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Beautifu Beautiful ul T estimo e ti onial i l Testimonial Re: R e: “Gianna’s “Gianna’s Gift” Giftt” (Cover, (Covveerr, Dec. 4): The The thee W Weekly was moving. llead ead article article in th eeekly w as vvery er e ym oving.

Geoff Geo ff Dunn gave gave me, me, as a person w who ho not know Gianna Altano, sense off did n ot kn ow Giann na Al tano, a sen se o what w hat a special perso person on sshe he w was as an and dh how ow approached sshe he a pproached living liviing with with a disease that that would w o ould cu cut ut h her er lif life fe short short a att a yyoung oun o g ag age. e. As what Geoff was also aware I rread ead w hat Geo ff wrote, wrrote, I w as al so a ware that hee an and wife, have daughter, th at h d his wif fe, Siri, Siri, h ave a d aughterr, Tess, who also has fibrosis, and thee T eess, w ho al so h as cy ccystic stic fib rosis, an d th article further dimension me. ar ticle ttook ook on a fur ther dim ension ffor or o m e. beautiful Gianna and her A beau uttiful ttestimonial estimon nial tto o Giann a an dh er sshort hort life, liffe, lived livveed fully. fully.

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“In thee Ey Eye theeSt Storm” (Currents, Nov. 27): 27) ): Why Wh hy does doesM Monica onicaM Martinez artinezuseth use the hew w word o orrd "em motion" as spin ffor o orw w heneveersom eo onefin ds "emotion" whenever someone finds ffault au aullt wi with th her her enterprise? en nterprise? F Frankly, ranklly, I fin find nd [f [fault] fa aullt] t wi t th th SC an d th cen ntage o om meless with thee H HSC and thee per percentage off h homeless that th at cause 42 per percent cen nt of of our petty (an (and d not not so pet tty) cr rimes an d llowered oweerreed qu ua ality o ving. Sh petty) crimes and quality off liv living.

Shee has h ass h had ad tto o been dr dragged ra agggeed al along ong rrepeatedly eepea atedl e ly tto o en actim ac t improvements provvem e en ntsa t a SCtto oen surret e th fety e enact atttH HSC ensure theesaf safety o ourcommuni tyy.I'v . I've veseenm e seen many an ny tim mes, w hen offo our community. times, when sshe heisconfr e is confronted ro on ntedwi with thth theeep problems problemsca caused aused b SC an d som ts cclients, li l en nts, t sshe he rrefuses eefu uses tto o byy H HSC and somee o off iits address ad d ess th dr thee si situation tu uati t on h head-on, ead-on, an and d rruns un ns tto oh her er boa arrd an d oth er spon sors th at h ave an nd did board and other sponsors that have and have h ave posi positions tions on th thee ci city ty coun council. cil.

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Just passin’ Just passin’ through, through, I was was taken taken on se several veeral walks w alks through through your you our ttown, own, w which h hich was was billed billed as “p “progressive” rogressivvee” and a and “environmentally “en nvir v onmentally attentive.” a tt t entivve.” Sadl Sadly, y, I did n not ot fin find d th thee llatter attter tto o be true, tr ue, a att least least in ttwo wo gglaring laring eexamples. xamples. Wh When en I was w as a kid, in another anoth her town, town, the the vast vast m majority ajority o off ffolks olks did n not ot b blare lare th their eir Chr Christmas istmas or oth other er ou outdoor tdoor lig lights hts d during uring that that 1973-1974 h holiday oliday season, ffor o or th there ere w was as an en energy ergy crisis.

Here Santa Cruz, saw horrific cr isis. H ere in San nta Cr uz, I sa aw h orrific w wastes astes o off eelectricity lectriciity in ttwo wo llarge arge edifi edifices ces that have more than adequate security: th at h ave m ore th han ad equate secur ity: the the pub public lic lib library rary d downtown, own w town, an and d Riv Riverside veerside Lighting. blatant disregard Lig hting. Both exhibit exh hibit b latant disr egard ffor or o th thee en environment, nvir v onment,, an and d will probably probably scr scream eam concerns!”

However, thee en entire ““security security con cern ns!” H oweverr, th tire p planet lanet n needs eeds tto ow wake a eu ak up, p, ffor or iitt is im o imperiled periled b byy human selfishness and ignorance. h uman se lfishness an d ign orance.

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Her Amazing Am mazing Self Re: “Giann Re: Re “Gianna’s a’s Gift”:: T Thank hank yyou o ou ffor or o this beautifully beau uttifullly wr written itten naccoun account nto t offth that atd t day. ay..Iw Iw was a as there, th erre, an and dfffelt elttan and deeexperienced xperiencediitt jus justt as yyou o ou describe. d escrribe.Gw Gw was asan a an neextraordinary xtrraor a rdinary yyoung oung w o woman om o an and deeply so many—simply byy bein being an dd eeply ttouched o ou uchedsom an ny—sim — ply b g her amazing self each moment that lived. h er am azing se lf in n eac hm omen nt th at sshe he liv ved. e Linda

Thank Thanks ks for Nothing Nothin ng Re: R ee: “O “Outside uttside the the Box” B x” (Currents, Bo (Currents, Dec. 4): Thank T hank yyou, o ou, S SCPD, CPD, ffor or n o not ot enf enforcing fo orcing this n new ew ordinance or dinance unl unless ess th there ere ar aree com complaints. plaints. I worked w or o ked on th thee M Mall a ffor all or o yyears, ears, e an and d was was a att times times annoyed ann oyeed b byy b bad ad “p “performers,” perfo ormers,” bu but ut the the good good ones—the on es the great es—th grea at on ones—really nes—r es really giv give ve lif life fe tto o an and d help h elp cr create ea ate a uniq unique que cul culture ture in downtown downtown Santa San ta Cr Cruz. uz. T This his uniqu u uniquee po pop-up p-up musi musicc scen scene, e, which w hi h ch h has as seen so some ome ffantastic a antastic llocal ocal an and d ttouring ouring ar artists tists ov over veer th thee yyears, eears, is p part art o off w what hat brings b rings ttourists ourists tto o our o ttown, ow wn, an and d associa associated ated rrevenue even e ue th that at en enables ab bles San Santa ta Cr Cruz uz tto o fl flourish. ourish.

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Wellness W elln e llnes ss THAT’S SO O HOT Mor Moree than just rrefuge efuge in n a cold snap, saunas stimulatee some intense toxin-pur toxin-purging. rg ging.

Gonna Go onna Make M You Y Yo ou o Swe Sweat eat What Wh at eexactly xaccttly d do o saun saunas as d do o ffor or us, any o anyway? ywayy?

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he darkness he darrk kness of of winter winter can drive drivve peo ple to to extremes. extremes. As soon people as iitt creeps crreeps in into to the the 4 o'clock o'clock hour, small piece off m myy soul ggoes into hourr, a sm all pi p ece o oes in nto paralysis, and dormant until parallysis, an d remains remains d orman nt un til spring.

But not was spring. Bu ut n ott this yyear. eearr. It w as a rrecent ecen nt cold mee tto seek cold snap snap that that drove drovve m o see k rrefuge efuge in the the only only comforting com mfo orrtting place place I could could think o of: sauna. f: a 180-degree 180-degree saun a.

Stepping into thee sm small, cedar-walled Stepping in nto th all, ced ar-w wall a ed room myy gy gym likee room in m ym llocker ocker rroom oom is lik entering en nterring a dry dry oven. ovveen. Once Once inside, inside, there there are sit,t, sstand, arre only onlly so many man any options; options; si tand, pace, pace, rrecline, ecline, think—and th hink—and wait. wa ait. About Abou ut 10 minutes myy bones minutes in, m bones began began to to thaw. thaw.

By 15 min minutes, had utes, a ssheen heen of of ssweat wea eat h ad formed.

Then little beads, and form o ed. T hen li ttle bead s, an d eever ver e so suddenly, off ssweat suddenlly, a catharsis: ca ath t arsis: rrivulets ivulets o wea eat poured out off m myy sskin att a w wondrous poured ou ut o kin a o ondrous rate.

The off m my rate. T he lleft-for-dead eft-ffor-d o ead piece piece o y soul stretched and then sang with stretched an d sstirred, tirrreed, th en san g wi th warmth. was warm.. An And was wa arm mtth. At llast, asst, I w as a warm dIw as a hooked. hooked. e

T The he n next ext b blustery lustery nig night, ght, I ffound oun o d myself sitting naked among m yself si tting n aked am ong sstrangers, trangers, e bullets Kiva Retreat's main ssweating weea atting bull ets in Kiv va R eetrea att's m ain sauna downtown Santa Cruz, while sa auna in d own ntown San ta Cr uz, w h hiile thee rroof.

The kiva rrain a drummed ain drummed on th oof. T he kiv va is 12-sided with an n impressive impressivve 12-sid ed sstructure tructture wi th off w wooden seating.

Having ttwo wo llevels evels o ood o en sea atting. H avving made beeline thee m ade a bee line ffor or o a sshadow hadow on th (where thee ttemperature ttop op llevel evel (w where th emperatture is degrees, att lleast), a ttoasty oasty 200 d egrees, a east), I soon n that hosing down thee co cold ffound o ound th at h osing d own in th ld outside, and then sshower howeer ou uttside, an d th en rreturning eturning to to the cozy dark heat bitt like th he co zy d arrk h ea at ffeels eeels a bi like being beiing Blood surges rreborn. eborn. Bl ood sur ges and and skin skin rejoices rejoices c att the enveloping warmth. save the a the en nveloping w armth. I'll sa ave th he awkwardness off pub public nudity a wk kwarrdness o lic n udity ffor or a o future column, because,, rreally, these fu utture co lumn, because eallly, th esee humans aree on onto ssweat-drenched weea at-drenched h umans ar to something. so omething. that “I do do think th at ssweating weea atting is ggood, ood, and don't do off iit,” says an nd we we d on't d o enough enough o t,” sa ays Dr. Dawn Motyka off San Santa Cruz when Dr r. Da awn w M otyyka o nta Cr uz w hen e pressed effects p ressed for fo or the the physiological physiologi og cal ef ffeeccttss of of

perspirattion. “It's gr perspiration. great ea at tto o gget et rrid id o off sstuff tufff that otherwise off w work th at oth errw wise is a llot ot o or ork ffor o or yyour o our bodyy to bod to excrete,” excr c ete,” she she says. sa ays.

Perspiration comes directly from P erspirati t on com es dir d ectly fr om bloodstream; from fluid delivered our b loodstream; fr om fl uid d elivver e ed thee ca capillary via th apill p ary bed tto o th tthee ssweat weea at ggland. land. wee So then, then, eexactly xa accttlly which wh hich toxins toxins can w when wee ssweat? llose ose w hen w wea eatt?

“Effectively, anything smaller than “Ef ffec ecttivvely, an nytthing sm aller th an out,” a protein protein molecule molecule will come come ou utt,” says sa ays Dr. Dr r. Motyka.

Motyyka. And And protein protein n molecules molecules happen there h appen tto o be ffairly a airly llarge, arge, so th ere Among those is a llot ot yyou ou can llose. o ose. Am mong th ose Dr. Motyka lists ssweat-purged weea at-purged ttoxins, oxins, Dr r. M otyyka lis ts organophosphates, pesticides, somee or ganophosphates, pes ticides, som preservatives and anything that p reserrvattivvees an d an nytth hing th at is soluble” likee h heavy metals, which ““fat fat so luble” lik ea avy m etals, w h hich circulate thee b bloodstream cir culate in th loodstrream but bu ut are are then other areas. th en sstored tored in oth er ar e eas.

According Dr. Julian Whitaker, wee Accor ding tto o Dr r. Julia an Whi takerr, w have somee ttwo million eccrine h ave som wo milli on eccr ine gglands lands covering average day, cov veerring our sskin. kin. On an a a veerage d ay, they pump out about quart off ssweat. th ey pum p ou ut abou ut a qu q art o weea att.

In a saun sauna a tth they ey can pum pump p ou out ut th that at mu muc h in jju ust 15 minutes. minutes. much just “When yyou're o ou're rreally eallly ssweating weea atin t ga “When att full b last, iit's t's like lik ke you're you'r o e alm osst ssweating weea atting blast, almost p lasma,” sa ays Dr r. M otyyka. “If yyou o ou ssweat wea eat plasma,” says Dr. Motyka. ttoo oo mu ch, yyou ou d o ehyd drate an d yyou ou o llose ose much, dehydrate and a llot ot o lecctr trolytes, w h hich ar eallly off eelectrolytes, which aree rreally missi on cr ritical tto oh eallth thy fun cttioning." mission critical healthy functioning."

Sh ecomm mends tr ying a ffar-infrared a ar-infrarreed Shee rrecommends trying saun a, which wh hich can sstimulate ttimulate ssweating weea atin t ga sauna, att a llower oweer ttemperature, emper p ratture, an d is p reffeerable ffor or o and preferable d etoxifica attiion because yyou o ou can sstay tay in iitt detoxification llonger. ongerr. Ch u uggin g water water bef fo ore an d aft teer Chugging before and after yyour our o ssweat weea at is al so crucial. crucial. also Of cours se, th rigin o a Of course, thee or origin off th thee saun sauna rreaches eaches fur rtther b ack th an th nveen nttion further back than thee in invention o ticides e or th osis o off pes pesticides thee diagn diagnosis off Season al Af ffeecctiv t ve Disor rderr, an d I can Seasonal Affective Disorder, and see w hy th e w ey eerre emb raced as sacr ed why they were embraced sacred b prevviouss soci eties. Whil o ord byy previous societies.

Whilee th thee w word "saun a" com mes fr rom o F inland, m ankind "sauna" comes from Finland, mankind h as lik ely been b ttaking a aking ssweat weea at b ath t s ffor or o has likely baths ov ver e 20,000 0 yyears—the ears—th e e ssweat wea eat llodge odg ge over bein g an Am merican In dian tr ra adition ffor o or being American Indian tradition spir ritual pu urrifica attion. spiritual purification.

While “cold “co c ld p lunges” bet tween e ssweats weea atts While plunges” between ar lieved ed to to ttone one th kin an d help help gget et aree be believed thee sskin and th ook ou ut b o our ca ap pillaries thee ggook out byy givin givingg yyour capillaries a ni ce li ttle sshock, hock, subs tan ntial t eevidence vvidence nice little substantial is hard harrd tto o fi ind. N eveerrth t eless, th ld find.

Nevertheless, thee co cold p lunge is a tr ttradition ra adition in Scan dinavvia an d plunge Scandinavia and th Cau uccasu us m oun ntains o gia. thee Caucasus mountains off Geor Georgia.

P lunging fr rom h ot to to cold cold sstimulates timulatees Plunging from hot th release o norepinephrine, a sstress tress thee release off norepinephrine, h ormone an a dn eurrotr ot ansmiitterr, hormone and neurotransmitter, an d epin ep phrine, al so kn ow wn as and epinephrine, also known adr enaline—an e d both o ose ffeel eeel adrenaline—and off th those in nvvigoratting coursing coursing through thrro ough the the body. bod dy. invigorating Beyyon o d tth efits o etoxifica attion, Beyond thee ben benefits off d detoxification, saun as m ay also also be ggood o ood ffor o or the the heart, hearrt,t saunas may ttoo. oo. Accor rd ding tto o Dr r. Whi takerr, si tting in According Dr. Whitaker, sitting a saun a is akin a tto o ggetting eetting a mil dw o orrkou utt, sauna mild workout, dil atin t g th capillaries and and improving improving dilating thee capillaries b lood fl ow, eeven ven e th ough all yyou o ou d o is si blood flow, though do sitt qui etly. quietly.

So ou ou'vve been spen ding a llot ot So,, if yyou've spending o uggging a sp ace h ea ater an d off tim timee h hugging space heater and coun ntin t g the th he days days un nttil sp ring, I counting until spring, rrecommend ecommen nd getting getting naked naked instead. instead. Go tto o th eares e t sauna sauna this town tow wn h as to to thee n nearest has o ffeer (be lieve m e, th ey ar eveerywhere) offer (believe me, they aree everywhere) an d gget et w ar arm. Y o ou mig ght jus earn tto o and warm.

You might justt llearn llove ovve win nterr. 0 winter.

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SEMIPERFECT NUMBER Jim Howes, vice chair of the Public Safety Task Force, says he knows the Santa Cruz City Council won’t be able to address all of its 56 recommendations.

Use the Force

5 things you need to know about the Public Safety Task Force’s recommendations BY JACOB PIERCE

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t’s safe to say there’s overwhelming support for a good chunk of the 56 recommendations from Santa Cruz’s Public Safety Task Force, though things get plenty more controversial on the issues of homelessness, needle exchange and medical marijuana.

Many of the task force’s priorities focused on education, youth outreach and crime prevention.

“Youth programming initiatives

that make an investment in our community to provide pro-social opportunities, mentoring and jobs will go a long way toward solving public safety challenges in our community,” task force chair and Seaside Company spokesperson Kris Reyes said at a packed meeting that backed up into the overflow room in the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium across the street. “They might not solve it tomorrow. But in a generation if we can give more kids

opportunities, we’ll have a better community.”

The Dec. 3 city council meeting was Hilary Bryant’s last full meeting as mayor. The council created the task force last March, after a crime spike that including the killing of two Santa Cruz police officers. The group spent four months listening to speakers, and then two compiling their recommendations.

“The results were from everyone’s input,” says Jim Howes, vice chair

of the task force. “We know council will not be able to address them all, or do anything with some of them.

Some are for other agencies and the supervisors at the county. But they were recommended to work with the county and other agencies.”

The council voted to study items—most of them hand-picked by councilmember David Terrazas, who made a motion immediately following public comment— including park improvements, youth programs and a new police officer position. It’s unclear what will happen with the rest of the recommendations, but they might go to the council’s public safety committee. Here are five highlights (or lowlights, depending on your point of view) from the task force: CRIME: The task force recommends growing the police department to national levels, which it estimated was 140 officers for a city of Santa Cruz’s size. That would be an increase from a current force of 94 with six vacancies. “I found it hard to believe we were that far short,” said city councilmember Don Lane, who looked at it from another angle. Lane crunched the numbers, too, and found that out of 14 Northern California cities with populations between 55,000 and 65,000, Santa Cruz had one of the two largest forces. Councilmembers Lynn Robinson and Pamela Comstock questioned some of the stats’ applicability. “More than anything, what’s important is the experience of the people in the community: what’s their response time? What is their interaction?”

Comstock said.

DRUG TREATMENT: The task force wants the city council to work closely with the county’s Health Services Agency to make sure drug treatment programs work efficiently and have enough funding—an idea that resonates

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with people all over Santa Cruz’s political spectrum. In 28 months, 146 people accounted for 3,598 arrests, just over half of them drug-or alcohol-related. Funding is the trickier part. Like new police officers and many of the task force’s suggestions, drug treatment doesn’t come cheap. If the city council wants to tackle the more ambitious and expensive ideas, it might need a new tax. If the council wants to do that this November, the public hearing process will have to move quickly in order to create a parcel or sales tax measure popular enough to secure two-thirds of the vote by August.

MEDICAL MARIJUANA: It’s time to explore a zoning regulation that keeps medical marijuana out of residential areas, according to the task force. Members also want to force tenants to get landlords’ permission before starting indoor grows on their properties. Measure K ordered SCPD to make adult marijuana use its lowest priority when it passed in 2006 with 64 percent of the vote, in a much looser political climate. The law did not apply to minors, driving under the influence or selling to minors—all things the task force wants cops to focus on more.

HOMELESSNESS: Transients, homeless individuals and those connected with Homeless Services Center accounted for 40 percent of arrests and 30 percent of citations, according to the SCPD. In response, the task force wants the county to create a special court to deal with “substance abusers, veterans, mentally ill and/ or homeless offenders.” And in order to crack down, it recommended making three consecutive failure-toappears a misdemeanor because at that point a suspect becomes the responsibility of county district attorney Bob Lee—not the city attorney. Furthermore, a task force idea to make defecating in public and illegal camping misdemeanors fits into a “broken window policing” strategy of cracking down on nuisance crimes.

City councilmember Micah Posner and activist Steve Schnaar say

that would be unfair in a city with no 24-hour restrooms, and more transients than shelter beds.

NEEDLE EXCHANGE: Two months before the two-and-ahalf week crime spike that shook Santa Cruz, Ken Collins, Jake Fusari and other frustrated Westsiders marched along the railroad tracks to a city council meeting, picking up discarded syringes they found along the way. The community uproar surprised the Street Outreach Supporters, who ran a needle exchange program and provided no figures on how many needles they took in. City attorney John Barisone sent the needle exchange, which collects and distributes syringes, packing for operating without a permit. The county picked up the program at its health building, just outside city limits in the Emeline neighborhood.

The task force recommends keeping the exchange away from residential neighborhoods in the unincorporated area. Meanwhile, research from San Franciscobased Alex Kral, director of San Francisco’s Urban Health Program, shows needle exchanges not only reduce disease but also hazardous discarded trash. County health officials have said the exchange should be near drug users and the urban core in order to do that.

JUDICIAL OVERSIGHT: Worried that county judges are letting criminals slide, the task force pressed for more collaboration with county government and suggested a county probation officer be ordered to appear before the city council every six months to discuss what his department is doing to address “probation-related offenses.”

Thanks but no thanks, said Superior Court Judge John Salazar, who outlined the history of the city and county's working relationship in a Dec. 2 media advisory and passed on the offer. “Lastly, the court will decline to accept the task force's invitation on a regular basis,” Salazar wrote. “The court will remain a separate branch of government and continue to uphold the separation of powers doctrine.”0

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hen most of the world thinks about the Santa Cruz area, one of its most important economic regions is usually an afterthought, if it’s acknowledged at all. A huge chunk of the county’s agriculture—its leading industry, ahead of even tourism—is located in or around Watsonville, the population of which is more than 80 percent Latino. The area is home to so much farming, it has helped earn the entire Monterey Bay the nickname the “Salad Bowl of America.”

In addition to agriculture, natural beauty and authentic culture, the South County is also home to four of the country’s biggest companies—Driscoll, Granite Rock, Granite Construction and Martinelli’s.

Yet in spite of all that, the South County faces no shortage of problems: a dreadfully slow economy— with many workers scraping by at low wages, and unemployment hovering at close to 20 percent—and a nagging history of crime, with river flooding on top of it all.

It’s within that context that two South County politicians, county supervisor Greg Caput and assemblymember Luis Alejo—both of them former

Chip Scheuer

Assemblymember Luis Alejo and county supervisor Greg Caput defy expectations and champion reforms once thought impossible BY JACOB PIERCE

SIGNAGE In his first State Assembly term, former Watsonville city councilmember Luis Alejo has pushed two controversial bills into law.

Watsonville city councilmembers and both in their first terms, are working to reshape the political landscape. Gretchen Regenhardt, who has lived in Watsonville since 1984, says both men have a strong work ethic that has set them apart from most of the South County politicians she’s seen over the last three decades.

“He’s a much harder worker than other people, politicians or otherwise,” says Regenhardt of Alejo; she is an attorney for California Rural Legal Assistance, where Alejo once worked. “He’s a very, very hard worker when he cares about something.”

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TRAINSPOTTING Supervisor Greg Caput (left), with daughter Christine and Watsonville city councilmember Lowell Hurst.

It’s clear that Caput and Alejo could represent a shift in Watsonville politics; in an effort to gauge how they’re changing the South County, we shadowed both.

Luis Alejo: No Sleep ’til Reform If assemblymember Luis Alejo is any indicator, the first trick to being successful in state politics is cutting back on a night’s rest. “I always say: ‘try to keep sleep to a minimum,’” Alejo says. “Sleep’s a waste of time.”

It may sound like a political sound bite. But when one glances at what he’s accomplished this year, it’s hard not to take his words at face value.

Alejo, who represents Watsonville and Salinas, and believes in finding innovative new ways to help the

state’s poor, usually wakes up around 7am and goes to bed at 2am.

“My best work is in the late hours of the night,” says Alejo, who has slicked-back hair and Ray-Ban glasses, which he always takes off for photographs. “We’re able to get a lot done by really focusing on issues we really care about.”

Whenever he discusses his accomplishments and life decisions—even ones from his high school years—he uses “we,” not “I,” because he believes in “team effort.”

“You find people who work as hard as you do,” Alejo says of his staff.

He talks quickly, and his hands are always moving. “Working together and working long hours, we’re able to get some good things done together.”

This past year, Alejo, the son of two Watsonville strawberry farm workers,

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first place. For him, it was challenging just to adjust from representing 7,000 constituents to almost a half million.

“In a small town like Watsonville, with seven councilmembers to get something done, you only needed the support of three other councilmembers. But in Sacramento, there’s 80 assemblymembers,” Alejo says. “There’s 40 senators, and you’ve got to build support with 41 votes. And in the senate, you’ve got to get 21 votes.

And you’ve got to get a governor, who’s going to sign your bill at the end of the day. A lot of that is building good relationships. Sometimes that doesn’t happen working in the Capitol building. It’s building friendships, getting to know each other—building trust more than anything else.”

Alejo went to Watsonville High

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passed two landmark bills—one that will provide undocumented immigrants an opportunity to earn driver’s licenses, and another to raise the minimum wage to $10 an hour over the next three years. Alejo authored a total of 11 bills in the past year, many of them regulating quality in drinking water. He also co-authored five more bills and three resolutions, one of which got bipartisan support for national immigration reform. The press release listing Alejo’s recent successes takes up seven pages.

Passing bills means building a lot of relationships, Alejo says. The driver’s license bill, in particular, had been discussed for a couple decades, and it took a fresh approach—and a favorable enough political climate— to get it to the governor’s desk in the

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School in the early 1990s, and got off to a rough start when he found himself on juvenile probation for getting in fights. He overcame his early struggles by getting involved in the newly formed Brown Berets, which was organizing to curb gang violence in Watsonville. Alejo and friends like Felipe Hernandez, now a Watsonville city councilmember, left Watsonville initially, but vowed to come back to serve. Other friends would later come back as teachers and union organizers.

“We said, ‘We’re going to get serious about our education, get some experience, build networks and then come back and be leaders here in our community,’” Alejo says.

After a receiving dual bachelors’ degrees from UC Berkeley, a law degree from UC Davis and a master’s in education from Harvard, Alejo kept his word when he returned to the South County as a legal aide to those who couldn’t afford attorneys.

Then after two years on Watsonville City Council, Alejo—who learned about community organizing from activists like Tony Hill and Bernie Feldman—became the youngest assemblymember ever to represent the 28th District, and the first from Watsonville since the 1970s.

Talking about his old mentors like Hill and Feldman brings a smile to Alejo’s face. “Over the years we’ve had a lot of battles here on a wide range of issues, and those were some of those guys who were with you in the trenches,” he says.

Alejo spoke at an immigration forum in Watsonville last month about the work left to be done for immigrants. After the event, several activists said it’s Alejo’s connection with the community that makes him such an important legislator.

“He remembers his roots. That’s so easy to forget once you get into politics because of the way politics in this country depends on money,” said Lillian Galedo, executive director of Filipinos for Justice. “He’s remained grounded in who his community is.

He’s really clear on being from an immigrant family and contributions of immigrants to the economy, and how you have to make it easier for them to do that work.”

Doug Keegan, program director for

the Santa Cruz County Immigration Project, said the serious headway Alejo made in immigration legislation statewide set a good example for the country, too.

“On a state level, he has championed the issues that affect immigration. Unfortunately, and as he points out himself, the state legislature has limited authority to handle immigration,” said Keegan, who once butted heads with Alejo over whether or not to rename Landmark Elementary School, in the Pajaro Valley Unified School District, after Dolores Huerta (Alejo supported the name change effort, which failed).

“We’re hoping the federal government will see what’s happening in the state of California and say, ‘Yes, it is time to change what’s happening in our immigration system.’”

Alejo, who’s married to Watsonville mayor Karina Cervantes, says all the reforms he works on, whether immigration reform or minimum wage, are in some way personal.

He invokes a woman who works three jobs to support herself, her family and three children—and she’s not a woman he met on the campaign trail. She’s his mother-in-law.

“You talk about an issue that’s close to home, an issue that you love and care about,” he says. “You see their struggle.”

Greg Caput: Wild Card of Watsonville Greg Caput looks relaxed as he leans against his white Oldsmobile with a cigarette in his right hand, his eyes hidden by black sunglasses.

The county supervisor takes off his sunglasses for 10 seconds to let me know the doctor he saw a day earlier is making him wear the gear to protect his eyes.

“I didn’t go all Hollywood on you,” Caput says, his few dozen hairs lilting in a warm Watsonville breeze.

The fourth district supe, who represents South County Santa Cruz, is talking about why his second term, if he gets re-elected next year, will be his last.

“Eight years is enough. Twelve years is more than enough,” he says. “It’s good to get new ideas, new people coming in with new energy.”

This past year, Alejo passed two landmark bills—one that will provide undocumented immigrants an opportunity to earn driver’s licenses, and another to raise the minimum wage to $10.

Caput worked as a painting contractor in Watsonville for 15 years, then ran for Watsonville City Council in 2006, where he served one term.

When he challenged incumbent supervisor Tony Campos in the 2010 election, he campaigned on job creation, cutting high-paying salaries and term limits—and won by 0.7 percent of the vote.

Once in office, the fiscally conservative Caput was unable to get the other supervisors to agree to lower their own salaries, or that of other administrators for that matter, even though supervisor salaries grew from $49,000 to $123,000—96 percent— between 1996 and 2008, when they were reduced by furloughs. Last week, fellow supervisors John Leopold, Zach Friend and Neal Coonerty voted to

increase their pay 10.3 percent, back to $123,000, with supervisors Bruce McPherson and Caput dissenting.

“It’s embarrassing that it even came up at this time,” Caput says.

“I’m saddened by the outcome and I’ve always thought the lowest paid workers at county should get raises, and the highest paid workers should forgo their raises.”

Caput has responded by donating portions of his salary to charity.

By year’s end he will have donated $50,000 over the past two years, most of it to high school sports and Pajaro Resue Mission, a homeless shelter. It represents 25 percent of his salary.

When it comes to politics, Caput has a history of doing things his own way.

After chatting for 11 minutes, Caput starts walking over to the Watsonville Volunteer Center, where he has been several times—but never eaten—for some burgers, to talk about preventing floods and planting redwood trees. We never did make it into his office.

With Caput’s encouragement, the county has passed out redwood seedlings, many of which are donated

by Big Creek Lumber and Redwood Empire, for 8,500 trees (about 65 percent of which will probably make it)—well short of his goal of 25,000 planted, but still “better than zero, right?” says Caput.

Much of his work in South County this past term has centered around the Pajaro River and Salsipuedes Creek— taking out sediment to increase flow, which is good for habitat, and prevent flooding at the same time.

Caput has built a reputation of keeping close ties with his community. Fluent in Spanish, he never walks far without chatting with someone he recognizes. But listening to him speak Spanish sounds about as Latin as a country western song. “I don’t pronounce the words exactly right, but I communicate, and I understand it. I carry on a conversation,” Caput says.

“Greg Caput has a manner about him that makes many voters in his district very comfortable,” county treasurer Fred Keeley says. “He has no pretense. He speaks Spanish and English. He has three little kids. He owns his own business, he works very hard on his own campaign.”

Many have said Caput’s commitment to Watsonville stands in sharp contrast to Campos, his

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Caput, who promised when he ran for office in 2010 to only stay in office for two terms, wrote a plan last year to create term limits, but couldn’t secure a second from any of the four other supervisors, and the idea died in chambers before going anywhere.

Caput and I were supposed to meet at his office at noon, but I spotted him leaning into his car 10 minutes before, looking for a cigarette. At 63, Caput has a way of always looking like he had a long night, whether he’s in the supervisor chambers or on the street.

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17 SO U T H C OUN TY’S MA V ERICKS predecessor as District 4 supe, who was perceived by critics as treating his supervisor post like a side project of his real estate job. Campos often exempted himself from land-use decisions—probably the most important issue for the South County.

“For us and our clients, the lack of affordable housing is one of the primary causes of poverty in our area. So, not participating in landuse decisions did a disservice for South County,” says Regenhardt, the attorney from CRLA. His own critics have sometimes questioned Caput’s intellect and political polish, but when it comes to his re-election, Keeley has a word of advice for Caput’s opponents: don’t underestimate this guy.

“It’s not uncommon to hear among the political classes that Caput is rough around the edges,” Keeley says.

“Sometimes his hair’s messed up.

Sometimes his tie’s not straight. What I counter with is ‘yep, and he defeated a sitting supervisor to get elected to the board.’ I think people who have underestimated what they’re dealing with are making a mistake.”

When Caput and I finish our burgers, he offers to drive me to Gizdich Ranch, a family-owned farm, to tour an example of the kinds of the businesses he’d like to see to revitalize Watsonville’s economy and help the South County thrive. When we climb is his Oldsmoblie, Caput grabs the second half of the cigarette he started earlier. “My wife’s got me down to four cigarettes a day, so I smoke eight halves,” he says, reaching to turn off an angry radio caller yelling on KSCO. Once we park, Caput explains how he wants to relax county rules that prevent farm owners from opening up bed-and-breakfasts on their property, to bring more jobs to traditional farms. As an example, Gizdich Ranch isn’t an inn, but it does sell jams, bake pies and invite children for school field trips.

Caput wants to encourage farmers to get creative with their properties and incentivize it, too. To Caput, Gizdich is an example of smart growth because it supports jobs without turning prime agricultural land into urban sprawl, the way Watsonville City Council’s Measure T, which got destroyed at the polls last June, aimed

to do. And whoever the District 4 supervisor is next year, they will have tough economic realities to face as they deal with an unemployment at 8.2 percent in the county and closer to 20 percent in Watsonville.

In addition to being a community man, Caput also has a reputation as an independent whose votes are usually hard to predict, and he concedes that he’s been on the losing end of the majority of 4-1 votes on the board. He and other supervisors have said they’re careful not to violate the Brown Act, which prevents any majority—three or more—of supervisors from discussing agenda items before voting. If Caput does get one more term, he would like to find ways to get the other supes to look at things from his point of view.

“Maybe I should compromise a little bit more, but I don’t want to compromise too much, and I don’t want to compromise my values, the South County’s interest,” Caput says.

“And sometimes that results in doing things on your own where you have to do a lot more work, whereas if you were able to compromise a little more you might get some help from another source.”

Jimmy Dutra, a Watsonville native and former White House intern, and former Watsonville police chief Terry Medina have both announced their decision to run against Caput.

So have former Watsonville Mayor Todd McFarren and Dana Sales, a real estate broker who has served on the county education board for 28 years. Sales, a former member of the planning commission, says Caput has left a lot of funds on the table that should have been directed to the South County.

“I respect Greg Caput, but I think I’d be a better supervisor,” says Sales, who would leave real estate if elected. “My background in planning is working with people throughout the county. I’ve been very effective in bringing a voice of the Pajaro Valley.”

Caput has heard the list of candidates but doesn’t have much to say about the field.

“They’re all free to run, and I think it’s actually healthy,” Caput says. “It gets discussion going. There’s nothing worse than someone running unopposed.” 0

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Stage DANCE Bellydance Showcase

THEATER Armchair Theater A live reading by local actors of selected passages from Charles Dickens' Bleak House. Thu, Dec 12, 7pm. Free. Scotts Valley Library, 230-D Mt. Hermon Rd, Scotts Valley, 831.420.5369.

Mountain Community Theater It's A Wonderful Life: A fully staged production of the Frank Capra classic. www.mctshows.org. Fri, Dec 13, 8pm, Sat, Dec 14, 8pm and Sun, Dec 15, 2pm. $10$20. Mountain Community Theater, 9400 Mill St, Ben Lomond, 831.336.4777.

SATURDAY 12/14

San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus A former winner of Best Music Organization in the San Francisco Bay Guardian’s “Best of the Bay” readers poll, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus is the world’s first openly gay chorus, having inspired several more in other cities around the globe since its founding 1978. The singers will bring their exuberance to Santa Cruz with a champagne and cookie reception to accompany the annual holiday concert. Saturday, Dec. 14 at 7pm at Peace United Church of Christ, 900 High St., Santa Cruz. Tickets $30-$40.

CONCERTS Cabrillo Women's Chorus Sounds of Winter: Songs by Mozart, Viivaldi, Pitoni and others with a special guest appearance by the Soquel High Concert Choir. Sun, Dec 15, 3pm. $10. Cabrillo Samper Recital Hall, 6500 Soquel Dr., Aptos, 831.479.6154.

Rhythms for Relief A benefit concert for victims of Typhoon Haiyan that devastated the Philippines. Sun, Dec 15, 5pm. Center For Conscious Living, 1818 Felt St, Santa Cruz, 831.239.7721.

SF Gay Men's Chorus A Christmas performance fundraiser for the Diversity Center, Santa Cruz AIDS Project and other organizations. Sat, Dec 14, 7pm. $30-$40. First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.5422.

Telemann not Television A performance of Baroque composer Telemann's dinner music, on baroque flutes with harpsichord and viola da gamba. Sat, Dec 14, 7pm. $20 advance; $22 door; $5 youth. St. Andrew Presbyterian Church, 9850 Monroe Ave, Aptos, 831.706.8408.

Art GALLERIES OPENING Look Collective An art show featuring sculpture, painting, woodcuts, jewelry and more by 11 local artists.

Sun, Dec 15, 11am-5pm.

Free. #7 Squid Row, Santa Cruz.

CONTINUING Felix Kulpa Gallery Neon art by Brian Coleman featuring glass tubes filled with multicolored glowing gasses. Gallery hours: Thurs-Sun, noon-6pm.

Thru Jan. 26. 107 Elm St, Santa Cruz, 408.373.2854.

R. Blitzer Gallery The Masters Series continues with an exhibit

by Howard Ikemoto and Ron Milhoan. Gallery hours: Tues-Sat, 11am-5pm. Thru Dec. 28. Free, 831.458.1217.

Mission Extension and Natural Bridges, Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz Rehearsal Studios A Very Vinyl Christmas.

An exhibit of holiday LP covers. Open MonSun, 10am-midnight.

Thru December. Free.

118 Coral St, Santa Cruz, 831.425.7277.

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.

Events LITERARY EVENTS Poet/Speak Reading Regular meeting with featured reader Leah Lubin. www. poetrysantacruz.org. Sun, Dec 15, 2pm. Free. Santa Cruz Central Branch Library, 224 Church St, Santa Cruz, 831.464.8983.

Storytime 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.

AROUND TOWN 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.

Diversity Center Holiday Party A party with food and drink and raffle to benefit the Diversity Center's programs.

Sun, Dec 15, 4-7pm. $10$100 donation. Curt and MO's, 126 Pacheco Ave., Santa Cruz, 831.425.5422.

English Country Dance Second and fourth Thursdays of each month; beginners welcome. Second Thu of every month. $5-$7.

First Congregational Church of Santa Cruz, 900 High St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.8621.

Marine Mammal Research Tour A behind-the-scenes look at the work of marine scientists and their studies of dolphins, seals, sea lions and whales. Advance reservations required.

Thu, Dec 12, 2-3:30pm.

Seymour Discovery Center, 100 Shaffer Rd, Santa Cruz, 831.459.3800.

Film Special Screening: Inside Llewyn Davis Special advance screening of the new Coen Brothers film featuring a prescreening performance by folk singer Marty O'Reilly.

Thu, Dec 12, 7pm. Free.

Nickelodeon Theatre, 210 Lincoln St, Santa Cruz, 831.426.7507.

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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.

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BEST MUGSHOTS EVER! Two Gallants play Don Quixote’s Friday.

WEDN E SDAY 12/ 11

T HUR SDAY 1 2/ 1 2

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WINTERDANCE CELTIC CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION

RJD2

TWO GALLANTS

You may not think you know RJD2, but if you’ve ever watched Mad Men, you do. His song “A Beautiful Mine” is the opening theme, and while I wouldn’t exactly call it typical of his other work, his ability to shift easily among hip-hop, trip-hop and a certain self-styled jazz mutation has made him a favorite of those in need of a cool soundtrack.

He went vocal for 2007’s The Third Hand, giving up the sampling life for fully formed indie-pop songs, but since 2010’s The Colossus, he’s been back to what most fans agree he does best. Catalyst; $20/$25; 9pm.

(Steve Palopoli)

The members of Two Gallants, a duo out of San Francisco, have been playing music together since their pre-teens. If you cast a wide net, you could describe them as indiefolk, but that descriptor falls a bit short. Able to craft intricate, acoustic numbers, the band also drifts easily into territory closer to the Black Keys or R.L. Burnside than polished, smooth-around-the-edges folk music. This is gritty stuff. Comprising Adam Stephens and Tyson Vogel, Two Gallants is one of those bands that nicely balances heavy and beautiful, musical abandon and quiet introspection. Bonus: the show is on Friday the 13th. Don Quixote’s; $15 adv/$17 door; 9pm. (CJ)

Best known as the frontwoman for progressive bluegrass outfit Crooked Still, Aoife O’Donovan recently stepped out on her own with the release of her solo debut, Fossils. The album, which is being touted as one of the best roots releases of the year, spotlights O’Donovan’s ability to craft a catchy, textured song, deliver it with her clear, warm and cozy voice and stretch her own musical boundaries beyond her duties as part of a band. As one commenter put it, “Who knew Crooked Still was holding her back?” Kuumbwa; $20 adv/$23 door; 7:30pm. (Cat Johnson)

Get out your kilt and mistletoe. The Celts know how to do Christmas right and the celebration is coming to town. Spotlighting the sounds of Molly’s Revenge, featuring guest vocalist and bodhrán player Christa Burch and the infectious, I-dare-you-not-totap-your-toes moves of the Rosemary Turco Irish Dancers, the evening promises to be a lively and lovely singalong of traditional carols and perhaps some unfamiliar ones as well. If the holiday spirit hasn’t hit you yet, this would be a good way to give it a jumpstart. Don Quixote’s; $17 adv/$20 door; 7:30pm. (CJ)

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SATURDAY 1 2/ 14 Celebrating Creativity Since 1975

DAVE MASON

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If you searched résumés for well-connected musicians, it’d be hard to find one more overqualified than Dave Mason. Mason wrote “Feelin’ Alright,” which would later become one of spastic blues crooner Joe Cocker’s biggest hits. He helped found 1960’s rock band Traffic. He played on George Harrison’s solo debut All Things Must Pass. He’s also collaborated with the Rolling Stones, Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Fleetwood Mac and Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix first heard Bob Dylan’s hit song “All Along the Watchtower” at Mason’s house, for crying out loud—before Hendrix, of course, decided to record it himself. Mason found further fame during an 80s solo career with hits like “We Just Disagree.” Rio; $32$47.50; 8pm. (Jacob Pierce)

Wednesday, December 11 U 7 pm

CHARLIE HUNTER & SCOTT AMENDOLA DUO Scott Amendola’s website has a quote from me from 1997, which starts out “Scott Amendola is quickly becoming my favorite drummer in all of drummerdom.” I feel terrible that I never got back to him on this! So here it is, more than 15 years later: Scott, you totally became my favorite drummer in all of drummerdom. And my favorite collaborator with my favorite drummer is groove-jazz guitarist Charlie Hunter. Watching them together is pretty much the most fun you can have with jazz. They play off each other like nobody’s business—it’s like they share a brain, only not gross! Kuumbwa; $23/$26; 7pm. (SP)

W E DN ESDAY 12/ 18

SUICIDAL TENDENCIES

Award Winning Crooked Still Vocalist!

Thursday, December 12 U 7 pm

Lacy J. Dalton

Friday, December 13 U 8 pm

BOB DYLAN TRIBUTE

Tickets: thewheelcompany.com

Concerts BOB DYLAN TRIBUTE Dec. 13 at Kuumbwa

Monday, December 16 U 7 and 9 pm

LACY J. DALTON Dec. 14 at Don Quixote’s TOO SHORT Dec. 14 at Catalyst MELVIN SEALS & JGB Dec. 14 at Moe’s Alley CHRIS WEBSTER & NINA GERBER Dec. 15 at Don Quixote’s

A TRIBUTE TO NEIL YOUNG Tickets: thewheelcompany.com

CHARLIE HUNTER & SCOTT AMENDOLA DUO New Release “Pucker” Thursday, December 19 U 7 pm

JESSE SCHEININ AND FOREVER

CD RELEASE CONCERT “…art pop with orchestral inclinations…”

– The Deli Magazine Friday, December 20 U 7 pm | No Comps

WINDHAM HILL WINTER SOLSTICE 2013; BARBARA HIGBIE, LIZ STORY, LISA LYNNE, GEORGE TORTORELLI, ARYEH FRANKFURTER Monday, January 6 U 7 & 9 pm | No Comps

of now-legendary graffiti artists like Shepard Fairey, and released his first album on Ice-T’s label. After getting famous as the front man for House of Pain, Everlast struck out on his own as a soloist, rapping compelling stories over poppy acoustic guitar tracks with electronic drum hip-hop beats. He’s taken the more stripped-down approach lately, with a new acoustic album and a rare acoustic performance next Wednesday. Moe’s Alley; $15 adv/$20 door, 8:30pm. (JP)

PHARAOH SANDERS QUARTET Thursday, January 9 U 7 pm

THE HANRAHAN QUARTET PERFORMING JOHN COLTRANE’S “A LOVE SUPREME” Friday, January 10 U 7 & 9 pm | No Comps

ROBBEN FORD

Monday, January 13 U 7 pm | No Comps

KIM NALLEY WITH THE MARCUS SHELBY ORCHESTRA “THE COLE PORTER SONGBOOK” Thursday, January 16 U 7 pm | No Comps

ALBERT LEE

Monday, January 20 U 7 & 9 pm | No Comps

BOOKER T. JONES

1/23 Rick Walker: Celebration of a Lifetime in Music with Special Guests 1/27 Howard Levy & Chris Siebold GOLD CIRCLE 2/3 Habib Koité SOLD OUT! Day Concert 2/14 Tuck & Patti: Valentine’s

GIVE THE GIVE OF JAZZ! Gift Certificates, Gift Memberships, Concert Tickets, T-shirts & Hats. Call for more info.

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Erik “Everlast” Schrody first started recording hip-hop songs with the encouragement

Tickets: brownpapertickets.com

Saturday, December 14 U 8 pm

When lead singer Mike Muir founded one of the first crossover bands—playing a blend of hardcore metal and thrash punk—in 1981, Suicidal Tendencies developed a large following and a bad reputation, largely due to their edgy name and an assumption the guys were connected to gangs. Fifteen years ago, Muir resurrected the band, now remembered for the I-wanted-a-Pepsi classic “Institutionalized,” with mostly new members.

Catalyst; $25 adv/$27 door, 8pm. (JP)

EVERLAST

THE KALAE MILES–DAVIS PROJECT

UH, YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE THAT LOOKED AT FIRST RJD2 plays the Catalyst Friday.

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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Live Liv e Comedy Comedy

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Coffis Coffis Brothers Brothers

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THE REEF 831.459.9876 831.459.9876

RIO THEATRE THEATRE 831.423.8209

SEABRIGHT BREWERY BREWERY 831.426.2739 831.426.2739

Chris Cain Ca ain

THE POCKET

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ROSE WINDOWS

plus David Glasebrook also TV Mike & The Scarecrowes s P M

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RJD2 Showdown

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SIN SISTERS BURLESQUE

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Sunday, December 15 ‹ In the Atrium s AGES 21+

THE SILENT COMEDY

plus Strange Vine

!DV $RS s P M P M

Dec 18 Suicidal Tendencies (Ages 16+) Dec 20 Good Riddance (Ages 16+) Dec 21 Mos Def (Ages 16+) Dec 27 & 28 Rebelution (Ages 16+) Dec 29 DJ Quik (Ages 16+) $EC The Devil Makes Three (Ages 21+) Jan 4 E-40/ A-1 (Ages 16+) Jan 11 Tribal Seeds (Ages 16+) Jan 16 Yellowcard/ Ocean Ave (Ages 16+) Jan 17 Tainted Love (Ages 21+) Jan 18 Hopsin/ DJ Hoppa (Ages 16+) Jan 24 Infected Mushroom (Ages 18+)

Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

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Film Capsules

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New

THE ARMSTRONG LIE (R; 124 min) Lance Armstrong has gone from champion to disgraced champion to Crown Douche of All Sports, thanks to the way he’s attempted to destroy the lives of…uh, everyone. This documentary exposes the truth behind the lie behind the truth, and considering the karmic relief it brings, who doesn’t want to see this movie come out?

Oh wait, I know one person.

(Opens Fri at the Nick) THE GREAT BEAUTY (NR; 142 min) Comedydrama from director Paolo Sorrentino (who did the Sean

Penn film This Must Be the Place a couple of years ago) satirizes the Italian nightlife scene through the eyes of a writer trapped by the success of his first novel. (Opens Fri at the Del Mar) THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (PG-13; 161 min) We’re now up to five hours of Hobbit adaptation, so it’s understandable if, like Ice Cube, you’re asking “Are we there yet?” But c’mon, the dragon part of The Hobbit is the best part, by far! So even if you’re on Middle Earth overload, just hold out for a hero, like Bonnie Tyler. (Opens Thu at Cinema 9, Scotts Valley, and 41st Ave)

S H O W T IM E S

Reviews 12 YEARS A SLAVE (R; 133 min) Based on an 1853 memoir, this story of a free African American kidnapped and sold into slavery in the South is easily the bestreviewed film of the year.

THE BEST MAN HOLIDAY (R) Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall and Terrence Howard star in this story of college friends who reunite at Christmastime after 15 years.

BLACK NATIVITY (PG; 93 min) Incredibly, not a metal band, but in fact a heartwarming holiday musical starring Forest

Movie reviews by Steve Palopoli and Richard von Busack

Whitaker, Angela Bassett and Jennifer Hudson.

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB (R; 117 min.) Matthew McConaughey continues his bizarre transformation into one of the best actors of our generation in this true story about a Texas electrician named Ron Woodroof, who took on the medical establishment after being diagnosed with HIV in the ’80s—in his attempt to get alternative treatments for himself and others, he became a drug smuggler. What has gotten into McConaughey, anyway? Remember when he was the acting equivalent of lumber back in the Contact days? Jared Leto is making a

READY OR NOT, HERE I COME! Although Smaug the Dragon thought he was a really good hider, Bilbo wasn’t so much seeking as stealing a whole hell of a lot of gold. different kind of comeback, after not making films for a while—here he plays a

Showtimes are for Wednesday, Dec. 11, through Wednesday, Dec. 18, unless otherwise indicated.

Programs and showtimes are subject to change without notice.

APTOS CINEMAS

122 Rancho Del Mar Center, Aptos 831-426-7500 www.thenick.com

The Book Thief — Daily 1; 3:45; 6:30; 9:10.

Dallas Buyer’s Club — Wed-Thu 1:50; 4:20; 6:50; 9:20.

Philomena — Fri-Wed 1:50; 4:20; 6:50; 9.

41ST AVENUE CINEMA

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

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — (Opens midnight Thu) 11:15; 3; 6:45.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 3D — (Opens midnight Thu) 9:40pm.

Anchorman 2:The Legend Continues —(Opens Wed 12/18) 11; 1:45; 4:30; 7:20; 10:15.

Frozen — Wed-Thu 11; 1:45; 4:30; 7:15; Fri-Wed 11; 1:40; 4:20; 7; 10:15.

Frozen 3D — Wed 12/11 10am.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire — Wed-Thu 11:45; 3:15; 6:45; 10:15; FriTue 11:45; 3:10; 6:30; 10.

Thor: The Dark World — Wed-Thu 11:15; 2; 4:40; 7:20; 10. (no Thu 10pm)

DEL MAR

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

The Great Beauty — (Opens Fri) 1:15; 4:10; 7:15.

12 Years A Slave — Daily 1:50; 4:40; 7:30 plus Sat-Sun 11:10am.

Delivery Man — Wed-Thu 2:30; 4:50; 7:15; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 12:10pm.

Nebraska — Daily 2; 4:30; 7; 9:20 plus Sat-Sun 11:30am.

Wizard of Oz — Sat 11am; Sun 11am.

NICKELODEON

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

The Armstrong Lie — (Opens Fri) 1:30; 6:40.

Old Boy — (Opens Fri) 7:30; 9:40.

The Book Thief — Wed-Thu 1:40; 3:40; 4:40; 6:30; 9:10; Fri-Wed 1; 3:45; 6:30; 9:10 plus Sat-Sun 12:50pm.

Dallas Buyer’s Club — Daily 2; 4:30; 7; 9:30 plus Sat-Sun 11:30am.

Delivery Man — Fri-Wed 4:10; 9:20 plus Sat-Sun 11:10am.

Philomena — Wed-Thu 1:50; 4:20; 6:45; 8:50; Fri-Wed 1:50; 4:20; 6:50; 9 plus Sat-Sun 11:20am.

RIVERFRONT STADIUM TWIN

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

Homefront — Wed-Thu 4; 7; 9:30; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Out of the Furnace — Wed-Thu 3:45; 6:45; 9:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

SANTA CRUZ CINEMA 9

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

The Hobbit:The Desolation of Smaug —(Opens midnight Thu) call for showtimes.

The Hobbit:The Desolation of Smaug 3D—(Opens midnight Thu) call for showtimes.

Black Nativity — Wed 12/11 12:05; 2:35; 10:05; Thu 12:05; 2:35; 6:05; 8:20; FriWed call for showtimes.

Ender’s Game — Wed-Thu 12:50; 3:25; 9:05; 9:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Frozen — Wed 12/11 12:45; 3:15; 6:30; 9:05; Thu 12:50; 3:25; 6:30; 9:20 Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Frozen 3D — Wed-Thu 12:15; 3; 6:10; 9; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Gravity 3D — Wed 12/11 12:25; 2:40; 5; 7:15; 9:40; Thu 12:15; 2:45; 6; 8:35; FriWed call for showtimes.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire — Wed-Thu 11:30; 12; 12:30; 3; 3:30; 3:50; 6:15; 6:45; 7:10; 9:30; 10; 10:25; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Thor: The Dark World — Wed 12/11 12:35; 3:40; 6:20; 9:05; Thu 12:35; 3:15; 6:20; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Noel Coward’s Private Lives — Wed 12/11 7pm.

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

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug — (Opens midnight Thu) 11:15; 11:55; 1:45; 3; 3:45; 5:30; 6:45; 7:30; 9; 10:15.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 3D — (Opens midnight Thu) 1; 4:45; 8:30.

The Book Thief — Daily 1; 4; 7; 8:15; 9:55.

Delivery Man — Wed-Thu 11:15; 1:45; 4:20; 7; 9:30.

Frozen — Wed-Thu 11; 11:55; 1; 1:45; 3:45; 4:30; 6:30; 8:15; 9:15; Fri-Wed 11; 12:45; 1:45; 3:30; 4:30; 6:30; 8:15; 10.

Frozen 3D — Wed-Thu 2:45; 5:30.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire — Wed-Thu 11; 11:45; 12:30; 2:20; 3:15; 4; 5:40; 6:45; 7:30; 9:15; 10:15; Fri-Tue 11:45; 2:30; 3:15; 4; 6:45; 7:45; 9:15; Wed 12/18 11:45; 3:15; 6:45; 9:15. (no Thu 6:45; 10:15, Sat 12:30pm; Tue 7:45pm) Out of the Furnace — Daily 11:15; 2; 4:45; 7:30; 10.

Thor: The Dark World — Wed-Thu 11; 1:45; 4:30; 7:20; 10.

It’s a Wonderful Life — Thu 7pm; Sat 11pm.

The Hobbit double feature — Thu 8:30pm.

GREEN VALLEY CINEMA 8

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

The Book Thief — Wed-Thu 1:30; 4:15; 7; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Delivery Man — Wed-Thu 1:30; 4:05; 7:10; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Frozen — Wed-Thu 1:30; 7:20; 9:45; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Frozen 3D — Wed-Thu 4pm; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

Homefront — Wed-Thu 1:45; 4:20; 7:30; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire — Wed-Thu 12:45; 3:50; 7; 10:05; FriWed call for showtimes.

Out of the Furnace — Wed-Thu 1:45; 4:20; 7:20; 10; Fri-Wed call for showtimes.

transvestite who forms an unlikely partnership with Woodroof.

DELIVERY MAN (PG-13; 103 min) If you feel like the premise for this Vince Vaughn comedy—slacker finds out his sperm-bank donation accidentally fathered hundreds of children, and 142 of them are suing him—sounds familiar, it might be because it sounds exactly like the kind of comedy Vince Vaughn would have made by now. He actually didn’t, but New Zealander Ken Scott did in 2011, a movie called Starbuck on which it is based. I know some of those Kiwis have thick accents, but really, they’re remaking New Zealand films now?

ENDER’S GAME (PG-13; 104 min) There’s been a lot of LGBT supporters protesting this movie because of the despicable anti-gay views of Orson Scott Card, the author of the book it’s based on (and a producer of the film). I don’t know if the film itself should be judged on the basis of that—maybe more on the fact that Ender’s Game wasn’t a great book to begin with, certainly inferior even to Card’s short story of the same name on which it was based. (Philip K. Dick’s Time Out of Joint is a far superior take on a very similar idea.) But whether or not you think the political issues should affect whether or not you see the film, at least we can all agree the guy’s a total douche.

FREE BIRDS (PG; 91 min) Owen Wilson and Woody Harrelson star in this animated movie that is seriously about turkeys traveling through time. They go back to try to stop JFK’s assassination. Just kidding, of course they try to get turkey off the Thanksgiving menu.

FROZEN (PG; 108 min) Disney animated film has the kingdom of Arendelle trapped in perpetual winter, with

young Anna (voiced by Kristen Bell) teaming with a rugged outdoorsman (Jonathan Groff) to journey across the frozen wasteland and lift the spell.

Blizzards, trolls and a comicrelief snowman (Josh Gad) stand in their way.

HOMEFRONT (R; 100 min) Jason Statham gets as close as he ever will to a dramatic role in this story of a former DEA agent who moves his family to a sleepy little town.

Oh, don’t worry though, there’s a druglord there! Do they fight? Are you kidding me?

It’s Statham! Plus, Sylvester Stallone wrote the screenplay, so yes, that’s happening.

James Franco and Winona Ryder co-star.

HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE (PG-13; 146 min) Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth return in the further adventures of Katniss Everdeen and friends.

This time, it’s personal! Just kidding. It’s not that personal.

LAST VEGAS (PG-13; 105 min) The trailer for this comedy just makes you involuntarily smile. Is it getting to watch Morgan Freeman, Michael Douglas, Robert DeNiro and Kevin Kline being goofy?

Yeah, and also that this oldfart version of The Hangover actually looks hilarious, when it could have been just a cash-in on its all-star cast.

OUT OF THE FURNACE (R; 116 min) Christian Bale plays Casey Affleck’s brother (they couldn’t get Ben?), who must save him after Casey falls in a crime ring.

THOR: THE DARK WORLD (PG-13; 122 min) If he had a hammer, he’d hammer in the morning. He’d hammer in the evening, all over the nine realms. Anyway, Thor is back in a plot that’s basically what you’d expect: blah blah Dark Elves, blah blah wormhole, blah blah anomaly. Thank god for the Loki comic relief.

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

GET YOURSELF IN TRUFFLE On Dec. 14, Love Apple Farms is offering a workshop on making chocolate truffles for holiday gift-giving.

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ORE HOLIDAY COOKIES: Time for

mulled wine, fresh walnuts and mandarines, tart and juicy and somehow sweet all at once. Holiday gifts are waiting to be plucked from the shelves and display cases of our favorite retail shops, wine merchants and bakeries.

For example, while grabbing a few of those irresistible Gayle's olive francese rolls for dinner last week, I spotted beautiful cookie gift boxes ($15.95), gold-foiled, wrapped with a silvery bow and filled with three colorful varieties of Gayle's beautiful holiday cookie classics: butterstars,

checkerboards and fudge crackles. A gift for just about anyone with taste buds. Treat your office mates, or your yoga instructor, or your favorite aunt.

GROWING, MAKING, GIVING: A serious bumper crop of holiday ideas are sprouting (sorry, I can't help it) up at Love Apple Farms, starting with 2014 gift certificates for classes of all kinds—25% off! So if the foodie on your gift list is interested in herb gardening, bee-keeping, jam-making, tomato growing—to name but a few of the special workshop areas available up at this renowned farm—you may purchase a gift certificate at a great

price until Dec. 25. Go check the Love Apple Farms class schedules, and then order your gift certificate.

And if you enjoy making your own specialty food gifts, you will want to hurry and sign up for the Dec. 14 Chocolate Truffles for Gift Giving

workshop. First is an introduction to chocolate, and then you'll learn how to make the perfect ganache filling, some using liqueurs, herbs and nuts. After learning the basic techniques for four distinct truffles, you'll be taught how to expand this repertoire with your own variations.

Grand Marnier Truffle with Candied Orange Zest—yes, that sounds like my

kind of truffle. And it's only one of the four basic varieties you'll learn to make. Can you imagine how blown away your recipients will be when you gift them with a box of chocolate truffles, truly beautiful designer chocolates, that you have made with your own two hands? Yes, you can do this at home (once you've taken this class led by professional pastry chef Maggie Cattell). Again, this Truffle Making class happens on Saturday, Dec. 14, noon-4pm ($89).

ECOFARM: It's not too early to make plans for the 33rd annual gathering of movers and shakers in the sustainable food landscape.

EcoFarm Conference will be held Jan. 22-25 on the Asilomar Conference Grounds, loaded with practical, informative and inspirational workshops about every tier of growing, marketing, strategizing and policy-making involved in the organic and ecological farming world.

Jim Leap, former head of the UCSC AgroEcology Farm, will offer two workshops during the action-packed program. And Jesse Cool of Flea Street Cafe will team up with Carlos Canada for some tasty organo-cuisine. Check it out at www.eco-farm. org—then plan to be there!

WINES OF THE SEASON, PART 3: BIRICHINO'S MUSCAT CANELLI,

packaged in a slender elegant bottle, offers wintry perfume of honey and apricots. For after-holiday dinners, this 13% alcohol dessert wine is perfection. It also makes an apt hostess gift and, yes, undoubtedly, an excellent stocking stuffer ($18). . .

Congratulations to Richard Alfaro, "excited and honored" that the 2011 Alfaro Family Lester Family Vineyards at Deer Park Santa Cruz Mountains Pinot Noir was picked

one of the SF Chronicle's "Top Wines of 2013." It’s made from Corralitos grapes expertly managed by the illustrious Prudy Foxx. A gift for that special connoisseur?0

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HOUSE OF PAIN Thai House owner Patt Suwansupa is planning a challenge for lovers of ‘ridiculously spicy’ food.

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he son of two Thai restaurateurs, Pat Suwansupa tried branching out in his twenties. He enrolled at San Diego State to study criminal justice, and then later at a school in Monterey for radiology. “I always got pulled back into the restaurant,” he says. “I like being in the kitchen.”

SCW: How spicy do you like your Thai food? PATT SUWANSUPA: I grew up eating really spicy food. My dad’s from Southern Thailand. When you go to a Thai restaurant and ask for Thai spicy, they usually grade that by the Southern Thai people. They eat ridiculously crazy stuff. Some of my favorites are the spicy noodles or the drunken noodles or the basil fried rice, but I like mine pretty darn insanely spicy. We have regulars that come down and grew a relationship with me, and when they ask for super spicy, we give them super spicy. We’re going to start this spicy papaya challenge in January. If you finish this challenge, you can win a T-shirt and get your picture on the wall.

Tell me more about the challenge. If I can get 15 or 20 people to line up,

everybody will get a nice big plate of something ridiculously spicy—two or three ghost chilies, five or six habaneros. Ghost chilies are the second spiciest chili in the world. I might do the challenge too, because I don’t want people to think I made it, but I wouldn’t eat it.

Then you’ll go away crying? I’ll probably go away crying. I’m not gonna

lie. That thing’s pretty hot.

How did you discover the plum wine sake? Tomodachi. When I wasn’t working at my parents’ restaurant, I was working as a server or a sous chef for a Japanese restaurant. I was doing that for the last 10 years. One of my favorite drinks was tomodachi —it’s delicious. Sweet plum wine mixed with hot sake is one of the better mixed drinks you could do yourself.

Do you have a favorite decoration? There’s a very traditional hardwood

that’s one piece carved, by the women’s bathroom. And it’s probably six feet tall and two-and-a-half feet wide. It’s the scenery of an old myth with two Thai gods battling each other—couple thousand hours of carving.

Pad Thai or Pad See Ew? You know what’s funny: Pad Thai’s probably

the most popular Thai dish, but I haven’t had it in 10 years. But Pad See Ew is one of my favorite dishes on the not-spicy side.

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