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Shots Fired I’ve heard of couples getting a little too comfortable with one another, letting a burp go here or passing a little gas there, but it would be great if you could leave the rest of us out of it. I was walking to a show with my husband when we passed you and yours. Out of nowhere, you stepped onto the curb and fired a snot rocket at a street corner trashcan. Making matters worse, you missed. I know you saw me watching you, because you quickly turned to your husband and swore that you had never done anything like that before. Yeah, sure.

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I’m not understanding what is remotely creepy or crazy about a bunch of frozen bodies in some underground bunker awaiting reawakening in whatever future the world has to offer. Sounds like something we would all wish for … right? DAN H VIA SAN JOSE INSIDE

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Plenty of non-wealthy people can afford cryonics arrangements by using life insurance as the funding mechanism, as I have. We can see that cryonics has just not drawn many wealthy people by the absence of adventuresses in cryonics circles, namely young women on the make who want to hook up with wealthy men. MARK PLUS VIA SAN JOSE INSIDE

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Toxic Revenge Former Assemblywoman NORA CAMPOS and her family—husband NEIL STRUTHERS, as well as little brother and ex-East Side San Jose Councilman XAVIER CAMPOS—have routinely inspired punchlines at the annual political sketch show Monday Night Live! But this time the audience heard ribbings firsthand from the Campos clan’s capable East Side successor, Vice Mayor and MNL! host MAGDALENA CARRASCO. Rocking a Wonder Woman crown and corset, Carrasco stood in front of the San Jose Stage Company's Toxic Avenger-themed backdrop and joked about knowing a thing or two about cleaning up a toxic mess. She also landed a blow by referencing a crotch-shot Struthers endured last year at a Fairmont Hotel brawl. Struthers seemed to take it in stride by getting a refill in the middle of performances. City Hall’s resident male model, DON ROCHA, remained They an observer this time, Did but San Jose Stage What? actor JOSHUA MARX channeled the termingSEND TIPS TO out councilman as “The FLY@ Donfather.” Rocha’s METRONEWS. surrogate waxed poetic COM about being “a model and a politician, so why not be a model politician” before slicking his hair back with a fistful of hair gel. San Jose Councilman LAN DIEP tried to steal the limelight a couple of times with his Captain America shield before being dragged off stage, while Councilman RAUL PERALEZ poked a little fun at himself and colleagues with a Top 10 list noting the faux promises council members made to lure Google to downtown. Peralez purportedly promised to get the word “Googling” tattooed on his tallywacker, but the company declined to see it because “searching isn't supposed to be so difficult.” Like Rocha, Mayor SAM LICCARDO eschewed the limelight but got an honorable mention as the butt of a joke about the recent break-in at his home. Playing a burglar, actor WILL SPRINGHORN JR. warned the mayor that he has more than just bike helmets and Sinatra CDs to worry about—he could also lose re-election.

Logging Off UNTESTED Not all local law enforcement agencies require every rape kit to be tested, citing exemptions for cases in which the victim doesn’t want to press charges.

Several local police agencies have no accurate tally of untested rape kits BY JENNIFER WADSWORTH

T CAN TAKE UP to seven hours to collect evidence of rape. The process involves poking, prodding, swabbing and photographing victims, who are told to show up to the exam unwashed and in the same clothes they wore at the time of the assault. The ordeal is painstaking and invasive, rendering the victim’s body a crime scene. Yet justice has been delayed for an untold number of sexual assault survivors in Santa Clara County, as cases remain untested, sitting on shelves in evidence lockers.

For some South Bay cities the number of unanalyzed rape kits can be counted on one hand. At other agencies, they number in the dozens. For the San Jose Police Department (SJPD), it could be in the hundreds, but it has no plans to tally its backlog before 2012. In 2013, an ABC7 report found that the city’s backlog totaled more than 1,800. It’s unclear how many of those untested kits still languish on shelves of evidence lockers because they’re unaccounted for in SJPD’s 5-year-old reporting software. Since Jan. 1, 2016, local law enforcement have had a 20day deadline to submit evidence to the county’s crime laboratory, which then has four months to process it. Overseeing a city of a million people and handling the vast majority of sexual assault cases in the South Bay, SJPD puts its backlog tally at 44. But the department’s own records show the actual number of untested kits to be 99.

The 55 kits that aren’t counted as part of SJPD’s current backlog are labeled with numbers instead of names because victims have refused to press charges. In California, victims that undergo these Jane or John Doe tests have two years to decide whether to press charges against their attacker. In some states, they have just two months. Lt. Clinton Ta, who’s in charge of SJPD’s Sexual Assault Investigations Unit, defends the department’s decision to not test all its rape kits, saying it’s important to give victims a sense of control over their case. “We have some victims that come forward and they do not want their names or anything associated with their identity in a police report,” he says. “Victims do have rights, too … and that is their right whether or not they want something tested.” Not everyone agrees. Ilse Knecht, a policy director for the Joyful Heart Foundation—an advocacy group that’s pushing agencies to end their rape kit backlogs—says that every victim should choose their own path to justice, but the fact that more than half of SJPD’s untested kits in

untested kits going back 20 years, and two since 2016 for the city of 150,000. Since Jan. 1, 2016, Sunnyvale has booked 19 kits to meet statutory submission requirements, the city’s records manager, Pamela Healy, says. “Of those, 17 were submitted, and two were not, as they were for unfounded cases.” In Campbell, home to 42,000 residents, police have 20 untested kits. Gilroy, a city only slightly larger, has 134 untested. Police in Gilroy consider only 100 of them as part of an official backlog, and most of those kits pre-date 2010. “I realize that some people may say, ‘Send them all in for testing,’ but in a lot of cases the victim may know the person that assaulted them, and they’re not in a state to want to pursue that,” Gilroy police Capt. Kurt Svardal says. “So we do respect their wishes.” For some jurisdictions, Metro was only able to obtain data from last year. Out of 14 rape kits submitted by the Santa Clara police in 2016, one remains untested because police say the victim declined to cooperate. That same year, Stanford University police submitted four rape kits to the crime lab and withheld two, citing the same reason. A few rape kit reform bills are working their way through the state Legislature. AB 41 would force all local law enforcement agencies and forensic labs to tell the state Department of Justice how many rape kits they collect and why some are left untested. AB 1312, co-authored by Assemblyman Evan Low (D-San Jose), would strengthen survivors’ rights to know about the status of their rape kits. Low’s other bill, AB 280, would add an option on income tax forms for people to donate money to reduce the backlog. He proposed the bill because of concerns in law enforcement that new reporting requirements on rape kit testing would overwhelm already underresourced police agencies and crime labs. Janet Henderson, who leads a local support group for sexual assault survivors, says she’d like to see even anonymous kits tested because they could help identify serial offenders. Having a policy of testing every kit would also justify the often-traumatic experience of undergoing evidence collection, she adds. “I think it would send a message to survivors that they matter,” Henderson says. “It would send a message to perpetrators that they’re accountable as well.”

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the past few years are anonymous is problematic. “It looks like about half were tested and half of the victims didn’t want to cooperate,” Knecht says. “That’s a red flag. When you have half of them opting out of the criminal justice system, that’s not a good sign. That’s something you need to check out.” The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that the number of untested rape kits nationwide amounts to 400,000. In California, the number falls somewhere around 40,000. In Santa Clara County, estimates vary depending on an agency’s policies and software for classifying evidence. Metro’s survey of law enforcement agencies in the South Bay revealed that policies about tracking untested rape kits vary. Not every untested rape kit is considered part of an agency’s official backlog, and not everyone can agree whether each and every kit should get tested in the first place. Palo Alto police have managed to submit every single kit to the crime lab, according to Lt. Zach Perron. “Since we are such a small agency, we have very few [sexual assault] kits that we collect and process every year,” says Perron, whose agency polices a city of about 70,000. “We have never had a backlog.” Morgan Hill and Milpitas—cities of 75,000 and 45,000, respectively— have also managed to submit every single kit for testing. “That’s a big priority for us,” Milpitas police Lt. Raj Maharaj says. Sgt. Carson Thomas, of the Morgan Hill Police Department, says his agency deals with about a dozen sexual assault cases each year. “All our kits are at the lab,” he says. “Getting one of these kits done is a pretty invasive process, so we want to make sure that if a victim goes through that, we’re analyzing that as evidence.” Police in Cupertino, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Saratoga and San Jose State University each count one to three untested kits in the past 20 years. Other departments report considerably larger tallies, however. The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, which polices all unincorporated parts of the region, counts 93 untested kits, of which 91 have been investigated and closed. One kit from 1992 remains unaccounted for and another from 1993 remains unresolved. Mountain View, a city of 78,000, counts 26 untested kits. Sunnyvale’s Capt. Shawn Ahearn reported 189

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KRAMER VS. KRAMER ComedySportz San Jose impresario Jeff Kramer launched his improv franchise 30 years ago and performed in just about any place that would have him. (Photo composite)

STROTURF COVERS THE stage and a brick wall backdrops a rollicking physical spree of improvised activity. Two gangs, distinguishable only by their red and blue colors, have taken the role of life-sized puppets. Before them, a diverse and jam-packed crowd of students, musicians, doctors, professors, nerds, families and comedy fanatics are screaming directions. These people are playing their own role: a collective crowd-sourced plotline trigger.

control until a ref blows his whistles over and over again, trying to curtail the madness, but to no avail. Everyone is cracking up. Even the keyboard player, seated behind the audience in the rear of Camera 3 Cinema, is laughing while he jams out circus-style melodies on cue. It all depends what transpires on stage, but ComedySportz is bringing down the house yet again.

Video screens on each side of the stage note the score. The players, blue and red, are jumping on top of each other, waving their arms,

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yet exist and the old-school banquetroom crowd wasnâ€™t familiar with comedy teams competing on stage and improvising their own skits based on audience suggestions. Jeff Kramer changed all of that. After finishing his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1986, he came west and landed in the San Jose area, jonesing to start a local chapter of ComedySportz, an improv phenomenon that Dick Chudnow had spawned in Milwaukee. The show had erupted to great fanfare in 1984, so much so that it expanded to Madison a year later. Kramer was a founding player on that team. When he arrived

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in the South Bay, he assembled his own crews and convinced the steakhouse set at Bold Knight to give him a chance. As anyone getting started in the comedy biz understands, it was anything but easy going. “The best part was trying to explain what we wanted to do, and saying, ‘Give us one of your banquet rooms so we can do this show,’” Kramer recalls. “If you said ‘improv’ to people at that time, the only thing they thought of was the Improv standup club. That was the only organization that also used the word improv.” The first show, performed for

friends, family and a few steakhouse drunks, was in September of 1987. For the next four years, Kramer and company took their act to anyone who would give them a chance. Bars, restaurants, backrooms of pizza joints—anyone who would provide free space for the fledgling group. Kramer has horror stories. Nefarious bar and restaurant operators would shake on deals with him and then act as if they didn’t remember the conversation. “One night we actually showed up at a restaurant and it had been padlocked by the IRS, because the owner hadn’t paid any taxes,” Kramer says. “We literally had

audience members showing up and we had a padlock on the front door and couldn’t do the show that night.”

World Beaters These days, ComedySportz has exploded into 26 cities across the United States and Europe, with world championships taking place every year in various locations. Different city teams regularly travel and compete with one another. Members perform at conventions, corporate team-building sessions, banquets, grade school assemblies, parent-child combo classes and even dating seminars. College, high

school and rec leagues are rampant. After years of bouncing around and being locked out of venues, the group secured a long-term location in a strip mall on El Camino Real near Lawrence Expressway. Popularity accelerated entirely by word of mouth. In 2006, the troupe moved into the Camera 3 theater in downtown San Jose, where they have been ever since. The San Jose chapter has surpassed 6,000 shows and the 2017 world championships will take place this week, June 28 to July 1, at the Hammer Theater Center. Unlike standup, improv requires people to work together on stage.

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“Improv is like a huge inside joke between the audience and the players for that night, for that specific moment,” says Courtney Pong, who went pro in San Jose and now manages ComedySportz Boston. “It’s unique and wonderful because it was created right there. We play as one team, but we play it like one team is the audience as well. Like we’re all in on it.”

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BLOW THE WHISTLE The ComedySportz World Championship will take place this weekend at the Hammer Theatre Center. Unlike most improv, ComedySportz forces two teams to compete for audience points in a variety of different improvised games. Everything is done on the fly, as the audience ticks off topics selected by a referee. A red team and blue team wear vintage baseball jerseys with white torsos and colored sleeves, while a referee resembling a Foot Locker employee calls fouls whenever someone goes off script, starts to “die” or the humor expands beyond family-friendly. More risque material is saved for 18-and-over shows that start at midnight. Performances draw from a multitude of schemes created over the years, and they often feature players gesturing, acting out or

saying anything they can to get their teammates to guess the right phrase, word, or sentence chosen by the audience. No matter a person’s sense of humor—be it dark or light—there’s something in the show for everyone. Improv has a team aesthetic that usually doesn’t bode well for egoists, prima donnas, pessimists and people eager to interrupt. Athletic ability isn’t necessary, but mental and emotional maturity are prerequisites. Likewise, a rocking vocabulary is a must. Participants need quality listening skills and the ability to think on their feet. They must simultaneously embrace the moment and be able to recognize each other’s talents, cede the floor

and collectively build a safety net in case someone stumbles. In that sense, it’s like any other team sport. “What we’re looking for is people who are talented enough to make everyone around them look good, as opposed to featuring yourself,” Kramer says. “Because it really is a team event and it’s an ensemble work.” Since the audience is a participant, there is no rock star separation between the players and audience members. Everyone contributes to the experience. When all cylinders are firing, a goofy, transcendental magic spontaneously appears. Something greater than the orderly sum of its parts emerges from the chaos, not unlike a killer jazz set. The cliché “you had to be there” rings true.

ComedySportz San Jose has been around long enough that the group is experiencing its second generation of fans. People often approach Kramer after shows and say things like, “I first saw you in sixth grade. Now let me introduce you to my kids.” Kramer’s former students have gone on to front ComedySportz teams in various other cities. Pong, for example, first discovered ComedySportz in Modesto about 16 years ago, where the San Jose operation was launching the equivalent of a farm system. In junior college at the time, she joined the group and then, while working at Great America in the summer, Pong played ComedySportz San Jose for the first time. After enrolling art San Jose State University and becoming a regular, Pong signed up for life in 2006, when San Jose first hosted the world championships. “When you meet 200 people that all have the same sense of play and kindness, you just glom onto that,” Pong says. “That was it for me. I felt like I was a lifer from Day 2, when I started meeting everyone and realized what we were a part of.” In addition to managing ComedySportz Boston, Pong teaches improv classes for families, focusing on better communication and collaboration between parents and children. She even uses her improv skills and experiences to teach people who frequently bomb first dates. Kelsey Wagner saw her first ComedySportz San Jose show at age 9, back at the old El Camino Real location. She eventually played in all four years of the high school league, continued through college and then rose up to the pros. Wagner now

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THE LINEUP San Jose’s team has a strong cast, including Omar Abdullah, Andy Alder and Scott Schroder (from left).

directs education initiatives and runs daily business operations for ComedySportz Buffalo, all while still performing in the shows. “You have to constantly be a student,” she says. “You have to know what’s new in pop culture, you have to know what’s new in the sciences. Because when your audience gives you the suggestion of ‘fidget spinner’ they’re going to expect you to be able to work with it.”

Fortune Favors The rebooted Hammer Theater is a far cry from the throwback steakhouse crowds at Bold Knight in Sunnyvale, circa 1987. Thirty years later, ComedySportz San Jose is the longest-running show in Silicon Valley, and the entire network of cities will descend upon downtown this week to once again do battle on stage. As one of the few remaining players left from the original San Jose squad, Kramer can’t help but

reflect. For decades, he has spread an extemporaneous gospel and instilled a joy of improv in the masses. Now his disciples are returning home to show us what they’ve learned on their own. “It’s great to see this dream that we thought about 30 years ago actually coming to fruition,” Kramer says. “We used to say: ‘Wouldn’t it be great if we had these championship matches where we have ComedySportz in cities all over the world and they all come together for this?’ Seeing this come to fruition is what’s most amazing to me.” The Bold Knight may be gone, but ComedySportz lives on. And it’s no longer an inside joke.

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Wed, 7:30pm, $20 Kepler’s Books, Menlo Park Feminist, author and college professor Roxane Gay is coming to Kepler’s to discuss her new book, Hunger. Despite a body of work that has set its sights on society as a whole—discussing pop culture, feminism and identity—her new work sees her turning that focus inward. Through her personal story she explores the feelings of otherness she felt growing up after being sexually assaulted, using her appearance as a fortress and identifying as a lesbian despite being attracted to both men and women. Through the story, Gay illustrates how we all live with contradictions and how those contradictions shape us. (YK)

QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT

TOP OF THE STAIRS

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Thu, 6:30pm, $46.50+ SAP Center, San Jose

Fri, 8pm, $24 Theatre on San Pedro Square, San Jose

Fri, 7:30pm, $25 San Jose Improv, San Jose

The late, great Freddie Mercury gave up the ghost back in 1991, but people haven’t stopped loving the music of Queen. Luckily, the band’s two remaining active members have spent the time since his death collaborating with other lead singers to keep the music alive. Since 2011, pop singer and former American Idol contestant Adam Lambert has served as Mercury’s surrogate—sharing the stage with drummer Roger Taylor and lead guitarist Brian May. The trio hope to push the Queen narrative forward with a new performance created specifically for this string of shows. (YK)

Jerry Lloyd is directing two plays in tandem—both of which will be playing on alternating days as part of the Tabard Theatre Company’s new production, Top of the Stairs. The two works tell the stories of two 20th century painters. RED explores abstract expressionist Mark Rothko, as he takes on a young apprentice and struggles to come to terms with his growing fame and riches. Georgia O’Keefe: Painting from the Faraway Nearby will follow the famed New Mexico painter during the last half of her life, as she reflects on the choices she made and the people close to her. (YK)

Los Tres Tristes Tigres, or “The Three Sad Tigers,” are returning to San Jose to deliver their combination of funny monologues, song parodies and original music—en español. If English is your only language, grab a copy of Rosetta Stone, because the majority of the show is in Spanish. All three members of the group contribute to the comedy, and all three are talented musicians as well—playing guitar, bass and accordion. The trio put a heavy emphasis on audience interaction, so it’s sure to be a different show every time. (YK)

CADO Fri, 9pm, Free Forager, San Jose Ricardo “Cado” Dos Santos has spent most of his adult life in California, but his music is a global fusion of bossa nova, samba, folk and gypsy jazz. This “world music,” as he calls it, is an agglomeration of tastes derived from a childhood in Brazil, where he was exposed to anti-capitalist protest music at a young age, and an adolescence immersed in the guitar-driven, grunge sounds of the Nirvana era. At 21, he gave up the electric guitar and placed his alt-rock influences on the back burner in favor of a gentler, more soulful style that skillfully manifests itself in his newest trilingual album— Imigrante. (CM)

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LA LUZ & WILL SPROTT Jul 14 at The Ritz

THE ROOTS

Jul 13 at The Mountain Winery

NATALIE MERCHANT

Jul 19 at The Mountain Winery

BRUNO MARS

Jul 20 at SAP Center

COUNTING CROWS

Jul 21 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

TIM MCGRAW & FAITH HILL Jul 29 at SAP Center

NEIL DIAMOND

Jul 30 at SAP Center

VIOLENT FEMMES

Jul 30 at The Mountain Winery

VANS WARPED TOUR

Aug 4 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA

Aug 4 at The Mountain Winery

ABBA: THE CONCERT

Aug 6 at The Mountain Winery

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The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art wants to meet its neighbors. Toward that end, the SoFA District gallery is opening its doors every Friday evening this summer. The series, which they’re calling “Free Friday Fun,” kicks off June 30. All are invited to gnosh on pizza, enjoy a glass of wine or cold beer and peruse the ICA’s three new exhibitions—“Detritus,” “Heather Wilcoxon: At Sea” and “Kate Rhoades: Karen.” The first event of the summer will focus mainly on mingling. However, future events will allow visitors to get hands on by making prints, meeting local brewers and learning how to collect art. (NV)

The eternal NorCal vs. SoCal debate will rage on this weekend with the return of the annual California Clásico. The rival San Jose Earthquakes and L.A. Galaxy will give 50,000 screaming fans the opportunity to watch our boy Chris Wondolowski take on the likes of Romain Alessandrini and Jermaine Jones. If the match itself isn’t enough of a spectacle, the game will be opened up by skydivers dropping in with the game ball, equipped with a Quakes-themed parachute of course. If you’re still planning on missing kick off, the first 10,000 fans will get a Clásico scarf as well. (YK)

If last week was any indication, this summer is bound to get pretty steamy. The folks at OneSky Production are putting this heat to good use with a Vegas-style daytime pool party. The preemptive 4th of July shindig will take place at a venue that has plenty of space for summer activities with three different floatie-filled pools and a grass field. The 21 and over event will also include a bikini contest, go-go dancers, a photo booth and a bar—plus plenty of BBQ. Music will be provided by Local DJs John Beaver, Ducka Shan and Ron Reeser. (YK)

Happy bald eagle day, America! July 4 is upon us and it’s time to fire up those barbecues, break out the sparklers and raise a cold one to the rockets’ red glare. Flip on over to our Fourth of July guide for a list of local events celebrating Independence Day. We’ve compiled a list of the best fireworks-viewing parties, chili cook-offs, family friendly celebrations and where to take in America’s favorite pastime. We’ve even got an event for fitness fanatics who want to get their USA on early—with a 5K freedom run. Page 44. (NV)

KENDRICK LAMAR

Aug 12 at SAP Center

WILLIE NELSON & FAMILY

Aug 15 at The Mountain Winery

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Aug 16 at City National Civic

INCUBUS

Aug 16 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

CHICK COREA ELEKTRIC BAND Aug 19 at The Mountain Winery

MELVINS

Aug 20 at The Ritz

DIERKS BENTLEY

Aug 20 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

KINGS OF LEON

Aug 24 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

KAMASI WASHINGTON

Aug 25 at Mountain Winery

DEPECHE MODE

Oct 8 at SAP Center

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surprising, then, that Wilcoxon, who has lived on her boat for the past 25 years, has only recently started to bring this aquatic life into her paintings. At Sea features a series of boats that are atypical of the nautical genre. No grand mast stands at attention in some 19th century shipping fleet or armada. There isn’t a hint of cloying, pastel sweetness or any calm harbor. The hulls are skeletal, in various stages of decomposition. Water is midnight blue, maroon or ravaged. The world depicted here cannot recover from the aftermath of a terrible storm. In their inexactitude, the ships of Alfred Wallis, the Cornish painter, come to mind. But even his muted tones look optimistic in comparison.

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Deep Waters CAST AWAY Heather Wilcoxon once said she wanted to toss out all her old work. Instead she invented a new visual aesthetic.

‘At Sea’ finds Heather Wilcoxon exploring uncharted waters BY JEFFREY EDALATPOUR

LEA MCKENNA and Nikki Grattan made a short, intimate profile of the artist Heather Wilcoxon on their website inthemake.com. The camera moves around her studio like a curious eye that takes in her work and the clutter on every available surface.

As they narrow their focus to the artist’s active hands, she imprints an inky black creature onto a white

canvas, a headless possum-dog, a hybrid with two opposing tails. At the time, this alien animal, along with a universe of misshapen, corporeal forms, represented the artist’s concerns with the neurotic id. Where cartoonists like Roz Chast and Aline Kominsky-Crumb keep their phobias and obsessions in (mostly) human form, Wilcoxon made a practice out of turning them into Tim Burton-like monsters. But, as she notes in the video, her imagery combined the sweetness of pretty colors and that notable sourness. Wilcoxon also made a surprising admission to McKenna and Grattan:

“I have wanted to take all of my art and put it in the garbage and burn it and say, ‘Fuck this!’ many, many times, and then I don’t.” In the three years since that studio visit, figuratively speaking, Wilcoxon appears to have done exactly that. In At Sea, her new solo show at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art (SJICA), the artist has made an evolutionary leap forward. She’s invented a new genre I’ll call the Sublime Marine. It’s as if all those niggling neuroses had been swallowed by a whale. Wilcoxon’s home is a Sausalito houseboat, built in 1910, named the Delta Queen. Like her studio, it’s a place where the peaceful spirit of art collides with the brute force of anarchy. It’s reminiscent of the Canadian artist Maud Lewis’ house, which is still preserved at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. Both artists were able to confer an original, organic life of its own to their homes. It’s

The world depicted here cannot recover from the aftermath of a terrible storm A more accurate reference point is a musical one: “The Sinking of the Titanic” by the British composer Gavin Bryars. The piece was inspired by the now mythical story that musicians continued to play on deck as the great ship sank. If the overhead lights in the SJICA gallery had suddenly dimmed, and the other visitors had absented themselves, you would have heard Bryars’ dirge playing on the psychic soundtrack inside of your skull. Wilcoxon’s paintings also speak to some great monument breaking apart. They’re warnings that come from deep inside the sea. With titles like “Ribs”, “Divided”, and “Wave of Hope”, these canvases are records of our human achievements. For this artist though, they’re all about to be set adrift as if they had been made only for drowning.

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AVON AMALGAM Lauren Hayes and Dan Wilson star in The Pear Theatre’s medley of Shakespeare, ‘What You Will.’

Remixing The Bard WHAT YOU WILL combines elements from different Shakespeare plays into a new comedic homage to the Sweet Swan of Avon. The play opens on a Duke as he holds court. He is conducting business with a man named Antonio, but there is suspicion between the two, a rivalry encouraged by the Duke’s attendant Malvolio. The Duke has eyes for Antonio’s wife, something Antonio can only suspect until he dresses up like her and deceives the Duke’s affection. Likewise, the Duke’s wife, the Duchess, suspects foul play, but only ends up seducing Antonio when confronted with him in the garden. Antonio is stuck, but plays his hand to get more information, only to discover his wife canoodling with the Duke’s assistant. What You Will The cast of this wild, high-paced romp is equally lively Thru Jul 16, $32 and endearing, all handling multiple roles with ease. Pear Theatre, Amelia Adams plays the Duchess, Borachio and Bianca Mountain View fluidly, invigorating the Duchess with a sense of devious thepear.org purpose. Dan Wilson, as the Messenger and Roderigo, is funny but grounded even in moments of slapstick. As a bonus, he bears a remarkable resemblance to Shakespeare himself. Mark Vashro shines as the panicked but self-aware Antonio. Special mention also goes to Lauren Hayes as the stern but conniving Malvolio and Jim Johnson as the provincial attendant. But the standout performance belongs to Kevin Hammond, who portrays the Duke with a perfectly anachronistic demeanor, endearing in his selfishness and neurotic in his compassion. Performed in the round, What You Will is filled with a special sense of intimacy that only comes with such a tight layout. The set is spare, using only a couple of columns to demarcate scenes and settings, which reinforces the audience's attention on the players. Likewise the cast pays special attention to the audience, and often involves it in the show for comedic wardrobe changes and inter-dialogue musings. For the most part it works, with What You Will filling that bottomless craving for Shakespeare while standing on its own as a charming story. Mashing up Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits, though, can lead to some awkward phrasings and emphasis. While there are moments when the play captures the innate beauty and wisdom in Shakespeare’s classic lines, there are other times when it feels like watching a Shakespeare algorithm spitting out “doth protests” and “struts and frets” upon the stage. —Tad Malone

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HALIFAX PAINT Sally Hawkins stars as Maud Lewis in the new biopic ‘Maudie.’

‘Maudie’ follows the life and times of Canadian painter Maud Lewis BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

HE ENDEARINGLY gawky Sally Hawkins (Happy Go Lucky) stars in Maudie—one of the best film portraits of a character constrained by their body, up there with My Left Foot. The Nova Scotia outsider artist Maud Lewis (Hawkins) was bent over with juvenile arthritis, with hands so clawed she eventually had to hold the brushes with her wrists.

Maudie made a small name for herself, painting her world—the

pets she had or wished she had, and flowers for every season. She lived in a 10-by-12-foot shack with her fish-peddling husband, Everett (Ethan Hawke), selling her paintings by the roadside as souvenirs. Because of her immobility Maud couldn’t paint very big canvases. Much of her work has disappeared. Maudie shows how her life changed when she left her domineering aunt and took a job with Everett—a scowling, almost vicious grown-up orphan with a bad temper. Hawke has to stretch; he’s a tenor trying to sing bass. It’s clear why Hawke was cast; because he’s a warm, handsome actor, you forgive Everett for his meanness. Hawke recalls the line in La Strada excusing Zampano’s similarly bad temper: “A

dog looks at you, wants to talk and only barks.” You wouldn’t want to stake your life on the historical accuracy of Irish director Aisling Walsh’s portrait of 30 years in the life of this woman and her husband. Sherry White’s script is wise about poverty—as in an uncommentedupon moment when Everett dries a used tea bag on the stove. But at the end we see the real-life characters in a clip of a short, blackand-white Canadian Broadcasting Corp. documentary made about Maud. It doesn’t really reflect what we’ve just seen—maybe Walsh should have done without that biopic tradition. The old Everett we see from real life smiles at his wife like a beatific gapper. And unlike the man who grudges the pictures painted on his wall, and who was reluctant to marry, the real Everett bought his wife her first paint set, and wed her after a six week courtship. If Maudie Lewis was anything

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like Sally Hawkins, why wouldn’t he? Hawkins’ unguarded grin, the husky voice from too many cigs, the candidness and sidelong ways are disarming. There is a secret world inside her; left alone, she talks a bit to herself, or to the chickens. In one poignant scene, she brings a hen to the chopping block: “Yeah. It’s time. You know, don’t you?” Her Maud isn’t a simpleton, and the movie has plenty of salt to it, as when Maud’s starchy aunt (Gabrielle Rose), tries to shame her niece for living in sin: “You’re determined to put a stain on the family name.” “Uh-huh.” Maudie could be paired with a Scandinavian comedy, maybe Aki Kaurismaki’s The Man Without A Past—movies with jokes that float there, with heavy silences, with the discomfort of dealing with other people in close conditions in a cold country. But Walsh has her own unique eye for the background. This small town has a pulse to it. If the coastal gloaming rarely lifts, the houses are brightly painted, and we see a jazz band during the war where the dancers in their tight dresses are shaking it. The town changes through the movie; what once was hardscrabble starts to look appealingly touristy. The Lauren Bacall-like Kari Matchett has a line that sums things up. She’s Sandra, a chic New York vacationer to whom Maud makes her first sale. “Did you paint that happy li’l chicken?” Sandra asks, and the slight edge of patronization shows under the friendliness. The line also indicates this movie’s sense of priorities: it doesn’t make outsized claims for Maude Lewis as a suffering master, even if she had a few celebrity sales…one to Richard Nixon, of all people. Someday I’ll go to the museum in Halifax, to see the tiny house the Lewises lived in, now preserved with all of the paintings Maud did over the years covering the walls. But my point is that the movie Maudie would be captivating even if the title character had never painted a lick.

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As we can guess from seeing her sitting between Winston Churchill and Col. T. E. Lawrence—best known as Lawrence of Arabia—the English traveler and archaeologist Gertrude Bell had a life worthy of note. Sabine Krayenbuhl and Zeva Oelbaum’s Letters From Baghdad is an informative yet TV-size commemoration of a truly formidable woman. Bell, the daughter of a coal magnate in Northern England, took a first at Oxford. She was a great correspondent—“Do read her letters, they are splendid,” Lawrence advised; the letters are read here by Tilda Swinton. A photographer and a scholar of Arabic, Bell travelled through the highly unpacified Arabian Peninsula in the years before and after World War I. The Ottoman Empire suspected her of being a spy, and they weren’t quite wrong—though her trips took her beyond the protection of the British government. Bell’s reputation grew, and she contributed her knowledge to the post-war partitioning of the land between the Tigris and the Euphrates. She bears some responsibility, then, for the trouble between Iraq and Iran ever since. She aided the installation of her good friend King Faisal as the elected monarch of Iraq. The adventure was a strain on her nerves: “I’ll never engage in making kings again.” The pictures show us a woman worn out by her 50s. She suffered from unhappy love affairs—one, with a married colonel who bore the very British name Doughty-Wylie; an officer who took part in the fateful WWI invasion at Gallipoli. Bell’s best legacy is the creation of the archeological museum in Iraq, protecting that nation’s treasurers when larger nations were helping themselves to anything they could excavate. Here’s a wealth of footage of Baghdad as it was, with river boaters in giant round tubs like cannibals’ cauldrons, and mud-brick cityscapes of the long gone Damascus of Jews, Kurds and Catholics. Ruins and towns alike: much here is bombed out, trampled by refugees, or destroyed by fanatics today. Letters from Baghdad has an inconvenient shape—too long for mere found-footage biography, too short to take in all of the skullduggery that resulted from British nationbuilding and oil company scheming. Yet it’s a vivid story of a human link between late Imperial Britain and our own age… a story that mirrors the racism, blundering and wishful thinking that led to this century’s U.S.

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THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN LIVES: WHAT HAPPENED?

(2015) Based on a couple of unfortunate costume test photos linked on the Internet—neither anything like the official version— the late 1990s Nicolas Cage and Tim Burton project Superman Lives looks like an epic fail. With Cage now taking any work he can get his hands on, the idea of him in a cape and tights seems more laughable today. Jon Schnepp’s light-hearted documentary does a lot of delving into what turns out to have been a promising superhero movie. Burton’s Superman Lives does what others were to do years later—from killing Our Hero to having an educated cape that would aid the Kryptonian (see the living cape in Doctor Strange). The Burton Superman would have been a serious alien—a hollow-eyed reject besieged by nightmare characters. Sitting in the monster-lined parlor of his British estate, a sunglasses-wearing Burton tells his side of what happened, from his nixing Kevin Smith’s geeky script, to coming up with some tantalizing sketches for what he had in mind (Christopher Walken’s Braniac would have been a globe on spider legs). Speaking of spiders, most fans of superhero movies have heard the story of producer Jon Peters’ demand for a giant spider in the last fight scene of Burton’s film—Smith renamed the arachnid a “Thanagarian snare-beast” to calm the studio. Peters is here, though there’s no mention of the multimillion dollar sexual harassment suit he endured, and he’s just as flamboyant as you’ve heard. Peters, the real life model for the climbing hair-burner Warren Beatty played in Shampoo, denies that he ever called Supe’s red and blue suit “faggy” and also dismisses the claim that he wanted a flightless Superman. Who can say now? The moral here is that failure can sometimes have as many fathers as success, that Smith talking about movies is more fun than watching a Smith movie, and that, finally, for Peters, the jury is still out whether the spider or the polar bear is the most dangerous fighter on earth. The clips of Cage—enthusiastic and funny as he prepares for the part—shows us what a remarkable actor we have imprisoned in that Phantom Zone of straight-to-streaming crapola. Someday he’ll escape and do something that’ll dazzle the world. (Showtime) (RvB)

LOVE OR LUST It’s unclear what prompts these Confederate ladies to take in a Union deserter in ‘The Beguiled’?

The Gentleman Caller IN 1864, A wounded Union deserter becomes a fox in a henhouse. In both versions of The Beguiled (1971/2017) Corporal McBurney manipulates the Confederate ladies of a small finishing school. Is it Christian love or devilish lust that makes the half-dozen ladies conceal the enemy soldier from the patrolling Confederate troops? It’s unclear who the title refers to, unless everyone here is beguiled, and a self-beguiler. In the thin, pretty-pretty Sofia Coppola re-do, McBurney (Colin Farrell) tries to flirt the ladies into submission … for a time, the Irish accent, the melting glances and the outrageous compliments work. He’s always watching, seeing how his hostesses are taking his show of gentlemanly behavior. The easiest pickings would seem to be Edwina (Kirsten Dunst, playing the Elizabeth Hartman old-maid part) but she’s someone who can match McBurney’s almost periscopic side eye: she’s not as weak as she looks. Coppola’s Cannes-honored remake has a shorter running time than the Don Siegel and Clint Eastwood original, and yet that original seemed like a speedier pulp version of D. H. Lawrence, with Geraldine Page excelling as the head witch in charge. A well-written slave character with mixed loyalties (Mae Mercer) is purged. The class

of ’71’s Jo Ann Harris, a torrid-eyed wanton, is replaced by a more inwardly neurotic Elle Fanning (begowned, Fanning looks more like Dorothy Gish than ever.) Nicole Kidman replaces Page. The only thing to be said about Kidman here is that The Beguiled Isabelle Huppert can’t be everywhere at once. R, 94 Mins. Coppola seems to be Valleywide one of those directors who believe that if you get the actors into the right costumes, the story will tell itself. She emphasizes fancy clothes taken carefully out of wrappings, the lacing of a corset, or buttons rattling like a hail storm when McBurney rips a bodice. If the first Beguiled was a hothouse, this is more of a boutique, uncommitted to horror, effective melodrama or social comedy. (“Good girls go bad!” say the ads, and for once they’re not oversimplifying the movie.) This Beguiled has no dirt under its fingernails. Watching this Virgin Homicides of Coppola, it’s unclear whether the movie is a protest against the old-time women’s world of caged seclusion, or a celebration of those good old days when a lady sat, looked elegant, and waited for stuff to be brought to her. —Richard von Busack

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Oral Traditionalist STORYTELLER A student of the Suzuki method, violinist, singer and songwriter Andrew Bird has always associated music with language.

Andrew Bird turns to conversation for musical inspiration BY NICK VERONIN

LTHOUGH HE IS classically trained, virtuosic violinist and expert whistler Andrew Bird has never had much use for musical notation. “I just always saw the written note as an unnecessary middleman between me and the song,” says Bird.

It makes sense. Bird was raised as a student of the Suzuki method of musical instruction. The system, designed by Japanese violinist Shinichi Suzuki, was inspired by the ability many young children have to learn

not only their native tongue, but additional languages as well. Instead of focusing on the reading of notation and the understanding of theory, the Suzuki method seeks to foster a more intuitive connection to music. And it worked for Bird. “It was like learning another language or picking up an accent,” he says of his early years playing violin. The music-as-a-second-language metaphor seems even more appropriate when considering Bird’s whistling. Bird is recognized for his ability to produce pitch-perfect melodies using nothing but his pursed lips and a little bit of air. It is a pure, direct and highly intimate connection to music. “That’s why I’ve always responded more to oral traditions,” Bird says.

Even when he comes close to producing classical music, he demonstrates an affinity for breaking from convention. On his instrumental album Echolocations: Canyon, he strums and scratches at the strings of his violin, deploys effects pedals and sampling, and whistles to mimic birds and other natural sounds. He intentionally seeks out the atonal and off-kilter tones so often shunned by the academy as imprecise, but embraced by folk, indie and punk musicians as emotive and true. Even as Bird pursued his musical career into the conservatory—studying violin at Northwestern University—he would spend his nights sitting in with Irish folk bands, playing for boisterous pub crowds in Chicago. “I was doing all this music where you show someone your idea by just playing it for them,” Bird says, explaining that he’s always been more comfortable playing by ear. “My ear was so attuned to that from an early age that there’s a part of my brain that focuses on the ear.”

Over the course of 13 full-length albums—the latest being 2016’s Are You Serious—and plenty of touring, Bird has made his fair share of celebrity connections. He began leveraging those relationships last year, in the wake of Are You Serious, by launching a new Facebook-broadcast video series, Live From The Great Room. So far the show has featured the likes of My Morning Jacket frontman and solo artist Jim James; Chris Thile of The Punch Brothers and the newly instated host of A Prairie Home Companion; and The Lumineers. Most recently, Bird brought comedian, actor and pianist Zach Galifianakis onto the show. The revealing conversation finds the two men covering a wide range of topics—from jokes to serious ruminations. “Your music has always made me cry,” Galifianakis says. Though the comedian follows the admission with a nervous laugh, it is clearly a moment of sincerity. Indeed, the free-flowing conversation ultimately hits upon topics and revelations that are often impossible to pull out in the brief 20-minute phone interviews that artists like Bird regularly grant press outlets. And that’s intentional. “I wasn’t really satisfied with how the promotional campaign was going,” Bird says, referring to his press junkets in the wake of Are You Serious’ release—a highly personal album, which was difficult to open up about with perfect strangers. “I wanted to set up a situation where musicians ask the questions they don’t get asked by journalists.” Then he hit upon the idea of chatting one-on-one with fellow creatives, in a comfortable setting and with more time to “kinda geek out on some stuff.” The results speak for themselves. In the Galifianakis interview alone, the pair discuss the synergy and creative tensions that arise when comedians and musicians work together; how comedians are “the new folk singers,” the inspiration behind the title of Bird’s Are You Serious; and the creeping corporate influence on artistic expression.

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NEW SOUNDS South Bay natives Fritz Montana celebrate the release of their debut LP, ‘Father Mother Sister Brother.’

On The Fritz IN DOWNTOWN CAMPBELL there’s a building that has been vacant for more than a decade. The former Gaslighter Theater opened in 1970 and has been empty since 2005. But for those who remember its heyday as a venue for local bands in the 2000s, its influence is still felt. “The Gaslighter was one of the main places that really got me into music,” says Matthew Hagarty, drummer of bluesy rock group Fritz Montana. He remembers thinking, at the first show he played there, “Wow, this is what I want to do for a living.” Now, that dream is a bit closer to reality. Fritz Montana release their first full-length album, Father Mother Sister Brother, on June 30, and the next day the band headline the Independent in San Francisco for the first time. Recorded at Different Fur Studios in San Francisco, the new collection is the culmination of years of work for the band, who started in 2013 but consider the record their first official statement.

Fritz Montana ‘Father Mother Sister Brother’ Jun 30

“We started off wanting very much to be something along the lines of the Black Keys,” Hagarty says, noting that the Keys album Brothers, and Sound & Color by the Alabama Shakes, were both early influences for the group. Fans of both bands will find a lot to like about Father Mother Sister Brother. Album opener “Everyday” is built around two repeating guitar riffs, verse and chorus, each of which evoke that same sense of distant familiarity that The Black Keys aim for—simple, and homey, but not quite nostalgic. Fritz Montana describe the album as being inspired by singer Dave MacIntyre’s parents, who divorced while he was young, which could explain the combination of feelings the album brings up. “Now that I’ve become the age that my parents were when I was born…I feel like I can better understand what they went through,” MacIntyre writes in the album’s description for press. As the boarded-up front of the Campbell Gaslighter reminds us, the past is always around. On Father Mother Sister Brother, Fritz Montana seem to be saying that it’s what we create out of it that matters in the end. —Mike Huguenor

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Physicist Freeman

Dyson told Wired magazine how crucial it is to learn from failures. As an example, he described the invention of the bicycle. "There were thousands of weird models built and tried before they found the one that really worked," he said. "You could never design a bicycle theoretically. Even now, it's difficult to understand why a bicycle works. But just by trial and error, we found out how to do it, and the error was essential." I hope you will keep that in mind, Taurus. It's the Success-Through-Failure Phase of your astrological cycle.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): According to my

analysis of the astrological omens, you should lease a chauffeured stretch limousine with nine TVs and a hot tub inside. You'd also be smart to accessorize your smooth ride with a $5,000-bottle of Château Le Pin Pomerol Red Bordeaux wine and servings of the Golden Opulence Sundae, which features a topping of 24-karat edible gold and sprinkles of Amedei Porcelana, the most expensive chocolate in the world. If none of that is possible, do the next best thing, which is to mastermind a long-term plan to bring more money into your life. From an astrological perspective, wealth-building activities will be favored in the coming weeks.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): When Leos rise above

their habit selves and seize the authority to be rigorously authentic, I refer to them as Sun Queens or Sun Kings. When you Cancerians do the same— triumph over your conditioning and become masters of your own destiny—I call you Moon Queens or Moon Kings. In the coming weeks, I suspect that many of you will make big strides towards earning this title. Why? Because you're on the verge of claiming more of the "soft power," the potent sensitivity, that enables you to feel at home no matter what you're doing or where you are on this planet.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You may not realize it, but you now have a remarkable power to perform magic tricks. I'm not talking about Houdini-style hocus-pocus. I'm referring to practical wizardry that will enable you to make relatively efficient transformations in your daily life. Here are some of the possibilities: wiggling out of a tight spot without offending anyone; conjuring up a new opportunity for yourself out of thin air; doing well on a test even though you don't feel prepared for it; converting a seemingly tough twist of fate into a fertile date with destiny. How else would you like to use your magic? VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Feminist pioneer and

author Gloria Steinem said, "Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else." Is there such an activity for you, Virgo? If not, now is a favorable time to identify what it is. And if there is indeed such a passionate pursuit, you should do it as much as possible in the coming weeks. You're primed for a breakthrough in your relationship with this life-giving joy. To evolve to the next phase of its power to inspire you, it needs as much of your love and intelligence as you can spare.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): One of the 21st century's most entertaining archaeological events was the discovery of King Richard III's bones. The English monarch died in 1485, but his burial site had long been a mystery. It wasn't an archaeologist who tracked down his remains, but a screenwriter named Philippa Langley. She did extensive historical research, narrowing down the possibilities to a car park in Leicester. As she wandered around there, she got a psychic impression at one point that she was walking directly over Richard's grave. Her feeling later turned out to be right. I suspect your near future will have resemblances to her adventure. You'll have success in a mode that's not your official area of expertise. Sharp analytical thinking will lead you to

the brink, and a less rational twist of intelligence will take you the rest of the way.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): The tides of destiny

are no longer just whispering their message for you. They are shouting. And what they are shouting is that your brave quest must begin soon. There can be no further excuses for postponement. What's that you say? You don't have the luxury of embarking on a brave quest? You're too bogged down in the thousand and one details of managing the day-today hubbub? Well, in case you need reminding, the tides of destiny are not in the habit of making things convenient. And if you don't cooperate willingly, they will ultimately compel you to do so. But now here's the really good news, Scorpio: The tides of destiny will make available at least one burst of assistance that you can't imagine right now.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): In my dream, I used the non-itchy wool of the queen's special Merino sheep to weave an enchanted blanket for you. I wanted this blanket to be a good luck charm you could use in your crusade to achieve deeper levels of romantic intimacy. In its tapestry I spun scenes depicting the most love-filled events from your past. It was beautiful and perfect. But after I finished it, I had second thoughts about giving it to you. Wasn't it a mistake to make it so flawless? Shouldn't it also embody the messier aspects of togetherness? To turn it into a better symbol and therefore a more dynamic talisman, I spilled wine on one corner of it and unraveled some threads in another corner. Now here's my interpretation of my dream: You're ready to regard messiness as an essential ingredient in your quest for deeper intimacy. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Your word

of power is "supplication"—the act of asking earnestly and humbly for what you want. When practiced correctly, "supplication" is indeed a sign of potency, not of weakness. It means you are totally united with your desire, feel no guilt or shyness about it, and intend to express it with liberated abandon. Supplication makes you supple, poised to be flexible as you do what's necessary to get the blessing you yearn for. Being a supplicant also makes you smarter, because it helps you realize that you can't get what you want on the strength of your willful ego alone. You need grace, luck, and help from sources beyond your control.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): In the coming weeks, your relationships with painkillers will be extra sweet and intense. Please note that I'm not talking about ibuprofen or acetaminophen or aspirin. My reference to painkillers is metaphorical. What I'm predicting is that you will have a knack for finding experiences that reduce your suffering. You'll have a sixth sense about where to go to get the most meaningful kinds of healing and relief. Your intuition will guide you to initiate acts of atonement and forgiveness, which will in turn ameliorate your wounds. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Don't wait around passively as you fantasize about becoming the "Chosen One" of some person or group or institution. Be your own Chosen One. And don't wander around aimlessly, biding your time in the hope of eventually being awarded some prize or boon by a prestigious source. Give yourself a prize or boon. Here's one further piece of advice, Pisces: Don't postpone your practical and proactive intentions until the mythical "perfect moment" arrives. Create your own perfect moment. Homework: Name your greatest unnecessary taboo and how you would violate it if doing so didn't hurt anyone. FreeWillAstrology.com. Go to REALASTROLOGY.COM to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. Audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): This is a perfect moment to create a new tradition, Aries. You intuitively know how to turn one of your recent breakthroughs into a good habit that will provide continuity and stability for a long time to come. You can make a permanent upgrade in your life by capitalizing on an accidental discovery you made during a spontaneous episode. It's time, in other words, to convert the temporary assistance you received into a long-term asset; to use a stroke of luck to foster a lasting pleasure.

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EMPLOYMENT TECHNOLOGY Hewlett Packard Enterprise is an industry leading technology company that enables customers to go further, faster. HPE is accepting resumes for the position of Solutions Engineer (Life Cycle Marketing Specialist) in Santa Clara, CA (Ref. # HPECSANNAMV1). Develop automate test software to test Aruba and competitive gear with large number of wireless clients. Mail resume to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, c/o Andrea Benavides, 14231 Tandem Boulevard, Austin, TX 78728. Resume must include Ref. #, full name, email address & mailing address. No phone calls. Must be legally authorized to work in U.S. without sponsorship. EOE.

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Western Digital Technologies, Inc. has opptys in Milpitas, CA for a Buyer 2, Procurement. Exp w/Supply Chain Ops reqd. Mail resume to Attn: HR, 951 SanDisk Dr, MS:HRGM, Milpitas, CA 95035, Ref #MILPMO. Must be legally auth to work in the U.S. w/o spnsrshp. EOE

Western Digital Technologies, Inc. has opptys in Milpitas, CA for Sr. Engrs. Knwldg of Agile & JIRA reqd. Mail resume to Attn: HR, 951 SanDisk Dr, MS:HRGM, Milpitas, CA 95035, Ref #MILDVY. Must be legally auth to work in the U.S. w/o spnsrshp. EOE

Develop, code, test, debug & modify eCommerce applications such as eCommerce web & mobile site for customers. Analyze user needs & develop software solutions using strong understanding of Java/J2EE, Struts, JUnit, HTML, JSP, JavaScript, jQuery, Ajax, Oracle Database, IBM Websphere & IBM Web Content Manager (WCM). Edu & Exp req’d. Send res & refs to M. Kemp at Tailored Shared Services (Code: DP-SE), 6100 Stevenson Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538.

MANAGEMENT/BUS ANALYST Western Digital Technologies, Inc. has an oppty in San Jose, CA for an Analyst. Exp wrkng in client facing positions & securing new bus accnts reqd. Mail resume to Attn: HR, 951 SanDisk Dr, MS:HRGM, Milpitas, CA 95035, Ref #SJKWA. Must be legally auth to work in the U.S. w/o spnsrshp. EOE

Product Line Manager in San Jose, CA (PLM-CA1) Resp. for ownrshp of revenue & profitability trgts for prdct line. Dvlp succssfl prdct strtgy & garner executive buy-in for execution. Req BS+3. Send resume: NETGEAR, Inc., 350 E. Plumeria Dr, San Jose, CA 95134 Attn: KWu/PLM-CA1.

ENGINEERING Electr Engrs Western Digital Technologies, Inc. has opptys in Milpitas, CA for Sr. Design Engrs. Exp w/3-D NAND dvlpmnt reqd. Mail resume to Attn: HR, 951 SanDisk Dr, MS:HRGM, Milpitas, CA 95035, Ref #MILJKI. Must be legally auth to work in the U.S. w/o spnsrshp. EOE

QA Engineer (Fremont, CA). Responsible for establishing & maintaining QA practices, writing test scenarios & executing tests, both manually & with automated tools. Edu & Exp req’d. Send res & refs to M. Kemp at Tailored Shared Services (Code: MKT-QAE), 6100 Stevenson Blvd. Fremont, CA 94538

ENGINEERING Field Support Engineers (San Jose, CA): Provide advncd lvl of direct post-sales tech’l spprt to key cstmrs w/in assigned specific geogrphcl region & assigned acct base; prcss & maint. pertinent info w/in our spprt CRM systms; & wrks w/ Spirent TAC cntrs & Spprt Engrs & assumes resp. to drive cstmr issues to complete resoltn. Territory encompasses Bay area. Occasional assignments, which incl trvl reqmts, outside this area are also expected. Trvl req. around bay area 30% of time. Resume to: Spirent Communications, Inc. Attn: Ila Tomita, HR Rep. 27349 Agoura Rd Calabasas, CA 91301. Ref job #DW8756.

LEGAL Fenwick & West LLP is accepting resumes for the position of Associate in Mountain View, CA. Perform a wide variety of duties related to the drafting and prosecution of patent applications for companies & institutions, primarily in the life sciences industry. Please send resumes with reference #A-HY to Fenwick & West, LLP, Attn: Attorney Recruiting Coordinator; 801 California Street, Mountain View, CA 94041. No phone calls please. Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship. EOE.

ENGINEERING Uplift, Inc. is accepting resumes for Senior Applications Engineer. Design & develop API (Application Program Interface) frameworks to support application user interfaces for UpLift’s services & evaluate emerging technologies & products. Mail resume to Uplift, Inc., Staffing Department, 440 N. Wolfe Road, Sunnyvale, CA 94085. Must Ref. SA-MR.

Senior Software Engineer sought by Shipwire, Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA. Review prod reqs & specs based on biz objectives & goals. Apply @ www.jobpostingtoday.com, # 71506.

Software Engineer (Houzz, Inc., Palo Alto, CA): Dvlp co.’s website functionality, platform, & APIs. Reqs: Master’s deg or foreign equiv in Comp Sci or Comp Engg, + 1 yr exp. Exp to incl dvlpg search/recommendation/ classification applics. Mail resumes to 285 Hamilton Ave, 4th Flr, Palo Alto, CA 94301

in Sunnyvale, CA seeks Chief Technology Officer to establish tech goals, oversee tech projects & manage tech team. Bach’s deg (or Foreign Equiv.) in Eng’g, CS, or rel. & 8 yrs of progressive, post-baccalaureate exp in occupations related to internetrelated software tech field. Prior exp must incl 4 yrs of exp involving in the full lifecycle tech development process, incl developing business & functional reqmts, developing tech designs, implementing reliable & scalable solutions, & design & analysis. Education or exp must incl the following technologies: Javascript (ES6), Node.js, React.js, Redux, Meteor, MongoDB, Cordova, React Native, GraphQL. 30%-40% global travel is reqd annually (USA, China, Singapore, Europe, Australia). Mail resume to iHealth Labs, Inc., Attn: HR Job#CTO, 120 San Lucar Ct, Sunnyvale, CA 94086.

Engineering. Various levels of experience. Cypress Semiconductor Corporation, leading provider of high-performance,

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Test Dvlpmt Engrs Western Digital Technologies, Inc. has opptys in San Jose, CA for Test Dvlpmt Engrs. Exp w/dvlpng test plans reqd. Mail resume to Attn: HR, 951 SanDisk Dr, MS:HRGM, Milpitas, CA 95035, Ref #SJSBA. Must be legally auth to work in the U.S. w/o spnsrshp. EOE

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LEGALS & PUBLIC NOTICES FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630401 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Mailourgov.org, 272 Edgewater Drive, Milpitas, CA, 95035, Steven Jon Glapa. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Steven Jon Glapa. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/30/2017. (pub Metro 6/07, 6/14, 6/21, 6/28/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #629872 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Sunnymont-Westide Parent Co-op Nursery School, 15040 Union Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95124, Westside Preschool. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 05/01/2012. Refile of previous file #565178 with changes. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Justine Saffir. Executive Director. #C1662378. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/11/2017. (pub Metro 6/07, 6/14, 6/21, 6/28/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630300 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. Bomitra Yoga, 2. Bomitra Yoga Mountain View, 1910 W. El Camino Real, STE E, Mountain View, CA, 94040, BYMV, LLC. 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/Barbara Daniels. President. #201712210594. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/24/2017. (pub Metro 6/07, 6/14, 6/21, 6/28/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #629446

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Affordable Legal Services, 111 North Market St., San Jose, CA, 95113, Krystle Henriks, 33442 5th St., Union City, CA, 94587. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/ Krystle Henriks. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/02/2017. (pub Metro 5/31, 6/07, 6/14, 6/21/2017)

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Something Alora, 691 Lotus St., San Jose, CA, 95116, Savaughnna McCurtis. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Savaughnna McCurtis. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/11/2017. (pub Metro 6/07, 6/14, 6/21, 6/28/2017)

The following person(s) / registrant(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): Mind Of Beauty Day Spa, 4898 El Camino Real, Los Altos, CA, 94022, Rong Tang. Filed in Santa Clara County on 06/20/2016 under file no. 618658. This business was conducted by: an individual. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 06/02/2017. /s/Rong Tang. (pub dates 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 7/05/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630526 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Elite Spa, 2437 Alvin Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95121, Hung Lan, 1739 Dewey St., San Mateo, CA, 94403. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Hung Lam. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 6/01/2017. (pub Metro 6/7, 6/14, 6/21, 6/28/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630569 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Food Service Distribution, 19800 Vallco Pkwy, #603, Cupertino, CA, 95014, Shahrokh Parvaresh. This business is conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Shahrokh Parvaresh. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/02/2017. (pub Metro 6/07, 6/14, 6/21, 6/28/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #629849 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Bombshell Belle Boutique, 6145 Camino Verde Drive, Apt A, San Jose, CA, 95119, Siobhan Brown. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 04/21/2017. /s/Siobhan Brown. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/11/2017. (pub Metro 6/07, 6/14, 6/21, 6/28/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630513 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Waiwai Beauty, 10879 N. Wolf Rd., Cupertino, CA, 95014, Lai Wai Asuka Lee, 4364 Hyde Common, Fremont, CA, 94538. This business is conducted by a Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/01/2017. /s/ Lai Wai Asuka Lee. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/01/2017. (pub Metro 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 7/05/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #631030 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Express Repair & Maintenance, 1705 Linnet Ln., Sunnyvale, CA, 94087, Mohammad Reza Afarinesh. This business is conducted by an individual. Refile of previous file #630593 with changes. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 05/01/2017. /s/Mohammad Reza Afarinesh. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/15/2017. (pub Metro 6/21, 6/28, 7/05, 7/12/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630583 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Emannah Crafts, 1157 Blazingwood Dr., Sunnyvale, CA, 94089, Imelda Refuerzo. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Imelda Refuerzo. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/05/2017. (pub Metro 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 7/05/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630562 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Mind Of Beauty Day Spa, 4898 El Comino Real, Los Altos, CA, 94022, Shuang Ying Li, 1907 Murchison Dr., #4, Burlingame, CA, 94010. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/02/2017. /s/Shuang Ying Li. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/02/2017. (pub Metro 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 7/05/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630598 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Equus Assoc, LLC, 2005 De La Cruz Blvd., STE 180, Santa Clara, CA, 95050. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/01/2017. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Jose Inson Gorme Jr. President. #201715010149. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/05/2017. (pub Metro 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 7/05/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630582 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: River Rock Taproom, 155 s Murphy Ave., Sunnyvale, CA, 94086, Jetti’s Inc., 963 La Mesa Terrace, Unit H, Sunnyvale, CA, 94086. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant has not yet begun under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Jetti Venkaiah. , President. #3483390. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/05/2017. (pub Metro 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 7/05/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630544 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Auspicecreative, 970 Bellomo Ave., Unit B, Sunnyvale, CA, 94086, Grace O’Maille, Paul Edwin O’Maille. This business is conducted by a General Partnership. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 07/11/2016. /s/ Grace O’Maille. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/02/2017. (pub Metro 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 7/05/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630706 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. Breadwinner, 2. Breadwinner Gaming, 830 Coyote Rd., San Jose, CA, 95111, Raymond Dimalanta. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 01/01/2017. /s/Raymond Dimalanta. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/07/2017. (pub Metro 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 7/05/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630650 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Squinks Art, 14225 Columbet Avenue, San Martin, CA, 95046, Cerise Burns. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 05/13/2017. /s/Cerise Burns. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/06/2017. (pub Metro 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 7/05/2017)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630750 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Baublesaurus, 1427 Ridgewood Drive, San Jose, CA, 95118, Jennifer Boer. This business is conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Jennifer Boer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/08/2017. (pub Metro 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 7/05/2017)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #630862 The following person(s) / registrant(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): Castle Spa Salon, 2541 Newhall Street, Santa Clara, CA, 95050, Charlie Hatfield, 2311 Meadowmont Dr., San Jose, CA, 95133. Filed in Santa Clara County on 09/10/2010 under file no. 582656. This business was conducted by: an individual. This statement was filed with the County Clerk-Recorder of Santa Clara County on 06/12/2017. /s/ Rong Tang. (pub dates 6/21, 6/28, 7/05, 7/12/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630875 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Paddington Adult Residential Care Home, 1236 Paddington Way, San Jose, CA, 95127, Cecilia Valenzuela. This business is conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Cecilia Valenzuela. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/12/2017. (pub Metro 6/21, 6/28, 7/05, 7/12/2017)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Healthy America, 2523 Glen Hastings, San jose, CA, 95148, Quynh To. This business is conducted by a Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/08/2017. /s/ Quynh To. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/08/2017. (pub Metro 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 7/05/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630738 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Mai Lan Spa, 2716 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA, 95051, Alex Nguyen. This business is conducted by a Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/18/2017. /s/ Alex Nguyen. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/08/2017. (pub Metro 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 7/05/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630822 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Eyecatchlight Photography, 332 Deerwood Ct., Mountain View, CA, 94040, Simone Angela Schnaitter Winkler. This business is conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 05/01/2017. /s/Simone Angela Schnaitter Winkler. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/09/2017. (pub Metro 6/21, 6/28, 7/05, 7/12/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630885 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: MyKitchen, 445 Blossom Hill Rd., San Jose, CA, 95123, Tyhuoy Ngov, Voeut Heng, 1208 Lynn Ave., San Jose, CA, 95122. This business is conducted by a general partnership. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/ Tyhuoy Ngov. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/12/2017. (pub Metro 6/21, 6/28, 7/05, 7/12/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630623 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Mingâ€™s Garden, 1431 Foxworthy Ave., San Jose, CA, 95118, MS Bros LLC. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 09/21/2016. Refile of previous file #565268 with changes. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Brandon Woo. Managing Member. #201622110579. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/06/2017. (pub Metro 6/21, 6/28, 7/05, 7/12/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630865 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Model And Talent Management, 2200 Eastridge Loop, #1004-B, San Jose, CA, 95122, Dalena Hoang. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 01/01/2008. /s/Dalena Hoang. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/12/2017. (pub Metro 6/21, 6/28, 7/05, 7/12/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630917 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Tasty Veggie Vietnamese Vegetarian House, 5592 Santa Teresa Blvd., #B, San Jose, CA, 95123, Hien Thai Huynh. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/12/2017. /s/Hien Thai Huynh. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/13/2017. (pub Metro 6/21, 6/28, 7/05, 7/12/2017)

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. KW Los Gatos Estates, 2. Keller Williams Los Gatos Estates, 3. KW South Bay Estates, 4. Keller Williams South Bay Estates, 5. KW Bay Area Estates, 6. Keller Williams Bay Area Estates, 7. KW Coastal Estates, 8. Keller Williams Coastal Estates, 9. KW Commercial Silicon Valley, 10. KW Commercial South Bay, 11. Keleir Williams Estates, 12. Keller Williams Estates International, 13. KW Mountain Estates, 14. Keller Williams Realty, 161 Los Gatos Boulevard, Suite 205, Los Gatos, CA, 95032, TCGLG Inc.. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 01/13/2013. Refile of previous file #570938 with changes. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Mark Van Kaenel. President. #3507964. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/24/2017. (pub Metro 6/14, 6/21, 6/28, 7/05/2017)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Golden State Family Dentistry, 3515 Alma Street, Palo Alto, CA, 94306, Fara Shahani, DMD, Inc. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 03/21/2017. Refile of previous file #627883 with changes. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Fara Shahani. President. #3993943. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/24/2017. (pub Metro 6/28, 7/05, 7/12, 7/19/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630746 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Outta Line Studios, 473 Auzerais Ave., San Jose, CA, 95126, Enrique Miranda. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/08/2017. /s/Enrique Miranda. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/08/2017. (pub Metro 6/21, 6/28, 7/05, 7/12/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630968 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Pro Engineering, Inc., 2480 Kruse Drive, San Jose, CA, 95131. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 09/17/2008. Refile of previous file #514266 with changes. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Tomas Janus. Vice President. #C4025613. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/14/2017. (pub Metro 6/21, 6/28, 7/05, 7/12/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630570 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Pearl Wellness, 182 S. Main St, Milpitas, CA, 95035, Pearl Wellness, 745 Gridley St., San Jose, CA, 95127. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/02/2017. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Zhenzhu Zhang. #201715110082. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/02/2017. (pub Metro 6/21, 6/28, 7/05, 7/12/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630783 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: TL Media Entertainment, 1365 Goldenlake Road, San Jose, CA, 95131, Thuan Nguyen, Dieulinh Nguyen. This business is conducted by a Married Couple. Registrant has began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/08/2017. /s/Thuan Nguyen. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/08/2017. (pub Metro 6/21, 6/28, 7/05, 7/12/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #630854 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: California Financial Services, 412 Humboldt Street, Santa Rosa, CA, 95404, C. Financial Investment Inc. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 04/01/1988. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/R. Mark Epstein. CFO. #1435282. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/12/2017. (pub Metro 6/28, 7/05, 7/12, 7/19/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #627819 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Crazy Chic Design, 2003 University Way, San Jose, CA, 95128, Amy Nicole Romero. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 2/01/2017. /s/Amy Nicole Romero. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 3/21/2017. (pub Metro 4/19, 4/26, 5/03, 5/10/2017)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #631211 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Restoration Realty, 800 W. El Camino Real, Suite 180, Mountain View, CA, 94040, Richard Dwyer, 1299 San Tomas Aquino Road, #104, San Jose, CA, 95117. This business is conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/20/2017. /s/Richard Dwyer. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/02/2017. (pub Metro 6/28, 7/05, 7/12, 7/19/2017)

NOTICE OF PETITION ADMINISTER ESTATE OF CHEN-LIN TSENG CASE NO. 117PR181244 To all heirs, beneficiaries creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: Chen-Lin Tseng. A Petition for Probate has been filed by: Joshua Chen in the Superior Court of California, County of: SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: Joshua Chen be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. The Petition requests the decedentâ€™s will and codicils, if any, be admitted to probate. The will and any codicils are available for examination in the file kept by the court.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 the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: August 7, 2017, at 9 a.m. in Dept. 12 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 formal Request for Special Notice (DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in section 1250 of the California Probate Code. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney of petitioner: Joshua Chen, 10420 Miller Ave. Cupertino, CA, 95014 (619) 663-9318(Pub CC 6/28, 7/05, 7/12/2017)

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To all heirs, beneficiaries creditors, contingent creditors, and persons who may otherwise be interested in the will or estate, or both of: Charles Michael HallfordA Petition for Probate has been filed by: James J Ramoni, Public Administrator of Santa Clara County in the Superior Court of California, County of: SANTA CLARA. The Petition for Probate requests that: James J Ramoni, Public Administrator of Santa Clara County be appointed as personal representative to administer the estate of the decedent. THE PETITION requests authority to administer the estate under the Independent Administration of Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take-many actions without obtaining court approval. Before taking certain very important actions, however, the personal representative will be required to give notice to interested persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the proposed action.) The independent administration authority will be granted unless an interested person files an objection to the petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant the authority. A hearing on the petition will be held in this court as follows: August 18, 2017, at 9 a.m. in Dept. 12 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 formal Request for Special Notice (DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided in section 1250 of the California Probate Code. A Request for Special Notice form is available from the court clerk. Attorney of petitioner: Mark A. Gonzalez, Lead Deputy County Counsel, OFFICE OF THE COUNTY COUNSEL, 373 West Julian Street, Suite 300, San Jose, CA, 95110 408-758-4200 (Pub CC 6/14, 6/21, 6/28/2017)

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Of Great Import NOT UP IN SMOKE Paramount Imports has stayed in business for 50 years by celebrating all cultures and subcultures.

Paramount Imports stands the test of time, internet, corporatization BY GARY SINGH

IM EGLINGTON doesn’t remember when he first started working at Paramount Imports. It seems like one of those mystical passages of time with no end and no beginning. Within seconds, though, Stacy Sargent, the owner and decades-long manager of Paramount, jumps in the back to retrieve the answer: 1987. Eglington is one of many with

decades of Paramount experience. The time component is crucial because once again, anniversaries are exploding out of nowhere. Exactly a month from now, Paramount will throw a huge party to celebrate its 50th year at 455 Meridian Ave. Forget the Summer of Love. This is the summer of Paramount Imports. Generations of outcasts cut their teeth at Paramount, myself included. It was the first place in the Bay Area to specialize in pipes and smoking paraphernalia before that stuff became an industry. It was also the first place in San Jose to sell Doc Martens, punk clothing, incense from India, tarot cards and black light posters of topless women. Long before local record stores popularized the rock poster phenomenon, Jim

Morrison and Bob Marley posters flew off the racks at Paramount. When original proprietor Dave Kowal first opened Paramount, it really was an imports store. He sold statuary and home decor from Mexico. Within a few years, though, pipes and posters began to fill the shelves. As the psychedelic ‘60s morphed into the freewheeling ‘70s, the stock evolved into a counterculture bouillabaisse of items. The rear half of the store turned into an exotic haven for water pipes, smoking paraphernalia and magazines. The front half evolved into a sordid mishmash of rock digs, biker oddities, crystals, counterculture books, T-shirts, black light equipment, jewelry, shoes, purses, tapestries and much more, all of which catered to the underbelly of suburban America. Somewhere in the middle of all this, Kowal began printing his own posters out of the back of the building while running a T-shirt shop near Star Records on the East Side. But it wasn’t fruitful enough. He wanted out.

Sargent, who attended Lincoln High School, met her husband, John, in the music library at West Valley College. John held a music degree from San Jose State University and was a lifelong jazz musician. They got married in June of 1980 and then bought the Paramount Imports business a few weeks later. In the 1990s, after several dramatic ups and downs, including a fire, they were able to buy the property. Even though John is no longer with us, Paramount remains a family business. Stacy’s son, Casey, is set to take over the property when the time is right. As we all congregate in the back of the place, it becomes easy for me to suggest that Paramount is the only joint of its kind in San Jose history. It has an Original Joe’s degree of staying power, even if the competition seems like an entire sea of vendors selling the same thing online, offline, American made or Chinese made. The entire paraphernalia industry has gone corporate, so I can’t help but ask them why Paramount still carries on when so many other businesses have disintegrated, given up, or been replaced by hideous cookie-cutter condos. “We’re a destination,” Stacy says. “We’re a living, breathing place. We have super cool people working here.” Casey agrees: “We offer an experience you can’t get on the internet. We’ve been here for 50 years, we’re family-owned and we treat our customers like family.” As they issue me handwritten testimonials from other employees, I can’t even sort it all out. In the end, Tim wanders over and explains that it’s not just a store. The employees really feel like they’re helping customers discover and celebrate new cultures and subcultures. “Back in the 1980s, it always made me so happy to sell a kid their first Bauhaus or Sisters of Mercy shirt,” Tim says. “And I could say, ‘If you like them, then you’ll like Christian Death.’ It’s almost like a rite of passage for a lot of people. At the end of the day, yeah, it’s just a store, but we really try to make it more than that.”

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fireworks while drifting along the waters of Shoreline Lake. Private barbecues are a no-no but picnic baskets and barbecue passes will be on sale.

PALO ALTO

Chili Cook-off 1305 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto Fireworks aren’t on the menu for Palo Alto’s 36th annual Summer Festival, but the best chili in town will take center stage. The heated competition runs noon to 5pm and will be accompanied by live music and activities for the whole family.

REDWOOD CITY

Peninsula Celebration Downtown Redwood City; parade.org

Got that Fire? INDEPENDENCE PLAY There’s something for everyone this Fourth of July.

A roundup of cookoffs, parades, family fun and fireworks for 4th of July BY PAYJE REDMOND AND YOUSIF KASSAB

HE NATION’S ANNUAL freedom fest is all about family, fireworks, friends, fireworks, food and fireworks. Oh, and did we mention fireworks? We scraped together the South Bay’s best events to ensure no one reports back to work next Wednesday with a sob story about spending the afternoon and evening consoling their confused pets.

MILPITAS

Red, White and Boom 1325 E Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas The Milpitas Sports Center will host a free pool party during the day. Afterwards, everyone can enjoy a fireworks show and a set by cover band The Houserockers. Bring some bucks for a slew of local food trucks.

MORGAN HILL

Freedom Fest 16500 Condit Rd, Morgan Hill; morganhillfreedomfest.com Freedom can’t wait, which may be why this event starts with a Freedom Run at 6:30am. Morgan Hill’s bash

runs the whole day and welcomes families to take in a car show and parade, in between jump houses, live music, food and, of course, fireworks. The show begins at 9:30pm.

MOUNTAIN VIEW

Symphony and Fireworks at Shoreline 1 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View; sfsymphony.org The 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular returns to the Shoreline for its 31st year. The San Francisco Symphony will play a “Summer of Love” set featuring hits like “California Dreamin” and “Somebody to Love.”

Shoreline Lake 3160 N. Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View; shorelinelake.com Pedalboat, rowboat and kayak rentals are available to take in the

The Peninsula celebration combines a 5k run, pancake breakfast and a parade led by three-time Emmy Award-winning Grand Marshal Kenny Ortega. The parade starts at 10am, and the day will end with fireworks at 9:30pm.

SAN JOSE

The Rotary Fireworks 180 Woz Way, San Jose; rotaryfireworks.org Downtown San Jose’s annual fireworks spectacular has been a Rotary Club revelation. Viewing parties can set up for free in Discovery Meadow. Access to the VIP party includes a dinner buffet and special indoor and outdoor seating. Tickets are $75 for adults and $35 for kids. The show starts at 9:30pm.

4th Annual Family Fun Festival 6099 Winfield Blvd, San Jose This year marks the fourth annual July 4th Fun Festival at Almaden Lake Park. Past years have included an emphasis on arts and wine, but no alcohol will be served this time to keep things extra family friendly.

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from noon to 10pm. Keep the whole family entertained with live music, food trucks and carnival games. Fireworks begin at 9:30pm. The event is free, but bring some skrill for the food.

California’s Great America 4701 Great America Pkwy, Santa Clara; cagreatamerica.com Great America will celebrate all weekend with some special offers and events, including fireworks and patriotic music each night. Current and past military men and women get free admission to the park, with up to six guests getting tickets for $23 a pop.

SCOTTS VALLEY

Skypark Events 361 Kings Village Rd, Scotts Valley; santacruzlife.com A parade kicks off at 3pm on Scotts Valley Drive, before music and games begin at Skypark Park. All this leads up to the grand finale firework show at 9:15pm. Tickets are $6-$8 and kids under 4 are free.

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Feeling irie at Katchafire, who played this year’s first Music in the Park.

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