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Tough Love

This Santa Cruz family's health care nightmare could happen to anyone

SEPTEMBER 4-10, 2013

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Drive-B Drive-By By Planning Pl Plannin ing Re: “Big T Re: Trouble rouble in Little L ttle Basin” Li Basin” (Curr (Currents, ents, Aug. 28): M fe an nd I liv veed n ear Li ttle Basin Myy wif wife and lived near Little ffor or six yyears, o eears, an dw ed an d bik ed Pin and wee hik hiked and biked Pinee M ountain R oad a e t fiv eas ve tim es a yyear. earr.

Mountain Road att lleast five times T here ar ctions o an Bar k lloop oop There aree som somee sec sections off th thee T Tan Bark th at ar ivable, bu ut o ften, especiall that aree dr drivable, but often, especiallyy in th thee rrainy ainy season, yyou ou ca an't eeven ven e m ountain bik can't mountain bikee on oth er p arts o oad. T here ar eep other parts off th thee rroad.

There aree d deep gulli es th at ar ard tto om aneu uveer ar ound on gullies that aree h hard maneuver around ffoot. oot. I w o ould gu ess th tthat at n one o lanners would guess none off th thee p planners in nvolveed wi th th ig Basin Gen eral P lan involved with thee Bi Big General Plan h ave eever ver hik ed on Pin ountain R oad, an d have hiked Pinee M Mountain Road, and th ey cer tainly h aven en’t dr ivveen iitt fr om Li ttle tto o they certainly haven’t driven from Little Big Basin, because th tthat at w ould be im o possible. would impossible.

T his eexample xample o g ou ut o ouch This off bein being out off ttouch wi th th hysical rreality e ty o eali ttle Basin is a with thee p physical off Li Little rreflection eflection o t e Big Basin Gen tir eral off th thee en entire General p lan, m ade b ple in Sacr amento w ho plan, made byy peo people Sacramento who

h ave onl ted Li ttle Basin on ce orr ttwice w wice have onlyy visi visited Little once an dn ot ac tually hik ed ffar ar a fr om th eiir cars. and not actually hiked from their T h n his ot onl ea ates an un saffe en nvviironment This not onlyy cr creates unsafe environment (h avving a on e-lane rroad oad wi th a ssteep teep p ccliff lifff on (having one-lane with on to be able able tto o accomm o ate two od two onee sid sidee said to accommodate p asssing R Vss), bu ut th agedy o G eral passing RVs), but thee tr tragedy off th thee Gen General P lan a ’s call tto op ave ov veer an ou tdoor sc chool, Plan’s pave over outdoor school, iits ts ggarden arden and and orchard, orchard, in order order to to buil b da build p arrking llot. ot. H avving w orked a utdoor parking Having worked att th thee ou outdoor sc hool in th ast ffor o or m ore th an fiv ears, school thee p past more than fivee yyears, I can ca an assure assure you you that that th only time time th he St ate thee only the State P arrk Gen eral P lanners h ave eever ver e see en th Park General Planners have seen thee sc hool is fr om th eir cars w hen th ey ar school from their when they aree p asssing b eir w ay tto o Li ttle Basi in. T he 80 passing byy on th their way Little Basin.

The 11-y year-old sstudents tudents a w eek th at eexplore xp plore th 11-year-old week that thee sc hool’s ggarden, arden, lik dle sec t on o ti school’s likee th thee mid middle section off Pin ne M ountain R oad, is som ething th tthey ey h ave Pine Mountain Road, something have n ever ac tually seen. never actually JACOB SACKIN S ta Cruz Sant Santa

Trust T rust r Is Issues ssues This T hi past his past weekend weekend I visited visi i ited d Watsonville Watson t nvvill ille Slough Sl ough Farm.

Farm. It is a farm fa arm with with mainly mainly organic organic crops cr ops that that was was purchased pu urchased by by the the Land Land Trust Trust off San o Santa ta Cruz Cruz Cou County. untyy. On Sa Saturday, turday, Augus Augustt 24, 2013, the the Land Land Trust Trust held held a special eevent vent att th a thee Slough Slough F Farm arm m ffor o or Lan Land dT Trust rust m members, embers, including in cluding a h hoedown oedown an and d a dinn dinner. err. [Abou [About] t] 470 peo people ple th that at a attended t ended th tt thee eevent. ven e t. Ev Every veery hour h our they they had had walking walkin a g ttours ours of of th thee ffarm. arm. a Among Am ong th thee things things that that I learned learned on the the ttour our w was as the the importance impo ortance of of crop crop rotation rotattion in ffarming. armin a i g.

What What does does b broccoli rocccoli have have to to do do with with sstrawberries? trawb berries? At or o organic ganic ffarms arms a in Watsonville, W attson nvville, they they p plant lant them them in the the same same field fi eld aatt dif different ffeerent ttimes. imes. Crop Crop rotation rotattion m makes akes suree th sur that at bacteria bacteria a and and m mold old p pathogens atthogens d don’t on’t ttake ake h hold old in th the e so soil. oil. In effect, efffeect, th thee b broccoli roccoli is likee a natural lik nattural fumigant fum migant ffor or strawberries. o strawberr b ies.

Sadly, Sadly, there there ar aree m many any n non-organic on-organic ffarms arms a in W Watsonville attson nvville that that use powerful po owerrfful chemicals chemicals tto o fumig fumigate ate th their eir strawberry strawberry fields fields and and other other crops. cr ops. T These hese fum ffumigants igants include include m methyl eth hyl bromide, bro mide, me methyl thyl io iodide, dide, d dichloropropene ichloropropene and an d cchloropicrin. hloropicrin..

Unfortunately, Unffo ortunately, in i m many any ffarming a arming communities communi ties ar around o d Calif oun California fo ornia there there have have been poisonin poisonings gs because b o off the the drifting drifting off th o these ese fumig fumigants. ants. t So w wee gladly gladly welcome welcome organic or ganic ffarming armin a g ttechniques echniques into into our community. communi tyy. N Not ot onl o onlyy d do o th they ey p protect rotect us from fr om h harmful armful pes pesticides, sticides, but bu ut they they protect protect endangered en dangered species speciies as well, well, such such as th thee rrededllegged egged fr frog—and og—and th they ey make make for fo or better better tasting tasting sstrawberries! trawb berries!

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Wellness W elln e llnes s INSIDE LOO LOOK OK A sample of blood fr from om the author as taken by Jan Br Browne. owne.

True T rru ue Blo Bl Blood ood d JJan an Br Browne ow wne on w what hat th the he b blood lood can ttell ell l us abou about ut our bodi b bodies es

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n a sunn sunny, ny, upstairs up pstairs office offfice near near the the beach, beac h, n nutritional uttrritional mi microscopist croscopisst JJan an Browne Brown wne eyes eyyes e a tiny tin ny red red bead o lood d fforming o ormiin i g on th po off b blood thee ti tip off m myy fin geerr. Gen nttlly, sshe he sm ears iitt on nto a sslide, lide, finger.

Gently, smears onto p laces iitt un derr h er mi croscope an d places under her microscope and gr ows qui et. Moments Momen nts t later, lateerr, m yb lood grows quiet. my blood ce lls com nto ffocus ocus on h o er com pu uter cells comee in into her computer scr reeen—the si ze o olf b alls, an d vvery er ey screen—the size off ggolf balls, and mu ch aliv vee—a and w arrk on a M agic much alive—and wee emb embark Magic Sc hool Bus-lik ke ttour our thr o ro oug gh m wn w School Bus-like through myy o own bein g. being.

Br own w eh ass been sstudying ttu udyying b lood Browne has blood un der h er mi crosco cr o pe ffor or o yyears, eears, wi th under her microscope with th lief th at iitt carr ries im porrtan nt thee be belief that carries important in dica ators o dyy’s ov ver e all h ealltth. indicators off a bod body’s overall health.

An d sin ce th dy full ly rreplaces eplaces iits ts rred ed And since thee bod body fully b lood ce lls eevery ver e y 120 d ays, sshe’s he’s ffound o ound blood cells days, th at m onitorin ng th lood is an ef ffeecctiv t ve that monitoring thee b blood effective w ay tto om easurre p rogress m ade fr om way measure progress made from di et an d lif feestyyle cchanges. hanges. diet and lifestyle Lar ge am oeeba-like gglobs lobs tr udg dge Large amoeba-like trudge

th through hrroug o gh m myy p plasma, lasma, ccleaning leaning as th they eyy ggo—white o whi o—w h te b lood ce lls sshe he d eems “v veerry blood cells deems “very ac ctiv t ve.” Bu ut th ere ar ellltale sign active.”

But there aree ttelltale signss o off w eeakn k ess, too—fermentation too—ffeermen ntati tion showing show win ing weakness, in n th dle o lood ce ccells, lls, thee mid middle off som somee o off m myy b blood an nd sm all areas areas of of debris debris that that llook ook li ike and small like cr rystal fforms, o orms, w h hich sshe he id en nttifies as a crystal which identifies yyeast e t an eas db accterial ffermentation erm e en ntati t on fr o om and bacterial from su ugga ars. sugars.

“Wh en th ere’s been a llot ot o tyy, “When there’s off acidi acidity, an nd the the bod dy can process iit,t, yyour our bo o od dy and body can’t’t process body ki ind o llecctts iitt ttogether,” oggeetherr,,” eexplains xplains kind off co collects Br row wne. “T he or rgans an db rain ar re m ost Browne.

“The organs and brain are most cr ritical. In iits ts wisd om, th dy will critical. wisdom, thee bod body m ovve thin gs iitt doesn’t doesn’t h ave th t ty move things have thee abili ability tto o fl ush ou ut tto o th xtremities [su uch as] a flush out thee eextremities [such sskin, k so kin, ft tissu es an d jjoints.” oin ntts.” soft tissues and Br row wne’s b lood ce lls ar re p lump an nd Browne’s blood cells are plump and h eallth thy, an dp retty e mu ch d evo oid o healthy, and pretty much devoid off cr rystal fforms o orms an d ffermentation. eermen ntati t on. O crystal and Off co ourse, Br ow wne ea ats t lik ke a n utr tritional a course, Browne eats like nutritional sa ain ntt: vvegetarian, eg egeetarian, m ostly vvegan, eg ega an, an d saint: mostly and

mossttlly rraw. mostly aw. Sh Shee is a gur guru uo off th thee alk alkaline aline di et, w hich I h h ad fil ed a way a w h hile b ack diet, which had filed away while back as a tr end tto o be in nveestiggated. trend investigated.

“A alk “An lkalin li e lifestyle liffes e tyyle is i on ocusin o i g alkaline onee ffocusing on o ptimizing our abili t both tto ty o fl ush optimizing ability flush ou ut an d tto o rreduce educe th ccumulattion out and thee ac accumulation o was a te rrampant ampan nt in our bodi es off acidi acidicc waste bodies fr om th ta andarrd Am erican di er et,” sa ays from thee sstandard American diet,” says Br row wne. F or th o lood, alk a alinity is vi tal. a Browne.

For thee b blood, alkalinity vital.

“Bl ood mus ain ntain a pH o “Blood mustt m maintain off 7.365. If iitt vvaries aries mu a ch in ei ther di irreeccttion, iitt w ould o much either direction, would cause con nvu ulsions or co oma.” convulsions coma.”

A pH o eu uttrral, a an d an nytthing off 7 is n neutral, and anything be low iitt is acidic—battery acidic—batt t er e y acid has has a pH below o o or in stance, Coca-C Cola, 2.5. While While off 1, ffor instance, Coca-Cola, th lood is sslightly ligghtl tly alk a e, or b alin asic, thee b blood alkaline, basic, th dy o ften isn n’tt. Br rown w e be longs tto oa thee bod body often isn’t.

Browne belongs gr ow wing sc hool o ougght th at be lievees growing school off th thought that believes alk alizing th dy p rom motes w ellalkalizing thee bod body promotes wellbein g an d disease rresistance, esistance, al ltthough being and although rresearch esearch is as yet yeet inconclusive. inconclusivve.

In m an ny rrespects, especctts, thi is sim plistic many this simplistic

perception of health iss sub subversive. bveersivve. tems fr ro om Medicine as we know iitt sstems from Louis P asteur e ’s ggerm eerm theory—germs theory—g — erms Pasteur’s en nter th od dy an d cr reea ate disease he enter thee bo body and create disease.. T The alk aline lif feestyyle emb races An ntoine alkaline lifestyle embraces Antoine Béc hamp’s th eory th at b accteria cchanges hanges Béchamp’s theory that bacteria fr rom o ben efficial tto o disease fforms o orms from beneficial d epending on th nternal en nvir v onmen nt.t depending thee in internal environment.

If th nteern nal en nvvironmen nt m ean nt thee in internal environment meant n othing, cchallenges hallengees Br row wne, th ere nothing, Browne, there w ouldn o n’t bee a vvariation a arria ati t on in w ho ggets ets si ck wouldn’t who sick an dw ho d o ’t gget oesn et si ck. and who doesn’t sick.

Acidi tyy causes c infl ammattion.

Acidity inflammation.

Accor ding tto o Ott oW arburg, w a ho w on o th According Otto Warburg, who won thee N obel Pr ize in M edicine in 1932: “Wh en Nobel Prize Medicine “When th w ron o g, o xyygeen ffalls, alls, ce a lls thee pH is wr wrong, oxygen cells rrespire espire in an a an aerobic en nvir v onmen nt anaerobic environment b erm e en ntati t on givin g rrise ise tto o in creased byy ffermentation giving increased acidi tyy. Can ncer is a rresult esult o acidity.

Cancer off an acid en nvvironmen ent.” t environment.”

Bu ut Br rown w ed oesn’t ttake ak ke an ny But Browne doesn’t any on xper x rt’t’s th eory as d ogma, an d onee eexpert’s theory dogma, and en couragess h er p attien nts t tto o explore explore their their encourages her patients o wn uniqu ue bodi es b esting th eir pH own unique bodies byy ttesting their firs st thin g in i th orning, an d aft teer first thing thee m morning, and after ea atting dif ffer e en nt ffoods. oods. (A rroll o oll o esst eating different off pH ttest sstrips trrips cos sttss ar ound $12 a orsn nyder costs around att H Horsnyder P harmacyy.)

Pharmacy.)

So how how does does one one alk alize, an d alkalize, and buil dh ealthi t er blood? blood? St art h ere: th build healthier Start here: thee m olecular sstructures tructur t es o hlorrophyll l an d molecular off cchlorophyll and rred ed b lood ce ccells lls ar re alm ost id en nti t cal. T he blood are almost identical.

The m ain dif ffeerrence is in th nter a tom— main difference thee cen center atom— in cchlorophyll, hlorophylll, iitt is m agnesium, an d magnesium, and in b lood, ood iitt is ir ro on N on. ot surp ssurprisingly, rprisingly, th blood, iron.

Not thee m ajorrity o een vvegetables eegetables ar hly majority off gr green aree hig highly alk alizing foods, fo oods, as ar other vegetables, veegetables, alkalizing aree other fr uits an d gr ggrains ains (su uch as quin oa). Co ow w’s fruits and (such quinoa).

Cow’s milk, meats, mea ats, t p rocessed ffoods, o oods, al cohol processed alcohol an d sug ar ar a hlly acidi c. and sugar aree all hig highly acidic.

Bu ut n one o ake a But none off this will m make dif ffeerren e ce wi w thou ut on ast cr uccial difference without onee llast crucial in gredien ntt:: 75 per cen nt o erricans ar ingredient: percent off Am Americans aree es timated e tto o be chronically chronicallly dehydrated. dehydr d ated. estimated Bu ut h ow mu m ch w ater is rright? igght? M osst But how much water Most peo ple sshould houl o d divid eir w eeigght in people dividee th their weight h alf, an d dr rink th at n umber o ces half, and drink that number off oun ounces eevery veery d ay. “V ““Virtually Viirtuallly eevery veery rreaction eaccttion in our day. bod dy is cau used b uid eexchange,” xchange,” sa ays body caused byy a fl fluid says B row wn ne. ““The T e le The eveel off h ydrattion sho uld Browne. level hydration should be hig h so th tthat at as th alinity ef ffec ect high thee alk alkalinity effect is n eu uttralizin z g, th erre is enough enoug gh fl uid tto o neutralizing, there fluid m ovve iitt ou ut.” t 0 move out.”

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Currents PHOTO FINISHED Santa Cruz Surf School owner Dylan Greiner was arrested last month, after half a million videos and photos of underage girls were found in his possession.

Banned From the Internet?

Rape-hoax ruling highlights uncertainty over keeping felons offline BY ANNE-MARIE HARRISON

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ithin the past two weeks, two separate cases of men downloading child pornography were uncovered in Santa Cruz.

On August 14, Walter Louis Gafvert III, 48, of Boulder Creek was arrested for possessing child pornography, even reportedly downloading images of minors onto his phone while being questioned at the police station.

Two days later, Dylan Greiner, 38, owner of Santa Cruz Surf School, was arrested for a number of offenses, ranging from alleged lewd acts with minors to possession of some 500,000 videos and photographs of underage girls.

Both men were able to download many of the images, which may eventually make them part of the debate over banning certain criminals

from the Internet. These bans are increasingly popular in such cases, when perpetrators have been granted probation or are out on parole, but they’re by no means a slam dunk for prosecutors.

Santa Cruz Assistant District Attorney Johanna Schoenfield has some unique experience with the Internet ban issue, having been the prosecuting lawyer in the case of Morgan Triplett, the UC Santa Barbara student who claimed she was raped while visiting the UC Santa Cruz campus in April. The police investigation that followed found that the alleged rape was a hoax; Triplett had posted an ad on Craigslist to find someone to beat her up in exchange for consensual sex.

Schoenfield requested that Triplett be banned from using the Internet entirely, due to her use of Craigslist to instigate

the crime. But the court ruled against a full ban, instead forbidding Triplett from using the Internet for “criminal conduct,” a seemingly pointless measure which raises the question: Isn’t all criminal conduct on the Internet already illegal?

Because her false claim greatly alarmed the community and lead to a costly police search for a rapist who didn’t exist, Triplett should have been kept off the Internet altogether, says Schoenfield.

“I didn’t think that restriction had sufficient teeth,” says Schoenfield, who adds that the complexities of a partial ban make it even harder to enforce.

Last November, Proposition 35 was passed to lengthen prison sentences for sex traffickers and register them as sex offenders. The proposition also required that California sex offenders would have

to disclose all of their Internet activity.

While that might seem like an obvious measure to many, Northern California American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Staff Attorney Michael Risher says it’s far from it, at least the way Prop. 35 is written.

“This [proposition] can include people convicted of indecent exposure 30 years ago, 40 years ago, all of those people —75,000 living in California,” he says.

“Sex offender” is a broad umbrella term, Risher says, and those who fall under that category need to hand over all e-mail addresses, passwords, screen-names and Internet provider information—everything they do online.

“We went to court the day after the election with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), arguing that this violates the First Amendment rights of many of these registrants,” says Risher.

“Although the government would be justified in monitoring the Internet use of some people that have been convicted of sex offenses, it was much too broad to serve any legitimate government interest.”

The ACLU and the EFF managed to receive a preliminary injunction to stop the law going into effect and will argue their case in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit next month.

Schoenfield says the use of Internet bans is a legitimate and important tool for dealing with certain types of criminal activity.

“People who commit crimes don’t have the same liberties as people who don’t,” she says. “Our primary interest is public safety.”

Risher accepts that there are certain situations where a person should be monitored, but believes banning someone entirely when they’re trying to reintegrate into society is a major mistake.

“You want people who are finishing their sentences in the community to get jobs, to communicate with their friends and family members, because if there’s one thing that’s entirely clear it’s that those factors reduce recidivism,” he says.0

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Through the Cracks

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One Santa Cruz family’s sudden descent into the worst-case scenario of the American health care system reveals how all of us are close to the edge BY GEORGIA PERRY

FAMILY PORTRAIT Left to right: David A. Adams,Lia Adams,Patty Adams; front row Shelly Vest,Phyllis Adams,Randy Adams,David Adams

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t’s 6pm on a Monday, and Patty Adams is at her breaking point. It’s time to make dinner for her husband Randy in their Santa Cruz home, but first she has to empty the urine from his drainage bag, wake him up from his nap and single-handedly hoist his 165pound frame from his hospital-style bed into his wheelchair. Meanwhile, her 4-year-old grandson is jumping on the queen-size bed—the one she used to share with her husband—wearing nothing but a pair of Fruit of the Looms, shouting her name again and again because he needs her help locating a toy train he has misplaced.

The 58-year-old, who is normally cheery and goodnatured, lowers her voice to a whisper so neither of them can hear her.

“This is not easy. I’m dealing with him, and him.

And working fucking full-time.” She points to her “summer reading,” a pile of a half-dozen books whose spines haven’t been cracked. Most nights, she doesn’t have time to brush her own teeth. Reading a book is laughably out of the question.

“I’m almost ready to throw the freakin’ towel in,” she says. “He can go back to a skilled nursing home.”

But she’s not going to send her husband to a skilled nursing home. She tried it once, but he got pneumonia, urinary tract infections and diarrhea— and anyway it costs $2,300 a month, almost the entire monthly allotment the insurance agency sends him. If she used that money to put him in a nursing home, she would have to sell the house. It’s better for everyone to keep him at home—but that doesn’t mean it’s any easier.

Patty wasn’t always her husband’s caretaker. All this began two and a half years ago, when Randy, then 59 years old, walked into Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz on a whim, complaining of a headache. The doctors did a CT scan and found a mass. He called Patty and told her he’d scheduled a surgery for two weeks later.

“He never told me how risky it was. He never even said the word ‘tumor,’” she recalls.

A tumor is what he had, though, on his pituitary gland. And it was bigger than the doctors originally thought, so during the surgery to remove it there were complications. Randy suffered strokes on both sides of his brain during the surgery, and there was bleeding in his brain. He had a subarachnoid hemorrhage.

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In the Dark At Randy’s parents’ home in Live Oak’s Villa Santa Cruz mobile home park, his family talks about the two weeks he stayed in Dominican after his surgery. They comb over every interaction with the doctors and hospital staff, as if by parsing out the details they could make them work out differently.

Randy’s brother and sister, David and Shelly, remember eavesdropping on ICU nurses and chasing the surgeon, Dr. James Kohut, down in the parking to try to extract any information they could about their brother’s condition, which remained a mystery for several days.

“Bilateral thalamic infarcts and some diffuse bleeding,” was the official diagnosis Kohut gave them.

“We didn’t put ‘stroke’ and ‘infarct’ together,” says Shelly. “We were just like, what? ‘Diffuse bleeding?’ I’m thinking, OK, surgery, people bleed.”

It was three days before the family even learned Randy had had a stroke during surgery. Patty found out through a collection of pamphlets hospital staff placed in Randy’s hospital room.

“I didn’t know anything about a stroke. I’m going, why are these in here? What do I need—am I supposed to be looking at these? And they were put in the room for me, but no one told me my husband had had a

stroke,” she recalls with outrage in her voice.

The family only got two meetings with the hospital, and a meeting with Dominican’s official patient advocate led nowhere, the Adams say.

Dr. Kohut did not respond to calls seeking comment for this story.

Dominican hospital declined to comment as well, aside from saying that they handle all situations on a case-by-case basis.

After two weeks with no sign of recovery for Randy, the staff at Dominican arranged to transfer Randy to Driftwood Healthcare Center, a nursing home on Santa Cruz’s east side. Not only did Randy contract chronic urinary tract infections during the eight months he spent there, but according to the Adams, the hospital didn’t check whether Driftwood accepted Randy’s insurance, which it did not.

“I'm going, wait a minute, Randy goes to the hospital for a surgery and this happens to him and all of a sudden I’ve gotta come up with all this money?” Patty remembers. “I didn’t pay it! I didn’t pay a penny of it.

I just didn’t. It’s gone to collections.”

Patty now has a lien on her home for the $17,000 she owes Driftwood.

Nowhere to Turn According to Kathleen Johnson, the executive director of Advocacy, Inc., a local nonprofit that provides rights protection and advocacy for seniors and disabled adults, the Adams’ situation is all too common.

“We get an awful lot of calls like, ‘My mother was living at home. She fell and broke her hip. She came to do surgery, and they’ve just told her they are discharging her and sending her to a nursing facility in two hours.

We don’t know anything about the facility. They’re pushing us to sign the discharge and transfer papers. We don’t know what to do,’” says Johnson, who advises health care clients to be aware that they can ask questions and say no to situations they’re unsure about.

“Acute hospitals are working at a bottom line. They’re looking for an empty bed, period, where the person can be transferred. It may or may not

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Remembering the surgery, Patty is still in disbelief. “He was gonna be in the hospital maybe overnight, two days. It was a routine surgery, it was gonna just—he was gonna be fine.”

Randy was a carpenter before the surgery, and fixed everything around the house. Now, a light fixture hangs over the kitchen table with wires exposed. It has been that way for two years. The screen door has ripped and come out of its frame. Patty’s bedroom wall, which was extended three feet to make room for Randy’s hospital bed, still needs exterior paint.

Family and friends volunteered to help initially, Patty says, “But everyone has stopped. No one has come back.

It’s just not done. The gutters. We gotta get this fixed. My husband would be dying if he knew this was like this right now.”

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be a facility that can meet his or her needs,” she says.

As great as the need clearly is, shockingly there is really nobody in place to assist families in the midst of a health crisis. While what is needed is an independent advocate, what most families get is “a social worker who’s an employee of the hospital, who is being told, ‘We have to get that patient out, do what you need to do to get it done,’” says Johnson.

The Adams took their case to Brad Corsiglia, a medical malpractice attorney in San Jose, who spent a year and a half investigating it.

Shelly had gotten a hold of a report that appeared to show that doctors drained an abnormally high amount of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from Randy’s brain—200ml, or the average amount most people carry in their brains at any given time. But Corsiglia found that it was almost certainly an error in the report—if that much cerebrospinal fluid had really been drained, scans of Randy’s brain should have shown sagging. Instead, all they revealed was bleeding—a normal risk of surgery.

Eventually he determined he couldn’t prove Randy’s injuries were due to malpractice and gave up the case.

“It’s bad luck, basically,” Corsiglia told the Weekly. “[Randy] unfortunately suffered a very bad complication from this surgery. The bleeding was a rare complication but it’s a recognized complication.

There’s nothing anyone can do.”

He stresses the importance of families of hospital patients being aggressive in asking questions and demanding quality care for their loved ones, because it may mean the difference between life and death.

“Don’t assume that just because you’re in the hospital that the doctor’s going to do his or her job,” he says.

The Adams discovered that every attempt to demand accountability was a dead end. There was no one to pin the blame on, and no one but them responsible for picking up the pieces of Randy’s shattered existence.

“You can’t rely on [hospitals] to guide you through the system,” says Corsiglia. “That’s not their job. That’s not anyone’s job.”

Hidden Risks Since then, the Adams have been living out every American’s health care nightmare, the one about which we want to say, “That could never happen to me.” The thing is, though, that it actually could happen to any of us.

“Nobody wakes up when they’re 45 years old and decides one of their goals in life is to be placed in a skilled nursing facility,” says Advocacy, Inc.’s Johnson. “Yet the statistics show that one in every three of us will spend time in a nursing facility.

“Truth be known, we are in the dying process the minute we’re born.

And that’s not anything that anyone feels comfortable with thinking about in our culture,” continues Johnson, “because when we do it causes us to recognize our own mortality, which we don’t want to think about. There’s ‘close the door’ syndrome. There really is. And then when crisis hits, the preparation isn’t there.”

Patty brought Randy home in July of last year, and since then the weight of caring for another individual 24/7 has been taking its toll. Randy needs help with everything. She works full-time for the Loma Prieta school district and has an aide come take care of him for five hours, four days a week—the family members pool their resources to pay for it. But when Patty is in the house, her work schedule is nonstop.

“It is a weight that no person can endure,” she says. “It’s like dressing a corpse. You’re just making this person stay alive. And it’s heartbreaking. You just want to scream. You want to scream. Then you get composure of yourself and you don’t. You figure it out.” She laughs a little. “You drink a lot of wine.”

Because Randy had taken out a long-term life insurance policy for himself, and is on Patty’s HMO, he receives $2,800 a month, which Patty uses to pay the mortgage on the house. Almost all of his equipment and food (including supplements like $20 canisters of whey protein), plus renovations on the house to build him a wheelchair ramp and a handicap-accessible shower, are paid for out of pocket by Patty and the rest of the family. Patty says some people have suggested she divorce Randy,

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“If he was poor enough, he would be able to be in a nursing home [for free]”.

—ALAIN C. ENTHOVEN, STANFORD HEALTH CARE ECONOMIST Standing in the kitchen, Lia, Patty’s 32-year-old daughter, does not hide her outrage at the situation—she just isn’t sure where to direct it. “It seems like the hospital should have like some catastrophic outcome insurance, or people could take out a policy for a catastrophic outcome. I don’t know. It’s weird that there’s no like ‘what happens if you’re dead but not dead’ outcome?

You know what I mean? Cause it’s expensive to be dead but not dead.”

Trapped Inside Perhaps the most disturbing part of all this is that Randy is still very much in there. He can answer multiple-choice questions, and signal his approval or disapproval of things with a thumbs up or thumbs down.

His family claims he can even work arithmetic and play blackjack. But he can’t speak or walk, or stand up on his own. Patti has to tape one of his eyelids up at a time so he can see (if both are

open he has double vision).

He can move his hands a little bit—Patty got him a kitten that he can pet. But when it’s time for him to eat she has to guide his hands. He drops so much food that the dogs gather underneath him, knowing they will get scraps. And she has to stay in the room with him to make sure he doesn’t choke. “Sometimes he forgets how to swallow,” she says.

“He’s here, but it’s almost like he’s a piece of furniture,” says Patty. “We just wheel him from room to room.” All the doorframes in the East Side Santa Cruz home she shares with Randy, her two grown daughters and grandson, Kaleb, are battered from Randy’s wheelchair, with black skid marks and scratches, and chunks knocked out of them.

Kaleb’s main interaction with his grandfather is riding on the back of his wheelchair when Patty pushes him from the bedroom to the kitchen. “The other day he said to me, ‘Why is Pop Pop dead?’” says Patty. “He thought he was, because he doesn’t talk.”

Lia moved home from Nashville, Tenn. after Randy’s surgery. Her “maiden voyage” away from her hometown, as she calls it, only lasted about six months. “I had just moved out there when he was diagnosed with the growth or tumor, whatever you wanna call it,” she says. Now she helps Patty while simultaneously launching a catering company. As much as she hates watching what this experience has done to her mother, she says she and her three siblings don’t want to sink into the quicksand along with her. “It doesn’t make sense for five people to be done with their lives over one person, you know what I mean?”

“She can’t do anything,” Lia says of Patty. “Her life is work, care for my dad, and that’s it. She’s not our mother. She’s not [Kaleb’s] grandmother. She can’t go to yoga. She can’t brush her teeth at night. Her life is 100 percent consumed with caring for my dad.”

She laughs bitterly. “It’s crazy. It’s totally crazy. It’s totally crazy.”

The Adams are currently raising money to purchase a handicapaccessible van. Those interested in donating to their cause can do so via Bay Federal Credit Union, account number 164103998874. Patty can be contacted at momadams48@yahoo.com.

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simply because of the economics—if he had no family or support the state would take care of him.

Incredibly, her situation is not uncommon. Alain C. Enthoven, Ph.D., a health care economist at Stanford, says it is sometimes the case that a decent private health care policy can actually be worse for a person than simply being in poverty and getting covered by Medi-Cal or Medicaid.

“Your ordinary commercial insurance policy is not going to provide in-home help,” he says. “Now if he was poor enough, he would be able to be in a nursing home [for free]. A lot of the money in Medicaid is spent on people in nursing homes.”

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Aptos. I interviewed her about what in nterrvviewed ed h er rrecently eecen nttlly abou ut w hat enlightenment means her. enlig ghtenm e men nt m eans tto oh err.

SCW: What enlightenment SC W: Wha at is enlight enment to to you? you? o GANGAJI: GA AN NGAJJI: Enlightenment Enlig ghteenmen nt many things But is m an ny thin ngs tto o many man ny people. people. Bu ut when the word—and w hen I use th the w o ord—and iitt rreally eeall lly is i such beautiful word—it points thee su ch a beau uttiful w ut o orrd—it poin ntts tto o th discovery filled with light and discov veerry of of what what is fill ed wi th lig ght an d presence. p resence. For Fo or many man ny people, people, the the idea idea of of that ideas off a cer certain th at discovery discovveerry leads leads tto o id eas o tain But me, type of of behavior behavvior or beliefs. belieffss. Bu ut ffor or o m e, iit’s t’s off this p presence that not a rrecognition ecognition no resence th at is n ot separate from thee body, sep arate fr ro om th bod dy, but bu ut is yyet eet free frreee

off th thee bod body, thee cor coree o off con consciousness, o dy, th sciousn ness, which light.

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You enlightened w hat is h ere. Y ou can be enlig o ghtened about many things.

But we’re abou b ut m an ny thin h gs. Bu ut iff w ee’r ’ e speaking speeakin k g spiritual spir ritual enlightenment, enlightenmen ntt, it’s it’s recognizing recogn nizing who are.

You are w ho yyou o ou ar e. Y ou o ar re this rradiance. a adiancee. about I rremember emember rreading eading abou ut yyou ou o sitting Sur, si tting in Big Sur r, seeing seeing something something so profound about and p rofo ound abou ut yyourself, ourse o lf, an d llaughing auggh hing and and an d llaughing aug gh hing an d laughing. laug gh hing. Adyashanti Ad dya asshan ntti speakss o off si sitting Cupertino, off al all speak tting in Cu perrttino, o ll places, brain was being p laces, ffeeling eeeling like like his b rain w a as bein b g Sydney Bankss said h hee rre-configured. e-configured. S ydn d ey Bank “went through thee dying process.”

It’ss “w ween nt thr oug gh th dyin y gp rocess.” It’ hard not Oh, that needs h ard n ot tto o think: O h, th at n eeds tto o happen. h appen. I’m ggoing oing ffor o or that. thatt.

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And that Y ees, w tarrt th at w ay. An d th at att th thee beginnin beginning. can be vvery eery useful a g. finally, thee sear search Because rreally, eeally, fin allly, th ch enlightenment ffor or enlig o ghtenmen nt is the the search search ffor or happiness. people often h appiness. I rremind emind peo ple o ften th tthat at planet, many people’s search on this p lanet, m an ny peo ple’s sear rch ffor or o

Nisargadatta Maharaj Nisargadatta Maha araj said: ‘When you become you bec ome stabilized stabilized in your your Self, Selff, the continuous continuou us commentary commentary of the mind will s stop.’ you top.’ Can y ou speak to to this shift,, and what what it takes? takes? It’s It’s an act acct of of grace, gra gr ace, really. reallly. But Bu ut there are ways that make there ar re w ays th at yyou o can m ou ake yourself grace. yourse o lf available avail a able ffor o or this gr ace. I think eeveryone mustt h have veerryo one rreading eeadin ng mus ave experienced att lleast moments off this exper x rienced a east m omen ntts o grace. there aree m moments grace. Certainly, Certa ainlly, th erre ar omen nts t in a day when day w hen the the commentary comm men ntary just jusst stops, stops, and and we we are arre just jusst present presen nt in the the moment. momen nt.t And up away, And then then it it may may pick pick u p rright ight a way, so that notice there’s that we we don’t don’t even eveen n ottice th ere’s been a moment off pur puree sp spaciousness, off pur pure— momen nt o acciousness, o ree— simply being thee ci circumstances. simply bein g in th irrccumstances.

It can be in w work, pleasure, o orrk, k in p leasurre, in llove, ovve, in ffear—there eear—there is a moment mom o en nt where where [mental] commentary irrelevant. [men ntal] comm en ntarry is irr eleva an ntt.

But conditioned pay Bu ut we we are are very veery con diti t oned tto op ay more concepts about more attention attten nttion tto o ourr con cepts abou ut things, things, about abou ut the the universe, univveerse, about abou ut our feelings, enlightenment feeelings, or about abou ut our enlig htenmen nt or our un un-enlightenment. being -enlig ghtenm men nt.t In bein g imbalanced, and paying attention imbalanced, an dp ayin y g full a ttten nttion to commentary, the narrative to the the comm en ntary, th he n arrrattivve about wee ttr trick ourselves abou ut everything, eveerythin t g, w rick ourse lvees and thee gr ground, thee ssky, off and overlook ovveerrlook th ro ou und, th kyy, o spaciousness that thiss comm commentary spaciousness th at thi en ntary itself appearing itself is a ppearing in.

Gangaji will be spea speaking aking at Inner Light Ministries in Aptos A on Sept. 21 at 7pm, with a short perf performance fo ormance by Kirtana local musician Kirta ana ($25 at door) and again on Sept. 22 2 at 5 p.m. ($20 at door). Pre-registration Prree-rreegistrra atiion is not rrequired. eequirreed.

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Aug. 2-31. Free. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

9, 7:30pm. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.460.3232.

Lulu s at the Octagon

DANCE Bellydance Showcase

THEATER Live Comedy Weekly standup comedy showcases featuring rotating Bay Area comics held Tuesdays at the Red Room, 200 Locust St., Santa Cruz and Wednesdays at The Mediterranean, 265 Center Ave., Aptos. Both shows 810pm. Free. The Red Room, 1003 Cedar Street, Santa Cruz, 831.227.1500.

Art MUSEUMS CONTINUING Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History Free First Friday. View the exhibits for free every first Friday of the month. Docent tours at noon. First Fri of every month, 11am-6pm.

Spotlight Tours. Bringing the artists’ voices directly to visitors. Go behind the scenes and museum-wide exhibitions. First Sat of every month, 11:30am-12:30pm.

Museum hours Tue-Sun, 11am-5pm; closed Mon. 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

GALLERIES OPENING Louden Nelson Community Center Gallery Mixed Media Drawings. Call and Response: A collection of mixed media drawings by eight artists. Gallery hours: Mon-Sat, 9am-9:30pm.

Opens Sept. 6 and runs thru the end of the month.

831.425.1305. 301 Center St, Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz Art League All Those Figures: A national juried exhibit exploring diversity of outlooks in the Figurative Movement. www. scal.org. Gallery Hours: Wed.-Sat., noon-5pm; Sun. noon-4pm. Thru Sept. 15. $7.

Wed-Sat, noon-5pm, Sun noon-4pm. 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, 831.426.5787.

Santa Cruz Central Branch Library Libraries Inside Out. HOME: A large-scale woodblock printmaking exhibition

by Bridget Henry. Aug. 2 through the winter months.

Free, 831.427.7700. 224 Church St, Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center Mountains Art Center.

Simply Red: “Hot” paintings, sculptures, textiles and more by local artists. Gallery hours: Wed-Sun, noon-6pm. Thru Sept. 28. Free, 831.336.3513.

Wed-Sun, noon-6pm. 9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond.

Various Santa Cruz County Bank Locations Bank Arts Collaborative.

Down on the Farm: Seven local artists whose work represents the beauty of simple life on the farm.

Mon-Thurs, 9am-5pm, Fri 9am-6pm. Thru Jan. 3. Free. n/a, Santa Cruz.

LITERARY EVENTS Phren-Z Reading A reading by contributors to the most recent issue of this local literary quarterly. Thu, Sep 5, 7pm. Free. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

Poetry Santa Cruz Monthly event for the poetry community. Featured reader Martina Evans. Tue, Sep 10, 7:30pm. $3 suggested donation. Bookshop Santa Cruz, 1520 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.0900.

Storytime

Cosmo Factory. Kelly Fuenning: Abstract painting and collage. Hours: Wed-Sat, 10am-4pm. Thru October.

Free. 131-B Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.621.6161.

Former Shakespeare Santa Cruz actress Billie Harris and Book Cafe manager Jill Rose perform animated readings of children’s stories.

Mon, 11am. Capitola Book Cafe, 1475 41st Ave, Capitola, 831.462.4415.

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The Writer s Journey

The Cosmo Factory

Felix Kulpa Gallery Kiss My Bronze: Bronze castings by Sheila HalliganWaltz and Eike Waltz. Gallery hours: Thurs-Sun, noon-6pm.

Local author Laura Davis presents a monthly evening of writing practice for aspiring writers. Bring a notebook and pen. Mon, Sep

NOTICES Alzheimer’s Association Know the 10 Signs: A workshop for those who are, or know someone who is, experiencing memory loss or behavioral changes. Thu, Sep 5, 10:30am-12:30pm. Free.

Alzheimer’s Association, 1777A Capitola Rd, Santa Cruz, 831.464.9982.

Beat Sanctuary A dance class for exploring authentic movement as connection, exercise, prayer and spiritual practice. Wed, 7:30-9:15pm. $15. A weekly class for exploring exercise and spirituality through dance. Wed, 7:30-9:15pm. $15. Santa Cruz Yoga, 402 Ingalls Street, Santa Cruz, 585.278.0080.

Insight Santa Cruz Meditation sits, talks and discussions every day of the week. Learn the formal practice of meditation and engage with a community dedicated to reducing suffering by cultivating compassion. Visit www. insightsantacruz.org for specific times and more information. Ongoing.

Insight Santa Cruz, 1010 Fair Avenue, Suite C, Santa Cruz, 831.425.3431.

Miracle Working Spiritual teacher Dominique Free leads a weekly class on cultivating the consciousness to heal, overcome, succeed and create miracles. Thu, 7-8pm.

Conscious Lounge, 1651A El Dorado Av @ Capitola Rd, Santa Cruz, 831.359.0423.

Clutterers Anonymous

Postpartum Health Circle

A free weekly 12-step meeting for those frustrated with too much clutter and not enough room.

Fri, 5:30pm. Free. Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center, 2900 Chanticleer Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.359.3008.

A weekly community circle offering support and information about postpartum changes for mothers. Wed, 1:30-2:30pm. $5-$10 donation. Luma Yoga & Family Center, 1010 Center St., Santa Cruz, 831.325.2620.

A Course In Miracles Study Group

Qigong Flow

A weekly meeting on learning how to forgive and live in peace. Drop-ins are welcome. Thu, 7-9pm.

The Barn Studio, 104b Park Way South, Santa Cruz, 831.272.2246.

Led by Bonnie Eskie, MFT. Tue, 10-11am. $10-$12.

Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center St, Santa Cruz, 831.515.4144.

Dog Hikes

Alzheimer’s: Alzheimer’s Assn., 831.464.9982. Cancer: Katz Cancer Resource Center, 831.351.7770; WomenCARE, 831.457.2273.

Candida: 831.471.0737.

Chronic Pain: American Chronic Pain Association, 831.423.1385. Grief and Loss: Hospice, 831.430.3000.

Lupus: Jeanette Miller, 831.566.0962.

Men Overcoming Abusive Behavior: 831.464.3855. SMART Recovery: 831.462.5470.

Trans Latina women: Mariposas, 831.425.5422.

Trichotillomania: 831.457.1004. 12-Step Programs: 831.454.HELP (4357).

Santa Cruz International Dog Owner’s Community hosts a weekly one-hour, easy hike along the beach for dog lovers and their pets. www. newdogsintown.com Mon, 8:45-9:45am. Free. Aptos Beach staircase, 1049 Via Palo Alto, Aptos.

Eating Disorders Resource Center Meeting Groups will be led by Kimberly Kuhn, LCSW and Carolyn Blackman, RN, LCSW. First Fri of every month, 6-7:30pm. Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center, 2900 Chanticleer Ave, Santa Cruz, 408.559.5593.

Figure Drawing Weekly drawing from a live model, facilitated by Open Studio artist Richard Bennett. Mon, 7-10pm. $16.

Santa Cruz Art League, 526 Broadway, Santa Cruz, 831.426.5787.

Grandparenting Workshop Grandparenting the Positive Discipline Way: An eightweek series for grandparents adjusting to the current era of “non-punitivive and seemingly permissive”

Support and Recovery Groups

Toastmasters Open House An open house put on by the Redwood Ramblers Toastmasters group with guest speaker Rita Barber.

Open to the public. Wed, Sep 4, noon-1pm. Free. St. Philip’s Episcopal Church, 5271 Scotts Valley Dr, Scotts Valley, 831.435.9308.

YLI Rummage Sale YLI Fall rummage sale featuring bargains on a variety of items. Sat, Sep 7, 8:30am-4pm and Sun, Sep 8, 9am-1pm. Free. Our Lady

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Different belly dancers each week on the garden stage.

Presented by Helene. www. thecrepeplace.com. Sat, 1:30pm. Crepe Place, 1134 Soquel Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.429.6994.

Art by Mary Karlton.

Paintings by Mary Karlton. www.marykarlton.com. Thru Sept. 22. Free. 118 Cooper St, Santa Cruz.

parenting. Mon, Sep 9, 6-8pm. Santa Cruz Adult School, 319 La Fonda Ave., Santa Cruz, 831.429.3966.

WEDNESDAY 9/18

Event Santa Cruz While tourism is our city’s number one industry, that doesn’t mean we don’t have amazing residents living, working, and creating positive change here every day. The inaugural night of Event Santa Cruz a new monthly speaker series will showcase just a few of the entrepreneurs who have created thriving businesses that inspire all the rest of us. Speakers will include Danny Keith of the Santa Cruz Warriors and Grind Out Hunger, rocket scientist Chris Miller, and Kendra Baker, owner of the successful Penny Ice Creamery. Wednesday, Sept. 18 from 7-9pm at the Nickelodeon Theatre, 210 Lincoln St., Santa Cruz. Tickets $10.

Star of the Sea Church, 515 Frederick St, Santa Cruz.

Yoga Instruction Pacific Cultural Center: 35+ classes per week, 831.462.8893. SC Yoga: 45 classes per week, 831.227.2156. TriYoga: numerous weekly classes, 831.464.8100.

Yoga Within at Aptos Station, 831.687.0818; Om Room School of Yoga, 831.429.9355; Pacific Climbing Gym, 831.454.9254; Aptos Yoga Center, 831.688.1019; Twin Lotus Center, 831.239.3900. Hatha Yoga with Debra Whizin, 831.588.8527.

Younger Lagoon Tour A behind-the-scenes hiking tour of a diverse coastal habitat for birds, bobcats and other wildlife. Advance registration required. Sun, Sep 8, 2-3:30pm. Free with admission. Seymour Discovery Center, 100 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz,

AROUND TOWN Bingo Benefit for Soquel High Sports Soquel High Knights football program gets the bucks from this weekly bingo night. Buy-in $15; doors open 5pm; early birds 6:15pm, games 6:30pm. Tue, Sep 10, 6:30pm. $15. Santa Cruz Elks Lodge, 150 Jewell St, Santa Cruz.

Ceram-A-Rama Two days of clay/ceramic workshops, demonstrations,

and even kiln-fired pizza. www.MountainsArtCenter. org. Sat, Sep 7, 10am-8pm.

Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center, 9341 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.3513.

Comedy Showcase A new comedy showcase hosted by DNA featuring a different Bay Area headliner each week. Tue, 8:30pm.

Free. Blue Lagoon, 923 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.7117.

Lavender Day

UCSC Plant Sale

Enjoy lavender-infused treats in the garden at the College of Botanical Healing Arts’ Lavender Day Open House. Sun, Sep 8, 11am2pm. College of Botanical Healing Arts, 1821 17th Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.462.1807.

Annual plant sale featuring dozens of winter vegetables, annual flowers and landscape plants Fri, Sep 6, noon-6pm and Sat, Sep 7, 10am-2pm. UCSC Farm and Garden, UCSC, Santa Cruz, 831.459.3240.

San Francisco’s City Guide

Derby Girls Celebration An all-ages celebration party for fans, friends and family of the Derby Girls in honor of the team’s playoffs victory. Wed, Sep 4, 7pm. Surf City Billiards, 931 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz, 831.423.7665.

Fermentation Festival Counter Culture: A fermentation festival offering samples of all manner of fermented foods including sauerkraut, cheese, kombucha and more. www.fruitcruz.org.

Sat, Sep 7, 6-10pm. $15-$35 sliding scale. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, 705 Front St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.1964.

Greek Festival Lively Greek Bouzouki music plus authentic food, dancing, wine and art. Fri, Sep 6, 5-10pm, Sat, Sep 7, 11am-10pm and Sun, Sep 8, noon-8pm. Free. Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church, 223 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.429.6500.

Terence Blanchard Jazz trumpeter plays with Ravi ‘Royal Blood’ Coltrane and fearless guitarist Lionel Loueke. Sep 5-8 at SFJAZZ Center.

Great Apes Brian Moss, the brains behind ‘Jahbreaker,’ fronts with excellent new album, ‘Thread.’ Sep 7 at Bottom of the Hill.

Godspeed You Black Emperor Ear-piercing one second, quiet enough to hear the film projector the next. Sep 9-10 at Great American Music Hall.

Neko Case Sing a song, break your heart, show you how to make borscht-what canÕt she do? Sep 10 at the Warfield.

Jimmy Cliff ÔThe Harder They Come’ reggae legend whose latest album ‘Rebirth’ is produced

by Rancid’s Tim Armstrong.

Sep 11 at the Fillmore.

More San Francisco events at www.sfstation.com.

TAKE A HIKE Blonde Redhead leaves New York behind to play the Rio on Friday.

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F RIDAY 9/6

F R I DAY 9/6

SAT U R DAY 9/7

SAT URDAY 9/7

BLON BLONDE NDE REDHEAD REDH HEAD

BROTHER ALI/ B / IMMORTAL IM MMORTAL T TECHNIQUE

ABJA AND D THE LION LIONZ NZ OF KUSH/ / KEZNAMDI KEZNAM MDI

MANTLES MAN NTLES

A pr product oduct of th the he midmid-1990s 1990s noise rrock ock scene City, in New YYork ork Cit tyy, Blonde Redhead has, over decades, stretched the last two de ecades, str etched well beyond confines the conf ines off being an experimental noise Comprising band. Comprisi ng Japanese-born KKazu azu Makino and Italian-born Itaalian-born twins Amedeo Pace, traded and Simone P a the band tr ace, aded in the cacophony h andd stylistic t li ti abandon b d off its it early l funneled years and funn neled its collective talents into moree rresembles dream something that that mor esembles dr eam pop synth-driven electronica. and synth-driv en electr onica. The rresult? esult?

Wheree other bands Wher baands have gone the way of Blonde nostalgia, Blon de Redhead is still very much Theatre; on the rradar. adar. Rio Rio Theatr e; $25 adv/$28 door; (Cat Johnson) 8:30pm. (C at Jo ohnson)

Firrst rreaction First eaction to Br Brother other Ali’s ffifth-album ifth-album bat battle ttle cry, America”? terrified. cry y, “Mourning in America ”? Mildly ter rified. But B mad, if the t political Midwestern rrapper apper sounds ma ad, be.. hiss lyrics rreveal eveal why he has every right to be “Unitedd Alii pokes holes into the ffaçade açade of the “Unite Snakes” criticism Sn nakes” of America and makes political critic cism surprisingly liberal Muslim, su rprisingly easy to dance to.. A liber al Muslim m, he confronts condition co nfronts the hypocrisy of the modern cond ition while “War Peace” wh hile his “W Waar and P eace” tour counterpart, Immortal outrage.

Im mmortal TTechnique, eechnique, spouts matching outr agge.

The Peruvian-born, Th he P eruvian-born, Harlem-raised Harlem-raised rrapper apper approaches different ap pproaches injustice with a diff erent rrawness awnesss but together,r, they’r they’ree electrifying.. CCatalyst; $19 bu ut together atalyst;; $1 9 adv/$24 Harrison) ad dv/$24 door;; 9pm.. (Anne-Marie Har rison)

Abiding by the laws of “Kushite” “Kushite” music, create Abja and the Lionz of KKush ushh cr eate hip-hop rhythms and older “tribal”” sounds with an infusion of their own rroots, ootss, blues and rrebel ebel mixture. perfect partner soul mixtur e. A perf ect par rtner to their island eggae star sound, KKeznamdi eznamdi was born n to rreggae parents, par ents, and rrecorded ecorded his ffirst irst song at the lifetime practice, tender age of ffive. ive. After a llif etime of pr actice, vibrant aree a pos positive his vibr ant songs ar sitive mix of rreggae, eggae, dancehall, R&B andd rap. rap. Moe’s Moe’s Alley; (AMH) $10 adv/$15 door; 9pm. (A AMH)

Possessing a summery Possessing summery, y, ffeel-good eel-good sound, the Mantles M extend a musical nod to Nugg Nuggets gets-er -eraa rrock. ock. But this Area outfit moree than another Bay Ar ea out tfit is mor garage attempt at tthrowback hrowback gar age rock. rock.

It’s It ’s a spry reincarnation reincarnation of what made great: hooks, the era era gr eat: catchy hook s, no-frills instrumentation instrumenta tion and experimental ffolk olk garnered tendencies that t have garner ed the band comparisonss to TTyy Segall and White Futuree Fence. Also on o the bill: Once and Futur local Band and loc cal singer/songwriter And Hod. Crepe Crepe Place; P $8; 9pm. (CJ)

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MONDAY 9/9 Celebrating Creativity Since 1975

TITUS ANDRONICUS ANDRONI ICUS

MONDAY 9/9

JOHN HIATT HIA ATT A couple of years ago, Joh John n Hiatt told me that however much his lyrics may m get analyzed, the truth is that he starts out o the songwriting process nonsense pr ocess by humming nons sense sounds to music, until the lyrics take shape. That such organic process an or ganic pr ocess could pr pproduce oduce songs as literary literary as “Memphis in the Meantime” Meantime” and as poignant as “Have a Little Faith in Me”” is stunning. But Hiatt is an interesting Me interesting around, career case all ar ound beginning his car ound, eer with Costello-type a petulant Elvis Costello-ty ype sound, then selling 100,000 rrecords ecords att a time playing rroots-rock oots-rock years before before the the term “Americana” “Americana” had even been coined. His music has deep andd blues, yet his best connections to country an “Perfectly Guitar,” straight-up, song, “P erfectly Good Guit tarr,,”” is str aight-up, ’n’’ rroll. ffiery iery rrock ock ’n oll. And the good g stuff just keeps album from coming, with almost an alb bum a year fr om the mid-70s through year’s mid70s right up thr ough last year ’s Mystic Pinball. Rio; $39;; 8pm. (S (Steve teeve P Palopoli) alopoli)

MONDAY 9/9

BILL EVANS’ EVA ANS’ SOULGRASS SOULGRA ASS Fusion is nothing new in jaz jazz; zz;; nor is it a new concept to saxophonist Bill Evans, who played Miles with jazz fusion pioneer Mil es Davis.. But jazz bluegrass? already fused with bluegr ass? I can alr eady ffeel eel a wave of purists turning up their nnoses oses and ears;; yet that’s that ’s exactly what Evans is doing. A regular regular circuit, having on the th jjamband b d cir i cuit, it, hhavi ing played l d with ith Widespread Panic, Lesh, Widespr ead P anic,, Phil Lesh h,, the TTedeschi edeschi e TTrucks rrucks also band and others,, Evans is al so bandleader to his genre-bending group, own genr e-bending gr oup, Soulgr SSoulgrass. ass. Featuring Kimock, special guests SSteve teve Kimock k, TTim im CCarbone arbone and Pevar, Soulgrass Jeff P evarr, Soulgr ass pushess stylistic boundaries create seamless out of the way to cr eate a se eamless fusion of bluegrass jazz. ass and jaz soul,, rrock, ock, bluegr zz.. KKuumbwa; uumbwa;; $25 adv/$28 door; 7pm and 9pm 9pm. m. (CJ)

OTTMAR LIEBERT & LUNA NEGRA U No Comps

Friday, September 6 U 7 & 9 pm

DAN HICKS & THE HOT LICKS No Comps

Jimmy Eat World

Concerts HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER Sep. 6 at Don Quixote’s

DAN HICKS & THE HOT LICKS Sep. 6 at Kuumbwa

MELVIN SEALS & JGB Sep. 6 at Moe’s Alley

JIMMY EAT WORLD Sep. 21 at Catalyst

PSYCHEDELIC FURS Sep. 25 at Rio Theatre

WEDNESDAY 9/11

MAT MATT TT THE ELECTRICIAN ELEC CTRICIAN Anybody who can make Journey sound good on a banjo—honestly, banjjo—honestlyy, anybody who can make Journey Jourrney sound listenable under props, any circumstances—deserves circumstan nces—deserves pr ops,, and I was surprised at how much I liked Matt the Electrician’s “Faithfully.”

Electrician ’s rrendition e endition of “Faithfully .”” Born right heree in the Bayy Ar Area, her ea,, Matthew Sever went all the dream way to Austin to pursue his dr eam of being… an electrician. Seriously! Then he came to his starting bluegrasssenses and sta arting putting out bluegr assAmericana soaked Americ cana rrecords. ecords. Many a Santa Cruzan “Loma will be able to rrelate elate to “L oma Prieta,”” a song album, on his 2012 alb bum, Animal Boyy, about the 1989 earthquake. Do Don Quixote’s; on Quixote ’s;; $10;; 7:30pm.. (SP)

ARMED AND A DANGEROUS John Hiatt plays p the Rio on Monday.

Sat. September 7 U 5 – 9 pm | Free!

5th ANNUAL SONGFEST FOR PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS Monday, September 9 U 7 & 9 pm

BILL EVANS’ SOULGRASS FEATURING STEVE KIMOCK, TIM CARBONE & JEFF PEVAR DANCE SPACE!! No Comps Tuesday, September 10 U 7 pm at the Nickelodeon Theatre U No Comps

JAZZ ON FILM: THE ZEN OF BENNETT

Tickets at the Nickelodeon Box Office Thursday, September 12 U 7 pm

JOHN CLEARY’S PHILTHY PHEW Friday, September 13 U 7 pm | No Comps

PATTI MAXINE & FRIENDS

Unless noted advance tickets at kuumbwajazz.org and Logos Books & Records. Dinner served 1-hr before Kuumbwa presented concerts. Premium wines & beer.

All ages welcome.

320-2 Cedar St [ Santa Cruz 831.427.2227

kuumbwajazz.org

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Film Capsules

SEPTEMBER 4-10, 2013

New

ADORE (R; 100 min) Robin Wright and Naomi Watts star in this adaptation of a Doris Lessing novella about childhood friends in relationships with each other’s sons—one affair begun out of love, the other revenge. (Opens Fri at the Nick) RIDDICK (R; 119 min) At the turn of the century, David Twohy’s Pitch Black was a new kind of sci-fi thrill: an Alien rip-off with none of the grit and grime that those movies obsessed over. Instead, it had a slick, comic-book sensibility and Vin Diesel at his badassest. Unfortunately,

the 2004 sequel Chronicles of Riddick kind of overplayed those comic-book aspects, wrapping Vin Diesel’s character up in a space-opera plot. Nobody thought the would-be franchise would ever recover; weirdly, Diesel himself was the guy who provided the muscle to get this new sequel made. He and Twohy fought for it for years, and almost a decade later, this threequel is kind of a mix of the first two films— grounding the action again on a single planet, where Diesel has to face off against nasty aliens, but including a subplot that has Riddick threatened by his past. (Opens Fri at 41st and Scotts Valley)

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Reviews

BLUE JASMINE (PG-13; 98 min) If Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Louis C.K. and Andrew Dice Clay are in a movie together, you know either the apocalypse is going down, or there’s a new Woody Allen film. His never-ending movie tour of the world’s great cities has finally stopped in San Francisco, to which Blanchett’s character Jasmine escapes after her life gets a seismic shake up.

THE BUTLER (Pg-13; 132 min) Forrest Whitaker stars as a butler in the White House who gets to meet Oprah.

CLOSED CIRCUIT (R; 96 min) Paranoia flicks keep trying

Movie reviews by Steve Palopoli and Richard von Busack

to make a comeback, but it just never quite happens. The poster for this one has the tagline “They See Your Every Move,” with Eric Bana looking nervous. Is he worried someone will accidentally stumble across his crappy Hulk movie?

Nah, he’s got bigger problems in this British crime thriller.

He plays one of the lawyers involved in a huge terrorism case, which would be all well and good if the opposing lawyer (played by Rebecca Hall) wasn’t his former lover.

When things start to point to a cover up, you have to hope this sentence ends before giving away spoilers. ( DESPICABLE ME 2 (PG; 98 min.) How often is the most anticipated film of the

summer an animated movie?

That isn’t made by Pixar?

Right, and yet the first movie was the movie that was more than just a big moneymaker.

It also bubbled up from nowhere on the cultural radar, with fans watching it over and over with the same kind of passion normally reserved for a Nolan Batman flick. The main characters—Steve Carell as former supervillain Gru, Miranda Cosgrove as Margo, Russell Brand as Dr. Nefario, etc.—are all back in this story of what happens when world leaders call upon Gru’s expertise to defeat a new villain.

ELYSIUM Neill Blomkamp, director of the refreshingly smart sci-fi flick District 9, goes

Showtimes are for Wednesday, Sept. 4, through Wednesday, Sept. 11, unless otherwise indicated.

Programs and showtimes are subject to change without notice.

APTOS CINEMAS

122 Rancho Del Mar Center, Aptos 831.688.6541 www.thenick.com

Blue Jasmine — Wed-Thu 2:30; 4:45; 7 plus Fri-Sat 9:10; Sat-Sun12:20pm.

The Butler — Wed-Thu 1:15; 4; 6:45 plus Fri-Sat 9:30pm.

41ST AVENUE CINEMA

1475 41st Ave., Capitola 831.479.3504 www.cineluxtheatres.com

Riddick — (Opens Fri) Daily 9:15pm.

Elysium — Wed-Thu 11:45; 2:15; 4:45; 7:15; 9:45pm.

Planes — Wed-Thu 11:15; 1:45pm.

One Direction: This Is Us — Wed-Thu 11:30; 9:30pm.

One Direction: This Is Us 3D — Wed-Thu 2; 4:30; 7pm.

The Way, Way Back — Wed-Thu 4:15; 6:45pm.

You’re Next — Wed 9:15; Thu-Wed call for showtimes.

DEL MAR

1124 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com

Blue Jasmine —Wed-Thu 2:10; 3; 4:15; 5:10; 6:30; 7:20; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 12:50pm.

The Spectacular Now — Wed-Thu 2:30; 4:45; 7; 9:10; plus Sat-Sun 12:20pm.

Passion — Wed-Thu 8:45 plus Sat-Sun 12pm.

NICKELODEON

Lincoln and Cedar streets, Santa Cruz 831.426.7500 www.thenick.com

Adore — (Opens Fri) Wed-Thu 2:40; 5; 7:20; 9:40 plus Sat-Sun 12:20pm.

Austenland — Wed-Thu 2:10; 4:30; 6:50; 9 plus Sat-Sun 11:50am.

Closed Circuit — Wed-Thu 2:20; 4:40; 7; 9:10 plus Sat-Sun 12pm.

The Grandmaster — Wed-Thu 2:30; 4:50; 7:10; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 12:10pm.

The Zen Of Bennett — Tue 7pm.

RIVERFRONT STADIUM TWIN

155 S. River St, Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1701 www.regmovies.com

Jobs — Wed-Thu 3:30; 6:45; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The Wolverine — Wed-Thu 3:45; 7 9:40; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

SANTA CRUZ CINEMA 9

1405 Pacific Ave., Santa Cruz 800.326.3264 x1700 www.regmovies.com

Despicable Me 2 — Wed-Thu 12:50; 4:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Elysium — Wed-Thu 12:20; 4; 7:10; 10:10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Getaway — Wed-Thu 12:10; 2:50; 5:10; 7:40; 10:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Kick-Ass 2 — Wed-Thu 9:55; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

One Direction: This Is Us — Wed-Thu 12:30pm; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

One Direction:This Is Us 3D —Wed-Thu 3; 5:15; 7:30; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters—Wed-Thu 1; 4:40; 7:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The Butler — Wed 1:10; 4:10; 7:10; 10:05 Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones — Wed 12:40; 3:50; 6:45; 10; Thu 12:40; 3:50; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The World’s End — Wed-Thu 12; 2:40; 5:20; 8; 10:35; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

We’re the Millers —Wed 2:20; 5; 7:50; 10:25;Thu 2:20; 5; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

World War Z — Wed-Thu 6:50; 9:40; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The Birds — Thu 9pm.

CINELUX SCOTTS VALLEY CINEMA 226 Mt. Hermon Rd., Scotts Valley 831.438.3260 www.cineluxtheatres.com

Riddick — (Opens Fri) Thu 8pm; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Getaway — Wed-Thu 12:15; 2:45; 5:20; 7:40; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

One Direction: This Is Us — Wed-Thu 11:30; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

One Direction: This Is Us 3D — Fri-Thu 2; 4:30; 7; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Blue Jasmine — Wed-Thu 11:40; 2:10; 4:40; 7:10; 9:40; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Elysium — Wed-Thu 11:45; 2:20; 4:55; 7:30; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Jobs — Wed-Thu 6:30; 9:30 (No 9:30 Thu 9/5); Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Kick-Ass 2 — Wed-Thu 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters —Wed-Thu 11; 1:30; 4; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Planes — Wed-Thu 11:55; 2:20; 4:55; 6:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The Butler — Wed-Thu 12:30; 3:45; 7; 9:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones — Wed-Thu 11:30; 2:30; 5:30; 8:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

We’re The Millers —Wed-Thu 11; 1:45; 4:10; 7:20; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

You’re Next —Wed-Thu 11; 1:30; 4:30; 7; 10 (No 7pmThu 9/5); Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

GREEN VALLEY CINEMA 8

1125 S. Green Valley Rd, Watsonville 831.761.8200 www.greenvalleycinema.com

Elysium — Wed-Thu 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Getaway — Wed-Thu 12:50; 3; 5:15; 7:25; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Instructions Not Included —Wed-Th 1:25; 4:10; 7; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Monsters University — Wed-Thu 4:10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

One Direction: This Is Us — Wed-Thu 5:35; 10:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

One Direction:This Is Us 3D —Wed-Thu 12:55; 3:10; 7:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Planes — Wed-Thu 3; 5:05; 7:10; plus Thu 12:55am; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The Butler — Wed-Thu 1:35; 4:25; 7:15; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones — Wed-Thu 1:35; 4:25; 7:25; 10:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

We’re the Millers — Wed-Thu 1:25; 7; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

You’re Next — Wed-Thu 12:50; 3; 5:15; 7:25; 10:15; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

full-on big-budget Hollywood action for this story set in 2154 about Matt Damon doomed to a bleak life on a broken-down Earth overrun by crime and disease. (I kinda feel like Ben Affleck deserved it more, but whatever.) When he needs a miracle cure, he infiltrates Elysium, a giant space-station to which the elite have escaped.

THE GETAWAY (PG-13) Wait, Ethan Hawke gets a comeback? And now he’s playing a race-car driver named Brent Magna? Okay, that makes sense. In this thriller, Brent Magna’s wife is kidnapped, and then he has to drive around places for reasons, and Selena Gomez plays some girl whose car he steals who just happens to be a whiz-kid computer hacker. This is all true, except the part about it making sense.

KICK-ASS 2 (R; 103 min) Jim Carrey filmed a guest role for this sequel to the film adaption of Mark Miller’s comic book about high-schoolers who start dressing up in costumes and fighting crime.

Now Carrey says that he can’t support the film because of the violence. You gotta respect Carrey’s principles and all, but this is a comic book movie about characters in brightly colored jumpsuits named KickAss and Hit-Girl. Dude might wanna chill.

THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS: CITY OF BONES (PG-13; 130 min) Cassandra Clare’s popular young adult series gets a film adaptation, with a young emo cast straight out of Twilight central casting. But this is nothing like Twilight, we swear, because see it’s about demons, not vampires. And yes, there are magical people who fight the demons, but it’s nothing like Harry Potter, we swear. For instance, in Harry Potter people who don’t know about the supernatural world are called Muggles, but here they’re called Mundanes.

ONE DIRECTION: THIS IS US (PG; 92 min) Boy band music documentary may very likely be mistaken for an instructional driving film by anyone over 15.

PARANOIA (PG-13; 106 min) Another unfortunate entry in the If You’ve Seen the Trailer, You’ve Seen the Whole Damn Movie sweepstakes, this thriller stars Liam Hemsworth as a corporate spy who gets caught up in a Harrison Ford-Gary Oldman double-cross. Maybe even a triple or quadruple cross! There’s lots of crossing, promise.

PERCY JACKSON: SEA OF MONSTERS (PG; 106 min) Oh, it’s on! Nerds everywhere are already filling Internet message boards with fabulously uninteresting debates about whether Percy Jackson is better than Harry Potter. This is the second PJ adaptation, featuring Percy and company on a quest to find the Golden Fleece.

PLANES (G; 92 min.) This spin-off of Cars was originally supposed to go direct-to-video, but apparently theatrical audiences can’t get enough of kids’ movies about things that long to do other things, but can’t because of reasons, but then do. So here you go.

RED 2 (PG-13; 116 min.) Frank (Bruce Willis) hasn’t killed anyone in months, and Marvin (John Malkovich) convinces him to come out of retirement and chase down a nuclear device in this star-studded sequel with Catherine Zeta Jones, Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren.

THE SPECTACULAR NOW (R; 95 min) The writers of 500 Days of Summer return to the theme of star-crossed love in this story of a high school bad boy who falls for the good girl.

STILL MINE (PG-13; 102 min.) James Cromwell and Genevieve Bujold play a couple who have to fight city hall to build the home in which they want to live out the rest of their years together.

TURBO (PG) It’s hard to imagine some executive at Dreamworks didn’t say “I want Ratatouille meets Cars!” when they came up with this story of a snail who dreams of competing in the Indy 500.

Guess if he does!

WE’RE THE MILLERS (R; 110 min.) Filling the no-doubt massive audience demand to see the last vestiges of their ’90s innocence ruined by seeing Jennifer Aniston play a stripper, this comedy stars Jason Sudeikis as a pot dealer who enlists a random group of weirdos to be his fake family so he can smuggle drugs in from Mexico.

YOU’RE NEXT (R; 96 min) Easily the most anticipated horror movie of the year, up-and-coming director Adam Wingard (who’s made his mark on the recent anthology phenom with short films for both V/H/S films and also The ABCs of Death) oversees this tale of mysterious home invaders who get more than they bargained for from the family whose home they attack.

Kind of The Strangers, except with a real story. And good.

Send tips about food, wine and dining discoveries to Christina Waters at xtina@cruzio.com. Read her blog at christinawaters.com.

Chip Scheuer

Nice pricing and attractive presentation.

Plus it was fun sitting in one of those wrap-around “tasting caves” tucked into the main Tap Room. (A little later in the day and I would have called for a house IPA, instead of San Pellegrino.)

UCSC PLANT EXTRAVAGANZA:

Time to start thinking about those fall and winter home-grown veggies, and the place to stock up on organicallyraised seedlings is at the ever-popular UCSC Farm & Garden’s Fall Plant Sale, happening this Fri., Sept. 6 and

READY TO DUNK Taylor Strand offers up biscotti and more at Companion Bakery, with Katrina Gimbel in the background.

Greeks, Gardens and Gluten-Free

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AGA FOR GLUTENFREE: No, not Lady Gaga.

I can’t resist the enticing lineup of artisanal cookies and cakes showcased at Lulu Carpenters these days. When I head into the Octagon, right there at the front counter where I order my favorite double macchiato is a jewel box filled with pretty nut-topped pastries, most of them absolutely free of gluten. One bite of the chewy Nut Crisps will have you asking, “How can anything without gluten taste this good?” Ditto the fragrant almond cakes. These, and many other delightful locallycrafted morning sweets (but not too sweet), are priced from $1.50 to $3,

and are beyond perfect with your favorite caffeine brew…Also TDF, and sans gluten, are the ultra-chewy anise, almond and apricot biscotti from Companion Bakeshop. But as you know, there’s nothing that isn’t positively celestial at this local treasure. The banana, walnut and date tea cake is a fixture at my house.

LAST CALL TO GO GREEK: This

weekend the lusty, tasty, dancing, singing, eating and laughing Greek Food Festival unfurls in front of the Prophet Elias Greek Orthodox Church.

Do not miss this—bring everyone you know. They will love it. You will love it.

The ghost of Kazantzakis will love it!

Sept. 6, 7 & 8 at the corner of Church and Center streets.

WEST END TAP DANCE: Rita and I made quick work of a substantial lunch at West End the other day. We began with intense pastrami cubes (El Salchichero, of course) frosted with pickled mustard-seed relish and purple-cabbage puree. Next we shared a smartly executed caprese salad of heirloom tomato wedges, succulent fresh mozzarella and dark red frisée in a garlicky dressing. A delicious flatbread “pizza” topped with mushrooms, arugula, roasted garlic and crescenza cheese was so generous that we took half of it home for the next day.

Sat., Sept. 7. What you’ll find at this year’s Fall Plant Sale will be one of the largest arrays of all-organic vegetables, annual flowers and landscape plants in the Monterey Bay Area. In short, everything you need to make sure your garden produces fresh, home-grown veggies and flowers for your table, as well as a chance to give perennials a head-start on the season. More temptation: at this year's Plant Sale you'll find peas, spinach, kale, chard, lettuce and salad mixes, collards, fennel and leeks, along with broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and Napa cabbage. And this year features an expanded selection of Asian greens, a riot of radicchio varieties, four types of artichokes plus all the alliums you can handle. Flower-wise, look for sweet peas, bachelor’s button, statice, calendula, scabiosa and stock.

Of course, in addition to winter vegetables, annual flowers and culinary herbs, the sale offers perennial flowers and shrubs, including lavenders, ornamental thistles, a wide selection of salvias and lots of California native species. It's also a lot of fun and a chance to schmooze with other likeminded “only organic” aficionados.

(Hmm, "OO" could be a good acronym.

Or "NBO"—Nothing But Organic! Usw.) The sale will be on Fri. from noon6pm and Sat. from 10am-2pm in the Barn Theater parking lot, at the intersection of Bay and High streets in Santa Cruz (base of the UC Santa Cruz campus). Be there early! 0

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CAPITOLA UNCORKED Sondi Carcello took over It’s Wine Tyme with her husband Ed in April.

Sondi Carcello Co-owner, It’s Wine Tyme

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t’s Wine Tyme opened almost two years ago in Capitola, but changed ownership in April. The new owners, Sondi and Ed Carcello—both former Trader Joe’s employees and long-time wine enthusiasts—are so passionate about wine they even make their own. They have over 120 different wines on their menu, most of which are available by the glass (just not the really expensive stuff). They also have an appetizers menu.

We chatted with Sondi recently about her passion for wine and how It’s Wine Tyme has changed since she and Ed took it over.

SCW: I hear you have a dessert menu now? SONDI CARCELLO: Yes. We have a chocolate ganache torte. We have local handcrafted chocolate caramel. We have cheesecake. And we also have several preserves that pair well with cheese.

If you could only have one wine, would it be red or white? I

would probably go with red. I’m a big zinfandel fan.

You have a pretty big menu. Is there a wine on your menu you think is superb that nobody really knows about? There’s Cinnabar

Incantation. It’s a blend of whites. It has an orange muscat and sauvignon blanc and pinot grigio. Who would think about ordering that? Until I try them on it, no one would order it.

When you have people come in that don’t know a lot about wine, how do you help them pick a good one to drink? Because our menu

is so big, it’s almost impossible for people to read everything and decide what they want. So I usually ask them what they like, and what they want to have right now. I have anybody taste a wine before I even pour them a glass.

So I guide them in the area I think they want to be in as far as their wine choice. If they’re interested, I’ll show them how to really get the flavors out of the wine. It’s not about just drinking it. I get a lot of people who come in here who are just starting to drink wine. They want to drink wine, but what do they do? I kind of go through the different palettes. What you’re feeling, what you’re smelling, what you’re trying to get. Try and get them to appreciate the wine a little more rather than just sitting down and just drinking wine. You don’t appreciate it unless you know all the flavors and the characteristics that’s coming out of that wine. If they’re interested in doing that, I go through that with them.

It’s Wine Tyme is at 116 Stockton Avenue, Capitola.

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SCORPIO (O (Oct. ct. 23 23-Nov. -Nov. 21): The American naturalist naturalist John Burroughs B roughs (1837-1921) Bur (1837-1921) traveled traveled widely and wr wrote books. ote 23 bo ooks. “I still find each day too short ffor or all the thoughtss I want to think,”” he testified, ““all all the walks bookss I want to rread, walks I want to take, all the book ead, and all the friends I want Let’s w to see.”” Let ’s make that longing for serve for abundance sser ve as your rrallying allying cry during the next two week weeks, According s,, Scorpio. A ccording to my analysis of the astr astrological ological omens, you have a cosmic mandate to push to the lilimits—and mits—and sometimes beyond—as you satisfy yourr quest to be, see, and do everything you love to be, see, s and do.

SEPTEMBER 4-10, 2013

ARIES (March (March 21-April 19): “Noo regrets? regrets? Really?” askss author Richar Richardd P Power. have aree ask ower. “I hav ve rregrets. egrets. They ar sacred inform character. sacr ed to me. They inf orm my ch aracter. They bear Glimpses witness to my evolution. Glimpse es of lost love and treasure aree held inside of them; like small beautiful tr easure ar creatures amber.” cr eatures suspended in amber .” I think you can see wheree this hor horoscope Aries. wher oscope is going, A ries. I’m going to Powers advises: suggest you do what P owers adv vises: “Do not avoid Embrace Listen your rregrets. egrets. Embr ace them. Liste en to their stories. you Hold them to yyour heart when yyo ou want to rremember emember who are.” the price you paid to become wh ho you truly ar e.”

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Urbandictionary U Urbandictionary.com .com says that the newly coined wor wordd ““orgasnom” orgasnom” is what you call the ecstatic ffeelings eelings you have as you eat especially delectable ffood.

It’s ood. It ’s derived, deerived, of course, from from the wor wordd ““orgasm.”

According orgasm.” A ccording to my rreading eading of the astrological aree in ann excellent position astrological omens, you ar to have a number of or orgasmic-like breakthroughs gasmic-likke br eakthroughs in the coming week. Or Orgasnoms aree certainly gasnoms ar among them, but also or orgasaurals, orgasights, gasaurals, or gasights, and or orgasversations—in words, gasversations—in other wor w ds, deep thrills resulting resulting from from blissful sounds, rapturous rapturous visions, and exciting conversations. I won won’t ’t bee surprised if you also experience sever several al other kinds off beautiful delirium.

GEMINI (May 2121-June June 20): If you y wer weree about to run in wouldn’t i a llong-distance di t rrace, ace, you wouldn w ld ’t eatt a dozen d doughnuts. Right? If you wer weree pla planning anning to leave your native land and spend a yea year ar living in Ethiopia, you wouldn wouldn’t ’t immerse yourself inn learning how to speak Chinese in the month bef before o e you departed. or Right? In that spirit, I hope you’ll be smart about the preparations coming weeks. preparations you make in the com ming week s. This will be a time to prime yourself ffor adventures or the adventur es in self-expression self-expression that will bloom inn late September and the month of October October.. What is it you want to cr create eate at that time? What would you lik like ke to show the world about yourself?

CANCER (June 2121-July July 22): Th The he Constitution of the supreme It’s United SStates tates is the supr eme law w of the land. It ’s the ffoundation oundation of the most politicallyy powerful nation on originally effect the planet. And yet when it origin nally went into eff ect 1789, words three in 17 89, it was only 4,543 wor ds llong—about ong—about thr ee horoscope times the length of this hor oscoppe column. The Bill of meree 462 wor words.

Rights, enacted in 1791, added a mer m ds. By contrast, India’s 117,000 words, moree contr ast, India ’s Constitution is 11 177,000 , wor ds, mor longer.. If you cr create than 20 times longer eatte a new master plan months, or yourself in the coming month ffor hs, CCancerian—as ancerian—as I version America’s hope you will—a compact versio on like America ’s will diamond-like lucidity,, not be exactly right. YYou ou o need diamo nd-like lucidity sprawling spr awling guesswork.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 23-Aug. 22): Ther Theree ar aree two scientific terms “Knismesis”” rrefers ffor or tickling. “Knismesis efers to a soft, ffeathery eathery touch that may be mildly pleasurable. pleasurrable. It can be used The heavier,r, deeper to display adoring tenderness. Th he heavier kind of tickling is called “gargalesis.” “gargalessis.”” If playfully applied to sensitive parts of the anatomy, a anatomy , it can provoke laughter. current ppr ovoke fun and laughter g . Given the t cur rent pplanetaryy alignments, Leo, I conclude that both of these will be rich metaphors ffor or you in the coming days. I extraa alert ffor suggest that you be extr o opportunities to or tickled.

(P.S. Here’s symbolically tickle and be tickled d. (P P..S. Her e’s a useful allegory: If you do the knismesis thing beneath the great snout of a gr eat white shark, youu can hypnotize it.)

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept.

23-Sept. 22): In his h “Song of the Open Walt Road,” W alt Whitman wrote wrote somee lyrics that I hope provide right will pr ovide you with just the righ ht spark. Even if you’ree not embarking on a liter literal you’r al journey along a big highway, aree at least going wide highway y, my guess is that you y ar equivalent.

“Henceforth to do the metaphorical equivalen nt. “Hencef orth I ask not good ffortune—I ortune—I myself am good g ffortune,” ortune,”” said Walt. whimper more, Uncle W alt. “Henceforth “Henceforth I whimp er no mor e, postpone more, and travel no mor e, need nothing. SStrong trong an nd content, I tr avel the open rroad.” oad.” oad.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23-Oct. 22): Myst Mystical tical poet SSt. t. John of the Cross (1542-1591) Spain’s greatest eatest Cross (1542 -1591) was onee of Spain ’s gr writers. But not all of his work came caame easily. easily. When he was 35, a rival religious religious group group imprisoned im mprisoned him for for his mildly heretical heretical ideas. He spent the the next nine months in a 10-foot 10-foot by 6-foot 6-foot jail cell, where wh here he was starved, starved, beaten, and tortured. tortured. It was there there that he composed his most renowned renowned poem, “Spiritual “Spirittual Canticle.”

Canticle.”” Does that provide Libra? provide you with any inspiration, inspiration, a Libra? I’ll make a wild guess and speculate that maybe you’re m you’re in a tough situation yourself right now. now. It’s It’s not even one

SAGITTARIUS SAGITTAR RIUS (Nov (Nov.. 22 22-Dec. -Dec. 21): Punk icon Henry Rollins didd an interview interview with Marilyn Manson, rock It’s rock & roll’s roll’s master masster of the grotesque. grotesque. It ’s on Youtube.

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The comments section beneath the video ar aree rif rifee with s spite and bile di directed towardd Manson, driving one ffan rected towar an to def defend hero. end her he ero. “I love Marilyn Manson so much that I could pukee rrainbows,” ainbows,”” she testified. I think you will need to tap into that kind of love in the coming days, Sagittarius Sagittarius: fierce, s: fier ce, intense, and devotional, and yet also playful, funny, funnyy, and exhilarating. exhilarating. You Yoou don’t don’t necessarily il have h e to t puke ke rrainbows, ainbows, i b hhowever.. Maybe however M b you could merely merely spit them.

CAPRICORN N (Dec. 22 22-Jan. -Jan. 19): If you want to secret, crazy know a secr et, I talk less cr azy to you CCapricorns apricorns than I do to the otherr signs. I tone down my wild-eyed, goddess-drunk shape-shifting a bit. I rrarely arely exhort animal you to don an an nimal costume and dance with the and I think the last time I ffairy airy ffolk olk in the woods, w suggested that you y ffall all in love with an alien, angel, or never. what’s problem?

Don’t deity was . . . nev ver. So what ’s my pr oblem? Don ’t you urges ffeel eel taboo ur gess and illicit impulses now and then?

Isn’t Isn ’t it true that like everyone else, you periodically away from grooves need to slip awa ay fr om your habitual gr ooves and tamper with thee conventional wisdom? Of course you hereby do. Which is whyy I her eby rrepeal epeal my excessive caution. there, Get out ther e, CCapricorn, a apricorn, and be as uninhibited as dare. you dar e.

AQUARIUS S (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Germany’s Ostwall Museum display displayed yed a conceptual installation by the artist Martin Kip Kippenberger.

Valued $1.11 million, ppenberger. V alued at $1. it was called “W “When from When It SStarts tarts Dripping fr om the Ceiling.” P Part art of it was composed of a rubber tub that was painted to appear a as if it had once held dirty rainwater. rainwater. One night n while the museum was closed, a new janitor ca came premises. ame in to tidy up the pr emises. While performing tasks, performing her task s, she scrubbed the rubber tub until it was ““clean,” thereby cleaan,”” ther eby damaging the art. Let this be a cautionary tale, Aquarius. It It’s ’s important for for you to appr appreciate and from eciate an nd learn fr om the messy stuff in your life—even admire life—even adm mire its artistry—and not just assume it all needs to bee scour scoured disinfected. ed and disinf ected.

PISCES (Feb (Feb.. 19-Mar 19-March ch 20): In her novel White Oleander,r, Janet Fitch suggests that beauty is Oleander something to bee used, “like a hammer or a key key.”

That’s .” That ’s your assignmen assignment, practical nt, Pisces. Find pr actical ways to make your beauty wor work rk ffor or you. For example, invoke it to help you win frie friends ends and influence people. Put it into action to drum up u new opportunities and hunt down provocative invitations. don’t ’t tell me you possess provocative invi tations. And don insufficient beau beauty uty to accomplish these things. I guarantee guarantee you that t you have more more than enough. To To understand whyy I’m so sure, sure, you may have to shed some ugly definitions definitions of beauty you’ve unconsciously absorbed from from our o warped culture. culture.

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