct for any carelessness you have allowed to affect your efforts during the previous eleven months. Don’t worry, dear. My sense is that the goodies and successes far outnumber and overshadow the questionable decisions and failures.

You have ample reasons to celebrate. But I hope you won’t get so caught up in your rightful exaltation that you’ll neglect the therapeutic atonements.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Like England and Spain, the Netherlands has a royal family, including a king, queen, prince, and princesses. They’re an egalitarian bunch. The young ones attend public schools, and the previous queen’s birthday is celebrated with a nationwide flea market. The king’s crown is attractive but quite economical. Its pearls are fake, and other “jewels” are made of glass, colored foil, and fish scales. In accordance with the astrological omens, I propose that you create a regal but earthy headpiece for yourself. It’s high time for you to elevate your self-worth in an amusing and artful way. What fun and funky materials will you use in your homemade crown?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): In her book, A Natural History of the Senses, Diane Ackerman reports on the eccentric methods that professional writers have used to galvanize their creative process. Poet Amy Lowell relaxed into her work day by puffing on Manila cigars.

Novelist Colette plucked fleas from her cat. T. S. Eliot’s poetry thrived when he had a head cold. Novelist George Sand liked to jump out of bed after making love and immediately begin writing. Novelist William Gass, who is still among the living, wanders around outside taking photos of “rusty, derelict, overlooked, downtrodden” places. As for D. H. Lawrence: climbing mulberry trees naked energized his genius. What about you, Pisces? Now is an excellent time to draw intensely on your reliable sources of inspiration—as well as to seek new ones.

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KIDS IN THE HALL Officials at San Jose City Hall took urgent action to protect local medical marijuana laws ahead of Prop. 64’s possible passage.

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AST MONTH SAN JOSE’S top city staff had a wake-up call: the day after Election Day, weed is very likely to become legal in California.

Proposition 64 lays out a framework for the state to legalize cannabis for anyone 21 and older in California, as well as create a new marketplace. San Jose officials had little intent of seeing their years-long cultivation of an organized medical marijuana collective system get overruled by a new state law on Nov. 9, so it started setting up meetings and gauging where elected officials were on the issue. City staff began discussing an urgency ordinance at a meeting with collectives on Oct. 4, and two weeks later the concept was passed on to the City Council, which directed staff to return with further direction regarding Prop. 64.

In a memo sent to the council Oct. 21, City Manager Norberto Dueñas and City Attorney Rick Doyle argued that creating an “urgency ordinance will confirm that cultivation, processing, manufacture, distribution, testing, and sale of nonmedical marijuana is not allowed in San Jose.”

That may sound dire, as if Prop. 64 will make pot legal to 21-plus adults everywhere in California except San Jose, but city officials say the action was a precautionary step to make sure it has time to roll new laws into a model that works with San Jose’s existing 16 collectives.

Under Prop. 64, anyone 21 and older can smoke or ingest marijuana as well as possess, process, transport, purchase, obtain or give it away without compensation. Possession restrictions per person include: 28.5 grams of marijuana (not concentrated cannabis); 4-8 grams of concentrated cannabis (including edibles); and six living plants (including possession of the marijuana produced by those plants).

A small but loud group of marijuana activists has taken exception with Prop. 64, saying it poorly monitors taxpayer dollars and creates an existential threat to small growers. These concerns are mostly overblown.

There is also apprehension whether banks will work with the marijuana industry, as pot is still illegal under federal law. Proponents such as Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom have insisted many banks will get on board, as nine other states also have marijuana legalization on the Nov. 8 ballot.

The biggest reason Prop. 64 needs to pass is also the most obvious.

Legalization in California will be another step toward dropping marijuana from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Schedule I classification, which prevents wide-scale research and puts marijuana on par with crack, cocaine and heroin. —Josh Koehn

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Original Anti-Man DADA DUDE Tristan Tzara was many things—but first and foremost, he was a poet.

Reconceived project Dadaglobe picks up where pioneer left off

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HENEVER I HIT the road, synchronicities unfold on multiple levels. Last spring, for example, the anti-manabout-town infiltrated Zurich to experience the centenary of the Dada art movement, an international web of radical creative perspectives that forever altered the courses of 20th-century art.

Following in the footsteps of antiestablishment heroes via interviews, museum exhibits, street tours and historical research was a form of creative genealogy. Now, as you read this, certain

individuals and vibes from that trip are arriving in San Francisco for the Dada World Fair, organized by City Lights Bookstore, now through Nov. 13. Talk about everything coming full circle.

One major exhibition I experienced during that Swiss adventure was Dadaglobe Reconstructed at The Kunsthaus Zurich, a landmark show bringing together more than 200 works originally mailed to Tristan Tzara in 1920 for his Dadaglobe book compilation. In curating that project, Tzara essentially invented what’s now known as mail art. According to Tzara’s specific instructions, artists sent him imagery, photo collages, warped self-portraits, poetry or texts via postal mail to be included in the book, which he intended to function as an official Dada catalog representing the radical avant-garde

of post-WWI Europe. Of course, in pure Dada fashion, the book never actually happened due to financial collapse and infighting among the participants, so the original submissions were eventually dispersed into public and private collections all over the world.

Some pieces, like Max Ernst’s Chinese Nightingale, even went on to become important in their own right, but without anyone realizing they were originally created for Tzara’s Dadaglobe book.

Amazingly, about six years ago, New York-based art historian Adrian Sudhalter began tracking down all of the original submissions with the intention of reconstructing the original Dadaglobe book. It was a landmark undertaking of 20th-century art scholarship and detective work, a milestone in Dada research culminating with the Kunsthaus exhibition, which then traveled to MoMA in New York City. Now Sudhalter will talk about her research at the brand new swissnex headquarters at Pier 17 in San Francisco

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Tzara was an original anti-manabout-town. Even though he was among the Magnificent Seven who co-founded Dada at the Cabaret Voltaire in 1916, he never fit into one creative category. Hailing from Romania, he wrote poetry in both his mother tongue and in French.

He also orchestrated performances of “simultaneous poetry” in which participants read unrelated poems at the same time in different languages.

Coming from a multi-ethnic, multireligious, multi-political background, Tzara’s creative practice was inseparable from all of those characteristics.

As Dada began to circle the drain for good, Tzara branched off to Paris where he continued to duke it out with fellow wiseass troublemakers Francis Picabia and Andre Breton, a scene that eventually led to Surrealism. But Tzara did not go away.

For decades he published volumes of poetry, traveled in and out of communism, and even amassed a formidable collection of African and Oceanic art. He was a performance artist, a playwright and a scholar—a true interdisciplinary character.

“Tzara was amazing,” Sudhalter said.

“He was first and foremost a poet.

Dada was something he did for a few years, but he was a poet for his lifetime.

He was a poet before he entered the Dada scene and he was a poet after. He had a very sincere passion for poetry.

And identity. And for language and the politics that are inherent in language.”

When I visited Zurich last April, the current-day Cabaret Voltaire featured an offizium—a prayer or incantation of sorts—to a particular Dadaist every single morning. I attended the one for Tzara, which took place on his birthday. I didn’t know ahead of time that I’d be there on Tzara’s birthday.

For the offizium, Cabaret Voltaire director Adrian Notz stood there and read Tzara’s entire 1918 Dada Manifesto. That document was and still is one of the all-time masterpieces of oppositional defiant disorder reiterated as a strategy for creative practice. I can probably identify 100 columns in which I’ve tried to do the exact same thing. I owe much to Tristan Tzara. Now, thanks to City Lights, it shall continue.

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RAVE RAV REVIEW Adega’s blood sausage ravioli is just one dish that helped the restaurant earn its coveted Michelin star.

Adega: A Star Is Born

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HE FAMILY WAS having breakfast when the phone rang on a recent Tuesday morning. Adega, one of the few Portuguese restaurants in the Bay Area, is closed Monday and Tuesday, so this was technically the weekend. Silence spread throughout the group, as chefs Jessica Carreira and David Costa, along with Adega co-owners Carlos and Fernanda Carreira, learned that the restaurant had earned a highly coveted Michelin star.

“The first reaction was shock, no screaming, no yelling,” Carlos Carreira says, “We thought it was a prank call. We thought: Is it real?” It is.

Adega is not only the first San Jose restaurant to earn a Michelin star, but also just the second Portuguese restaurant in the United States to be honored with the most prestigious culinary award in the world.

Carlos Carreira’s voice radiated with pride during a phone interview last week as he spoke about Jessica, his 23-year-old daughter, her passion for food and her culinary journey from San Jose to Portugal and back.

He feels the restaurant has achieved its mission of providing an authentic Portuguese dining experience in San Jose, using ingredients as varied as pig ear, rabbit and honeycomb and pairing them with Portuguese wines.

“Earning a star was important for the chefs,” he says. “To have a Michelin inspector validate their decisions, like using the best and freshest authentic ingredients, was rewarding.”

Chef Jessica Carreira is now one of the youngest chefs—and one of a few female chefs—to earn a Michelin star distinction. Her father says she’s finding it a little overwhelming for the moment. Jessica Carreira and Costa, her co-chef and fiancé, worked together at another one-Michelin star restaurant, Eleven in Lisbon, Portugal, before moving to San Jose. Their fine dining restaurant could have opened anywhere in the Bay Area, but Jessica Carreira was adamant about opening Adega in San Jose’s Little Portugal district, the neighborhood where she grew up. With its valet parking and impeccable décor, Adega can seem other-worldly among its neighbors on Alum Rock Avenue.

Earning a Michelin star will increase attention, as well as expectations, for Adega, but Carlos Carreira says the restaurant embraces the challenge.

“After the excitement wears off, there is a responsibility, especially for the chefs, to be viewed as the only restaurant in San Jose with a Michelin star,” he says. “There is a sense of responsibility to know what they represent for the city of San Jose.” —Ngoc Ngo ADEGA 1614 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose. 408.926.9075

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We started off with the Roasted Red and Gold Beet Salad ($7), which included crunchy cubes of apple, walnut and freshly chopped dill as a garnish. The apple cider vinegar and light sprinkling of cheddar cheese contrasted nicely with the sweet beets, setting the stage for the SpiceCrusted Chicken Wings ($10). Garnished with a tangy and refreshing green papaya and carrot salad, the wings were cooked expertly while maintaining a crunchy and flavorful crust that was drizzled in a light habañero-pineapple glaze.

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In business only a little over a month, The Halford has made waves for its great variety of beers and laid-back vibe. It will be worth watching how it fine-tunes its food to match the menu’s price point. —Avi Salem THE HALFORD 1494 Halford Ave., Santa Clara. 408.243.1290

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