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Dirty Dogs I saw you: a couple who came into Lucky’s on Bernal and put your dogs in a cart to do your shopping. I, as well as Lucky's, know there are laws in this state that you cannot ask [to see] certification of service dogs, but this is uncalled for. Do I want to put my groceries on my future visit into a cart that may or may have not been occupied by a canine? Some of the employees were questioning what to do. Are they the litigious sort? Were they looking to incite a lawsuit? No one was willing to bite. Are they the self-entitled folk who feel that the world owes them everything? Or do they think that ordinary decency doesn't apply to them? Who is going to wash the cart?
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Never N ever SScared cared “Cortese ‘‘not not aafraid fraid to say no‘”” to special inter ests, thund dered a polished mailer interests, thundered fr om the DAVE DAVE V CCORTESE ORTESE San Jose mayor al from mayoral campaign. Thatt might seem like typical candidate-speaak,, but the mailer actually candidate-speak, Mercury rcury News beneath the quotes the Mer daily’s blackletter daily s blacklet ter logo to add a layer of impartiality to its claim. That’s That’s odd considering Co Cortese’s rtese’s buddy system with labor is just on one ne rreason eason why the daily has instead gone aall-in ll-in on SAM SAM LICCARDO. LICCARDO. As As it turns out, the daily never said that, Cortese did, and and it was Cortese quoting Mercc, which Cortese, courtesy courteesy of the Mer published a quote quote that was subsequently edited. The mailer mailer actually omitted the critical pronoun/verb pronounn/verb contraction contraction that began the sentence. senttence. Through Through the magic of political con sulting, consulting, They “I’m not afraid afraid to say Did no ortese no”” became “Co “Cortese What? ‘‘not not afraid afraid to say saay no’.” no’.” Did Cortese mis slead mislead SEND TIPS TIPS TTO O voters? The cou unty county FLY@ FL Y@ super visor saidd he supervisor METRONEWS. METR ONEWS. COM CO M utter ed his ffearless earless uttered boast in the pr esence presence Mercc scribe M MIKE IKE R ROSENBERG OSENBERG while of Mer speaking with a rresident esident by phone. his Cortese says hi is mailer was essentially rrepeating epeating the paper ppaper’s ’s own wor words ds Mercc editor BER BERT TR ROBINSON OBINSON verbatim. Mer er ““misleading, misleading, and called the mail mailer deliberately so, ,”” suggesting that the deliberately so,” campaign was “lying with the ffacts.” acts.” Working Working with hotshot h San Fr Franciscoanciscobased consul consulting tin ng firm Terris Teerris Barnes & Walters,, as well well as campaign manager Walters, J.R. STARRETT STARRETT T (a former former field or ganizer J.R. organizer for H ILLAR RY CCLINTON’s L ON’s 2007 pr LINT esidential for HILLARY presidential run), Cortese sa ays it was a joint decision says to fr frame ame the wor w wording ding as such. However However,, he adds, had th he paper not used his the own wor ds in a headline, he wouldn ’t words wouldn’t have gone ahe ad with the meta-quote. ahead “I would agr ee that that would not be agree something thatt I would appr ove or sign approve off on,, and,, hon nestlyy, I don ’t think anyone honestly, don’t on our team w ould do that,”” Cortese says. would And that, kids, is how you split hairs.
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LUCKY L UCKY NUMBER 7 The coun county nty Office of Education could name n its se eventh superintendent in as many m years next week. seventh
IInternal county Office O of Education Educatiion e emails show com commitment mmitment to obfu obfuscation uscation BY BY JOSH K KOEHN OEHN
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HREE MEMBERS of the th he seven-person county Board of Education will step on a plane this th his week and fly to Southern n California. C alifornia. The trio has been ta asked with shadowing tasked a top candidate for the superintendent su uperintendent position within with hin the th he county Office of Education Educatio on ((COE), C E), according to sources with CO w knowledge k nowledge of the trip. trip. By most most accounts, ac ccountss, the trip should result resu ult in n a new leader to oversee the th he county’s co ounty’s 31 school districts— — assuming as ssuming the board doesn’t doesn’t m make yet another mistake in h hiring the wrong person.
Maryy Ann De Mar Dewan ewaan curr currently ently ser serves veess as accting ccounty acting ountty sup superintendent erintendent of scho schools. ools. She Sh he to took ok o over veer the p position osition in Mar March ch after aft fter Xa Xavier avvier De L Laa T Torre, o orrre, do dogged gged b byy criticism cr riticism of his aggr aggressive essivve leadership st sstyle tyle y and an nd st staff aff cutbacks cutbacks,, hight hightailed g taailed it back to t El
Paso, T Paso, Texas, exxas, almost ttwo wo yyears w eears ffollowing ollowing o his first da day. ay. De Dewan waan is th the he sixth p person erson to fill the sup superintendent erintenden nt rrole ole in the last seven se eveen yyears, eears, and p perhaps erhapss the ne next xt hir hiree will be be luck lucky ky numb number er se seven. even. e Luck, L uck, howe however, veerr, has ha had ad nothing to do with the dysfunction dysfunctional nal C COE, OE, which suffered from has suff ffeered fr om a series seriees of blunders in Laa T Torre’s rrecent ecent yyears. eears. De L orre’s ignominious o departure was COE gaffe. depar ture w aas just the latest laatest C OE gaff ffee. Metro moree than In April, Met tro ffound ound that mor o half-million that have a half f-million dollars tha at ccould ould ha ave toward gone tow waard helping area area e ffoster o oster yyouth o outh was wasted database nowhere. w aas w aasted on a dat abasse to nowher re. Contracts weree ne never C ontracts and rreferences effeerencess wer ver e properly administrators pr operly vvetted, eettted, t and adm ministrators stonewalled Metro’s stone waalled most of Met tro’s rrequests equests ffor or o information day before inf fo ormation up until thee da ay b effo ore the stor storyy w was aas published. Ma Many an ny emplo employees oyeees ttasked ask ked e with o veerseeing the t dat tabase a ’s overseeing database’s cconstruction onstruction ha have ave sinc since ce left the offic office, e, and the general appr approach oacch of rremaining emaining COE C OE officials has b been een one o of fr frowning owning at facts when a shrug wo won’t on n’’t do do.. In Mar March, ch, the C COE OE ac acknowledged cknowledged it had to pa pay ay $20 $200,000 0,000 to o the IRS ffor o or a payroll pa ayyroll glitch that went on ffor or se o several eveeral yyears. eears. That same month h the C COE OE w was aas fforced orced to admit b o board oard memb m member er Dar Darcie rccie
Green had b Green been een illegally app appointed ointed as a trustee trustee.. The ccounty ountty would ha have ave faced fac ed a la lawsuit aws wsuit had she not rresigned esigned and mo moved oveed d to a diff different ffeerreent district b before effo ore being b eing rreappointed. eapp pointed. ointed Bef Before fo ore that, that and perhaps p erhaps thee biggest flub flub,, De L Laa T Torre’s o orre’s predecessor, pr edecessorr, Chuck W Weis, eis e , saddled the COE C OE with a $9 $900,000 00,000 luxur luxuryy ccondo ondo in downtown n San JJose ose without making a single pa payment ayym ment on the zer zero-interest ro-interreest loan he rreceived, eceivved ed, ccourtesy ourtessy of the b board. oard. AC COE OE pr p press ress e rrelease eelease sent out just last week noted d that the b board oard will put the ccondo ondo up ffor o sale and quoted trustee or Leon L eon Beauc Beauchman chman as sa saying, ayyingg, “W “We We rremain emain ccommitted ommitttted d to b being eing go good od ste stewards waards of ttaxpayer axpaayeer fu funds unds and ar aree pleased to b bee able to close thee b books ooks on these pr properties. operties.” Those words wo ords sounded familiar and st stale, ale, es especially specially after Metro Mettro p pored ored through thr ough mo more ore than a thousand emails and do documents cum ments made aavailable vvailable after ttwo wo w months of negotiating n with the C COE OE over o ver e a Publ Public lic R Records eecords A Act cct (PRA (PRA) A) rrequest. equest. The emails pr provide ovvide a rar raree glimpse into an insulated dp power ower structur structuree that attempts at tttempts t to to ccontrol o ontr t oll the th message att all ll times,, dela times delays ayys the deliv delivery veery of inf information formation o when p possible ossiible and spins unc uncomfortable omffo ortable a facts into pu purple urple public rrelations elations pr prose. ose. A Ass an eexample xxample of the lat latter, tter t ,C COE OE ccommunications ommuniccations a dir director reector K Ken en e Blackstone,, hir Blackstone hired ed with a $137 $137,591 7,,591 annual
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salary in N salary November oveember und under der the De Laa T L Torre orre rregime, o egime, has rrepeatedly epeatedly used a variation of an ans answer werr to rrespond espond to ccompletely ompletely diff ffeerent questions q on different ccompletely ompletely diff ffeerent ma attters t fr om different matters from ccompletely ompletely separate med dia entities media entities.. On Mar ch 28, Blackst tone wr ote March Blackstone wrote to Ba ay Ar rea e N ews Gr oup up educ ation Bay Area News Group education rreporter eporter Shar on N oguch hi, who w as a Sharon Noguchi, was working on a stor egarrding the pa ayyroll storyy rregarding payroll ffailure, failur il e, that h “one “ off our major j eff fforts in ffo i efforts ew yyears eears has b e to impr een ove the past ffew been improve ste waardship of ttaxpayer aaxpaayeer dollars thr rough o stewardship through the ccontinual ontinual rreview evview of all a asp ects of aspects the SC COE.” This w as a ttwo w wo hours after SCCOE. was he told Met tro, in rresponse esponsse to questions Metro, ab out the ffoster oster yyouth o outh dat o d abase fiasc o, about database fiasco, ““Also, Also, I would lik A ke to add d that one of our like major eff ffo orts in the pastt ffew ew yyears eears has efforts b een to impr ove ste ewaardship d of ttaxpayer axpaayeer been improve stewardship dollars thr ough the ccontinual onttinual rreview eview of through all ll asp ects off the h SC COE E.” aspects SCCOE. In a ffollow-up o ollow-up inter vieew with Met tro, interview Metro, Blackstone ccalled alled a it a “go ood ans swer” w “good answer” that w as a “applic cable a in b oth situations was “applicable both situations..” When De ewaan w aas ask ked ed if this is the Dewan was asked le evel e of transpar ency shee eexpects xxpects fr om level transparency from her offic e, she said: office, “W Weell, I think in rresponse esponse o to rrequests equests “Well, and things of that natur re and public nature rrecords ecords and/or media rrequests, eq quests, we ha ave b een set ttting our pr rocesses her have been setting processes heree at the ccounty ountty offic oking to officee and lo looking b ompliant and efficie ent and ttake ak ake bee ccompliant efficient o oach acr oss a global schematic appr approach across our depar tment. Our eff ffo ff orts ar department. efforts aree mor moree ccohesive. ohesivve. W aant to b esponsivve. Wee w want bee rresponsive. That ’s ccertainly ertaainly our inten ntion to b That’s intention bee rresponsive. esponsivve. But we also w aant to mak ke want make sure we ’re ccompliant ompliant an o nd efficient.” sure we’re and De waan n’s rrobotic obotic rresponse esponse sa ays y Dewan’s says nearly as much ab out he er “intention about her to b esponsivve” as the emails e her bee rresponsive” offic veerr— —whiich included officee turned o over—which do cuments she and Blac ckstone withheld documents Blackstone fr om pr evvious rrequests equests ffor or inf o fo ormation. from previous information. One email shows thatt De waan, who Dewan, 7,,500 monthly ra aise on her got a $7 $7,500 raise $16 69,0 9 00 annual salar ec eceeiving $169,000 salaryy after rreceiving erintend dent ttag, ag, the interim sup superintendent ccoached oached b oard memb err Beauchman board member ffor or an inter o vieew with Metr M o while also interview Metro pr oviding v in nvo oices that wer w veer providing invoices weree ne never turned o veer. In an April 11 phone ccall, aall, over. De ewaan told Metr o that she would ha ave Dewan Metro have ccooperated ooperated mor th dat abase moree with the database equesting stor storyy had she known wee wer weree rrequesting ccomment omment so onerr. But em mails show sooner. emails Blackstone —who rrefused efuseed to eeven ven e meet Blackstone—who with Metr ob effor o e its sto ory ran April 9— Metro before story w aas blind ccarbon arb a on ccopying op pyyin ng (Bc c-ing) her was (Bcc-ing) on emails as far back as late l Mar ch. March.
Following F ollowin ng a Boar Board d meeting April 9, Dewan Dewan a sent nt an email to trustees—fiv trustees—five ve of the se seven eveen n rreceived eceivveed the email at their private add dresses—noting that Metr o’s addresses—noting Metro’s ar ticle w as a discussed d in closed session. article was The C OE’s justific jjustification caation ffor or k o eeeping these COE’s keeping ccomments omments out of the public rrecord ecord app ears to b etch. appears bee a str stretch. “The disc cussion in closed session, discussion although we w did rreference effeerence the ar ticle, article, i w it aas in i rregards eggards d to p otential i l litigation, li i i was potential p ty to yyou ou or the media p o er and not a par party per se stions ar ound things that we se,, but ques questions around wer arning as par our o stor y,” weree all lear learning partt of yyour story, De wan a wou uld later tell Metr ro. Dewan would Metro. U ssing thee thr eat of p otential Using threat potential litigation— —despite no eevidence videnc v e that litigation—despite the C OE wi ill b or o its ffeckless eeckless COE will bee sued ffor ffoster oster yyouth o o outh h dat abase—has now database—has k eept cconversations on nveerrsations that should ha ave kept have b een publicc under wraps OE been wraps.. All six C COE officials ffi i l wh h emails hose il wer iinspected ected d whose weree insp b o rreceived e eivved ec e a link to the ffoster o oster byy Metr Metro yyouth outh dat o tab abase ar ticle online database article online,, but none off ffeered ccommentary om mmentary or rreply. eplyy. That offered ccould ould b ecaause the C ec OE eexcluded xxcluded bee b because COE “10-15 p ercent e ” of the 1,40 0 emails and percent” 1,400 equest, do cumentss turned up in the rrequest, documents ac cording to o Blackstone according Blackstone.. When as sk ked e how man ny do cuments asked many documents wer xxclud ded fr om the PRA weree eexcluded from rrequest equest und der the vague otentially under vague,, p potentially “delib rocess” clause in the erativve pr “deliberative process” Public R eecor o ds A cct, which pr events e Records Act, prevents internal discussions om b eccoming o disscussions fr from becoming public untill finalized, Blackstone rrefused efused e to cconsult onsult the t C OE’s general ccounsel ounsel or COE’s mak ke her av aavailable. vvailable. make “W We’vve ccomplied omplied with yyour our rrequest o equest “We’ve P R eeccor ords d A ct, c and that is under the Public Records Act, our rresponse, esponsse,” he said. Se eveeral emails e that do app ear to Several appear show inapp propriate b ehaavvior wer re sent inappropriate behavior were b ettween w D ewaan and b oarrd trustee between Dewan board Michael Ch hang. In the emails g, Chang. emails,, Chang Chang, who as a tru ustee is one of De waan n’s se even e trustee Dewan’s seven b osses, intr oduces a friend, T omm o my Liu, bosses, introduces Tommy ok king ffor or a teaching job o waan who is lo looking job.. De Dewan agr ees to meet m with Liu and help him agrees find job at a lo cal scho ol or p ossibly local school possibly eeven veen a C OE Ep osition. The quid pr o quo COE position. pro p otential is ob bvvious, as Chang ccould ould potential obvious, o t De or waan n’s inst allation as then supp support Dewan’s installation sup erintend dent on a p ermanent basis superintendent permanent basis.. De wan a ssaid aid she has not rreceived eecceiv e ved e an ny Dewan any indic caation how h her rrole ole will change indication if a ne w sup perintendent is ffound. ound. o But new superintendent ac cording to o sour rces with knowledge according sources ees’ trip to SoC al, something of the truste trustees’ SoCal, terribly wr o would ha ong ave to o ccur ffor or o wrong have occur a rreplacement eplacemeent to b bee named later than ne exxt week. next
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Mercc R Mer Returns eturns to Do Downtown owntown SSJJ with SSweet weet P Parking arkingg Deal Downtown n San Jose Jose will onc oncee again b he San J oose Mer rcur c ry Ne ws, bee home to th the Jose Mercury News, the newspaper newspaper e announced announced last week in m a ar met ticle of self f--praise. a deliciously meta article self-praise. Veteran Veeteran reporter rep porter Pete Pete Carey—a Carey— —a Pulitzer Prize-winning Prize-winning lo cal media Pulitzer local legend—was legend—was giv ggiven veen the unf unfortunate fo ortunate task k off rrounding diing i up a sswath wath a h off cit ity task oundi city leaders to ccelebrate eleebrate the pap paper’s er’s relocation to 4 N ond St. relocation N.. Sec Second “It’s “It’s imp important ortant to ha have ave one of the nation’s best newspapers nation n’s b est ne n wspapers downtown,” Mayor Reed Maayor Chuck kR eeed told the newspaper. newspaper. quote.. Mat Matt What a gem m of a quote tt Mahood, local Chamber Mahood, CEO O of the lo cal Chamb er of Commerce, move “fantastic. Commerce, called called a the mo ve “fant astic.” City economic development director Citty ec onomicc de evelopment dir ector Kim i Walesh l h compared compared d the h move mo ove to downtown landing lan nding “a big fish.” And media analystt Ken Ken e Doctor Doctor diagnosed the paper paper as potentially potentially missing out on scoops because paper’s scoops ffor or yyears o eears b ecause the pap er’s current location isn’t accessible. curr ent lo catio on isn ’t easily ac cessible. But none of o the adulation (or excuses) exxcuses) should shoulld be be the rreal eal ttakeaway ak keeaaway from from this story. story. The real story Councilman real sto ory is how C ouncilman Sam Lic Liccardo—endorsed byy the Merc cardo—endorsed b Merrc to suc succeed Reed—helped paper ceed R eeeed—helped the pap er secure $864,000 discount parking.. secure a $8 64,,000 disc ount on parking makes 160 The deal mak kes e 16 0 of the ccompany’s ompan nyy’s 200 free next 200 parking sspaces paces fr ee ffor or the ne o exxt four half-off fo our yyears eears and d half f-off the fifth yyear. eear. That’s damn good Not That’s a dam mn go od deal. N ot on Twitter Francisco’s level, Tw witter in San n Francisc o’s le vel, but go good. od.
Lic Liccardo cardo launched the parking in ncentivve a ffew ew yyears ears ago to lur incentive luree m mor moree business to downtown. And it iit’s ’s w working ffeered to th he working.. But the deal off offered the M Mer Merc rc went ab above ove and b beyond eyo ond off offers ffeerrs eextended x xtended h is to other businesses businesses,, which w wh why hy it rrequired equired Cit City ty C Council ouncil appr approval. oval. A xample l off how h f lo far llocal call Ass an eexample le leaders eaders b bent ent o over ver e back backwards, kwards, Met Metro, tro, ad dmittttedly one of the gr eatest ne w ws admittedly greatest news w weeklies in all the South Ba Bay, ay, rrecently ecen ntly invested in a building downtown. in nvested e To daily’ss pr preferred parlance, T o use the daily’ effeerred parlanc e, this stages th his newspaper newspaper is in the final st ages moving 380 S.. F First Street. off mo ving to 38 0S irst Str eet. Metro mainstay M Metr o has been been a 29-year 29--yeear mainst ay in downtown new office do owntown San JJose ose and its ne w offi ffice about percent is ab out 12 p ercent the size of the 33,186 Merc 33 3,186 square square ffeet eeet the h Mer rc will ill occupy occup c py att its two two w floors floors of space space at Legacy Legacy Civic Towers. Ci ivic T owers. o Metro special Metr o did not rreceive eceivve a sp ecial vvote ote from greater fr om the ccouncil ouncil to rreceive eceive a gr eateer discount di iscount than other downtown businesses. Rather,, Metr Metro was given bu usinesses. Rather ow as a giv en n moree st standard through a mor andard deal thr ough the parking program—two free pa arking pr ogram—ttwo w yyears ears e of fr e ee parking 255 emplo employees pa arking ffor or o 2 oyeees and yyears earss three aree half pric price, according th hree and ffour our ar o e, ac cording d was to o ccompany ompan ny ownership that said it w aas too busy to oo bus sy to go on the rrecord. ecord. Andrew Boone, director Andr ew Bo one, dir ector of nonprofit Bike, Vote, no onprofit I Walk, I Bik e, I V ote, ccalls o allls the Merc’s th he Mer c’s parking deal bad ffor or o thee city because disincentivizes move cit ty b ecause it disinc entivizes a mo ove toward sustainability. to ow waard sust ainabilitty. —Josh Koehn — Joosh K oehn
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Within a day of being sw sworn worn in to Sunnyvale’s City Council, C attorney and serial plai ntiff P at plaintiff Pat Meyering M eyering filed a person personal nal injury lawsuit against the city city. y. H Hee claimed to have tripped and ffallen allen on the sidew walk on Morse Morse A venue. Because Because he was never able to point out sidewalk Avenue. wheree he stumbled, eve wher even en after visiting the site a ffew ew time times, es, a judge tossed out the wrangling. lawsuit after two years of legal wr angling. While the casee got dismissed,, the back acked up a hefty documents from Franciscoand fforth orth rracked h tabl ffor or the city. cityy. Billing Billing docum ments fr om San Fr anciscobased law firm B Bertrand, ertrand d, Fox & E Elliot lliot show Sunnyvale is on o the hook ffor or mor moree than $83,000. T The he invoice of offers ffers even mor moree ffodder odder ffor or the citiz citizen-led zen-led campaign to rrecall ecall the rrancorous ancorous M Meyering eyering g fr from om office. Critics say the counc councilman cilman bullies his colleagues and rrefuses efuses to work col collaboratively. llaborativelyy. During the legal battl battle le over his personal injury suit the city set up a co ouple of mediation sessions to wor rk things out. M eyering couple work Meyering skipped the second mee eting, saying that instead of gettin ng anything settled he meeting, getting wanted t d tto just j t “tear “t it all all d down.”” It will ill be b inter iinteresting t esting ti to t see s how h a man who h never misses a chance to har p on the city ffor or what he deems wasteful w spending will rreact eact harp to the legal bill when it ends up on the consent calendar calendar..
CCampos ampos TThrows h ows CCity hr ity CClerk lerk under B Bus us Councilman Xavier San JJose ose C ouncilman n Xa avvier C Campos ampos sa says ays y he ccast ast th the he wr wrong ong vvote ote ffor o or a planning ccommissioner om mmissioner app appointment ointment and ccalled alleed ffor or a do o do-over. -oveer. says he’s the blame.. H also He l sa ayys he h ’s not th h one to blame he bl “I ffeel eeel that m myy ballo ballot ot w was aas mislabeled [City] Council ouncil mislab eled at the [Cit ty] y C meeting last T Tuesday uesdaay and a do does es actually not rreflect eflect how I actua ally vvoted oted during the Planning C Commission ommission Appointments, wrote App ointments,” he wr o in a rrequest ote equest ffor o or rreconsideration. econsideration. estate Nick Pham, a rreal eal es state agent, b beat eat fiv five-year ve-year planningg ccommissioner ommissioner Hop Hopee C Cahan ahan b byy a singl single le vvote, ote, 6-4 (the byy C Councilman 11th h vvote, ote, b ouncilm ilman Pierluigi i l i i Oliv Oliverio, veerio, went to at attorney ttor t rney C Cameron ameron Day). Cahan, policy Santaa Da ayy). C ahan, a p olicy aide a to Sant Clara C County ounty Sup Supervisor ervissor Cindy Chavez, been strong advocate Cha avez, has b een a str o adv ong ocate ffor o or lab labor or inter interests ests in h her er rrole ole on the ccommission. ommission. It appears appearss Campos, Campos, who a week prior to the council cou uncil meeting lost his re-election re-election race race to Magdalena C Carrasco, arrasco, realized realized he voted voted o out of line with the will of his hiis backers back keers and scrambled to get a second second o chance. chance. Campos’ C ampos’ rrequest equest ffor or a rre-take o e-tak ke is not written—he “feels” only aawkwardly wk w kwaardly writ tten t n—he “f feeels” was rather than thinks the ballot w aas mislabeled, says mislab eled, and he also o sa ays y the vvote ote o doesn’t do esn n’’t rreflect eflect how he “actually “ vvoted” o oted” rather than intended to o vvote—it ote o —it also attempts throw City Toni at tttempts to thr ow Cit ty Clerk T oni o
Taber T aaber under undeer the bus bus,, blaming the ballot’s ballot ’s lab labeling e eling ffor or o the w way ay he vvoted. o oted. Taber diplomatically T aaber dip plomaticcally a deflected the criticism. implied crit ticism. myy opinion weree “In m o the ballots wer marked mark keed d ccorrectly, orrrectly o ly, but b the h ccouncilman il ouncilman opinions,,” she told San is entitled to t his opinions Inside.. “If that that’s way JJose ose Inside ’s the w ay he ffeels, eeels, that ’s fine I not off ffeended.” that’s fine.. I’m offended. R equesti e ing a re-vote re-vote o isn’t isn n’’t entirely entirely Requesting unhear rd off either aaber added, unheard either,, T Taber although th his is the first time it ’s this it’s o ccurred du uring her ttwo-year wo-yeear tenur w occurred during tenuree as clerk. “Sometim mes motions to rreconsider eeconsider “Sometimes might ccome om me up b eccause a [c council o because [council memb ers] ffeel eeel the ey wer aaber members] they weree misled,” T Taber said. “I don n’t ’ get into the ‘wh hys y ,’ I work don’t ‘whys, with the fac ct that the ey’r y e allowed this fact they’re option.” The ccouncil oun ncil this week rrejected ejected his rrequest equest ffor or a do o -oveerr— —Pham m’s do-over—Pham’s app ointmeent will st and. appointment stand. — Jeenniffeer W aadswoorth —Jennifer Wadsworth
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THE WHEELS OF OF CH C CHANGE? ANGE? This Google campuss bicycle currently shows more diversit diversity ty than the search giant itself itself. f.
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to publish h numbers” numbers” on the diversity of its work workforce, multinational kforce, the mul tinational employer has decided that now is the “time to be candid about the issues.”
Of the 36 most most-senior most-senio senior employees classified by Google according a accor ding ethnicity, to ethnicity y, rrace ace and gender in a rrecent ecent report report to thee federal federal government, none falls fallls under the category. “Native Hawaiian”” cat tegoryy. But 34 aree Caucasians ar Caucasians and Asians. Asians.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Commissio on (EEOC) requires requires some employerss to categorize all of their employees employees according according to race, race, ethnicity, ethnicityy, gender and job category. categoryy.
Google has voluntarilyy disclosed that 61 percent percent of its U.S. workforce workforce is white, 30 percent percent iss Asian, Asian, 3 percent per cent is Hispanic and an nd 2 percent percent is percent bl k and black, d 70 per centt off it its global l b l workforce workf orce is male. “We’re “W e’re not where where we want to be when it comes to diversity,” diveersityy,,”” says Laszlo vice president Las zlo Bock, senior vic ce pr esident of (that’s Google’s people operations operations a (that’s hard Google-ese for for HR).. ““And A it is har And d to address address these kinds kinds of challenges if you’re you’re not prepared prepared d to discuss them openly, openlyy, and with h the ffacts. acts. All our diversity efforts, effortts, including going public with these thesse numbers, are are Google designed to ensure ensure Go oogle recruits recruits and retains retains many more morre women and minorities in the future.” futurre.” Google said in a previous previous statement that while the Mountain Mountaain View-based company has “always “alwayss been reluctant reluctant
“Employers “Employerrs are are required required to attempt to allow employees to use selfe identification identificattion to complete the EEO-1 EEO-1 report,” report,”” instructs in nstructs the EEOC in its guidance to covered covered employers. “If an employee emp ployee declines to selfidentify, id tify, employment identify employment l t records records d or observer may be observer identification i used.” Under federal federal law, law w, some of the employment employmeent data collected by employerss and the EEOC that identifies an employee’s race race or ethnicity must be kept confidential. m The federal federal a code may not apply to prime contractors p contractors and subcontractors in business with the subcontractors a federal federal government. go overnment. In the consolidated con nsolidated report report released released by Google, Googlee, the company reported reported that it hass one African American male among among its top brass. brass. —Jason McCormick
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Closing House REUNITED R EUNITED H House ouse of Siam Siam’s ’s founding staf staff ff held a reunion in 2013 that included i owner Somsamai P Perreira errreira and originall employees Kraimanee Innok and Suchada Dokaor Dokaor. r.
L Longtime ongtime downto downtown wn San Jose restaurant restau urant H House ouse off Siam served as a a second seccond home and d a third space BY B Y GAR GARY Y SIN SINGH GH
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FTE FTER ER 20 YEARS YEARS in downtown dow wntown San Jose, Jose, House H ou use of Siam on Second Sec cond St. will be closing its doors for good this A was weekend. Although it was firsst Thai restaurant restaurant not the first downtown, this do hi to open downtown, n the wasteland wasteland sapphire in successfully fused the native successfully exotic from the very and the exotic o second it opened.
Back in thee late ’9 ’90s, 0s, when I first b began egan writing w ffor o or websites, websites,
one off th one the first fi t piec pieces i es I eever ver wr wrote otte t d describ ed House of Siam as a described “culinary “c culinar y dominatrix flo flogging gging one’s on ne’s ttaste a buds aste .” It was was a ccompliment. omplimentt. I buds.” was w as a long longtime time fan of Herb C Caen aen n an nd the w ayy he wr ote ab out his and way wrote about fa avvorite plac es ar ound town— favorite places around eateries, ea ateries, hat shops, shops, etc.—but etc.—but I lo onged to add m wiist longed myy own punk ttwist to o his shtick. I can can definitely say saay myy House of Siam eexperiences m xperiences in n th he ’9 0s b o oted me in that gene ral the ’90s booted general direction. d dir ection. For specific crew F or a sp ecific cr ew of us at thee ti ime—longhaired, har d- drinkingg time—longhaired, hard-drinking SJSU SJ JSU grad students—House of Siam S iam b became ecame our equivalent of the t ccoffee offeee shop on Seinfeld. off Seinffeeld. It w was as ou our ur placee ffor probably rregular e egular meeting plac or pr o obab bly
the last half of that dec d ade. I must decade. ha ave spent spent hundr eds of student have hundreds loan dollars retrosspect, it was was dollars.. In retrospect, our sec ond home We drank there, there, second home.. We plotted plot ted futur futuree gigs th there here and planned our ne xt trips trip ps ther e. If next there. one of us had just rreturned etturned fr om a from trip, trip i , we’d we’d always alw l ayys meet meeet at House H off Siam to ccatch atch up Any new new friend up.. Any or girlfriend who ccame am me into our cir cle w as usually init tiated at House circle was initiated of Siam. F or all pract tical purp oses, For practical purposes, we essentially op eratted out of that operated rrestaurant estaurant and at onee p oint I w as point was eeven ven get ting phone ccalls alls ther e. getting there. se of Siam What's mor e, Hou more, House off ffeered degr ees of spi iciness: mild, offered degrees spiciness: medium, spicy, spicyy, then 1x 1 and 2x. W Wee wer o or der 4x. A weree the first ones to order Att the time p offeessor at time,, m myy music pr professor SJSU,, Allen Strange SJSU Strange,, ttaught aught us that ccooking o oking and music ccomposition o omp osition wer o cesss, esp ecially weree the same pr process, especially when it ccame ame to A siaan ffood. o od. As As a Asian ccomposer omposer and performer, p er fo orrmer, his lineage went back to the ’6 0ss, a time when ’60s,
Cage’s frequent JJohn ohn C agee’s fr equent ccollaborator, ollaborator, David Tudor, Da avvid T ud dor, used to ccarry arr y Indian spices traveling spic es in his h gear bag when tra aveling because b ecause there th here didn’t didn’t exist exist that many many U.S. Indian rrestaurants esstaurants in the U .S. yet, yet, or none th hat wer So, that weree spicy enough. So, just lik uintessential know-it -all likee qu quintessential know-it-all grad stude ents tr ying to show up students trying their pr offeessor, we indoctrinated indo ctrinated professor, Allen at House H of Siam and pr oved proved we ccould ould ttake ake the ffood o od spicier than him. And we did. He gave gaave up. up. If any any rrestaurant estaurantt fused lif fe with avantavvantlife garde performance perfo ormance aesthetics garde aesthetics,, that plac as it. Of Of that original cr ew, placee w was crew, I am the only o one still left in San JJose, ose, so rrevisiting evisiting v that era now ffeels eels e esp ecially p oignant. especially poignant. In the mid-’9 m 0s, ther xisted mid-’90s, theree only eexisted a handful of inter esting ethnic interesting rrestaurants estaurantts in downtown San JJose ose and the SJ JSU ccommunity ommunity rar ely SJSU rarely engaged with w an ything off ccampus ampus anything mor th n a ffew ew blo bl cks k aaway. wayy. The Th moree than blocks ffolks olks at Ho o ouse of Siam alw ayys made House always us ffeel eel e at home h matter how loud home,, no matter and drunk k we b ecame, no mat ter became, matter how often n the nearb ties got nearbyy par parties up and mo oved acr oss the rrestaurant estaurant moved across fr om us n mat ter how long we from us,, no matter st ayed, refusing reffusing to leave, leaave, and no stayed, ter ho mat ow much we embarrassed matter how the w aitresses e , some of whom ar waitresses, aree friends of mine to this da ay. It rreally eally day. seemed d lik ke we were were all ll one big bi like family y. If an aanyy plac oved that family. placee pr proved Thais ar t Italians Italians of Southeast aree the A sia, it w a House of Siam. as Asia, was A ffew ew days daayys after the original lo cation att 55 S et closed down, location S.. Mark Market I saunter ed in just as the owners/ sauntered sisters wer re gut ting what w as left. were gutting was Fr om the wr w eckage b ehind the bar From wreckage behind bar,, the d out the last rremaining emaining theyy pulle pulled Singha b eeer and gave gaave it to me beer me.. On the house y. When the ne w house.. Literally Literally. new lo cation o pened up in Septemb er of location opened September 20 01, legions legio ons of family and friends 2001, wer vited, and I w as grateful to b weree in invited, was bee among tho ose pr esent. those present. In rrecent ecen nt years, years, the owners of House of Siam S hav ve intentionally have and unint tentionally help ed me unintentionally helped write se veral ccolumns. olumns. Quite a ffew ew several leads ha ave come come fr om the m ystic have from mystic aura of th hat rrestaurant, estaurant, leads that enabling me m to fuse the nativ nativee and eexotic xoticc halv es of how I tend to halves interpr et the t San JJose ose ccondition. ondition. All interpret is not lost lost,, though. The owners will so on rreopen eopen T ee e Nee Nee Thai on The soon Tee Alameda, enabling the legends to ccontinue, ontinue, either in m myy own head, or in some ot ther fashion. other
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ODERNIST CUISINE, with all its carbon dioxide, liquid nitrogen, centrifuges and spherification, makes it especially obvious: cooking is a science. But at least to judge from “The Photography of Modernist Cuisine,” opening June 25 at the Tech Museum of Innovation, not only is this science edible, it’s also beautiful.
Former Microsoft CTO Nathan Mhyrvold wrote a series of books about modernist cuisine, including 2012’s Modernist Cuisine at Home. (He knows his stuff: after leaving Microsoft in the late ’90s he studied culinary arts at the prestigious Ecole de la Varenne and worked as Zagat Survey’s chief gastronomic officer for several years.) Mhyrvold also shot many photos for his books and his latest release, published last fall, inspired the exhibition coming to the Tech (in fact the show and the book share a name). The photos, taken by Mhyrvold and his team, aim to illuminate the everyday chemistry that goes into making a dish. “THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF MODERNIST CUISINE” opening June 25 at the Tech Museum of Innovation, 201 S. Market St., San Jose. 408.294.8324.
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LATBREAD (AKA unleavened bread) has a place in many cuisines around the world, from naan to injera to pitas. South American arepas are, in a way, like pitas (in concept) crossed with English muffins (in texture). However, where carb counters may balk, diners looking for gluten-free meals are set: arepas’ main ingredient is maize rather than wheat.
These small rounds of lightly fried flatbread are the main event at Arepa Swing, a Venezuelan restaurant that opened earlier this month at San Pedro Square Market. Arepas resemble pitas mostly in that the bread is sliced open and stuffed, similar to a falafel sandwich, except the arepa fillings run more toward cheese, eggs or meat. Arepa Swing offers more than a dozen choices of fillings, including chicken-avocado salad, ham and tomato, slow-roasted pork, linguica, shredded beef, black bean and cheese, scrambled eggs and a variety of cheeses. Whereas pitas tend to be thin and pliable arepas are denser, with a fluffy interior (that’s where the “crannies” of Engilsh muffins come in). For dessert, Arepa Swing serves Venezuelan flan and flourless corn cake. AREPA SWING San Pedro Square Market, 100 N. Almaden Ave., San Jose. 408.947.2099.
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Five years ago singer-songwriter sinnger-songwriter Brookings David Br ookings left left Memphis and rrelocated elocated to San Jose. J . Since his move he’s he’s yet to put p a band together pr oper-like, and has h stuck to gigging proper-like, solo and playing the t occasional one-off full band perf ormance with performance musician whatever musicia an friends he could cobble together together.. He H even rrecorded ecorded and rreleased eleased the brilliant Beatlesinfluenced psyche edelic-power-pop psychedelic-power-pop LP The Mazee last year, yearr, his sixth rrecord ecord without a band b to support it. Now he’s he’s finally pr ppremiering emiering his new band at the Blankk Club, called David Br Brookings ookings and thee A Average ver v age LLookings. ookings.
They’ll play mo mostly ostly tunes off The Mazee, run through from but will also ru un thr ough a ffew ew fr om Br Brookings’ ookings’ ext extensive tensive back catalog. (A (AC) C)
Actually, A ctuallyy, his h set might just be the one thing that iss exactly the same as most ooff the sets at EDC, which is good orr bad depending on how much big rroom oom one can handle. Beaver,r, Ross. Other DJs include John Beaver Frank FM, Fr ank Nitty and Krishna. (SL)
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project, Projectors pr ojectt,, like a lo-fi Dirty Pr ojectors meets Nine Inch Nails meets Beck. instrumentation The ins strumentation includes drums, loops, keys, lo oops, guitars, computers— ’s all held together everything, it’s everyth hing, and it his with hi is fringe-pop g p p vocal melodies. They ddoo a compelling cover of TTalking aalking Heads’’ “Burning Down the House,” Heads which shows just how weir weirdd that (AC) song aactually ctually is. (A C)
SLG A SLG Art rt Boutiki B and Gallery Gallery, y, San Jose Fri, 7:30pm, 7:30p pm, $10
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The Rodeo Club, The C San Jose Fri, 7pm, $15-$25 $15 5-$25 Okayy, let Okay, let’s ’s just jusst be up front front here here and admit that San Saan Jose isn’t isn’t exactly Las V Vegas, egas, and annd The Rodeo Club isn’t isn ’t exactlyy the t Las Vegas Vegas Motor Speedway, suree as hell beats buut $15 sur Speedway y, but $300 or whatever whatever Electric Daisy year.. Headlining CCarnival arnival cost this year E-VO this shadow EDC E party is DJ EVO electro/ out of Dallas who spins the electr o/ progressive/big pr ogressive/big room room house stuff everywhere. of ffestival estival headliners heaadliners everywher e.
Some peo people ple might rremember emember the Doormice. That was Gavin Neves’ Neves’ energetic ener getic indie-r indie-rock-folk ock-folk duo back when he used u to live in San Jose a couple l yea years ars ago.. After Aft spending di Portland the past ffew e years in P ew ortland he’s he ’s rreturned eturnned home and br brought ought project, with him his h latest pr oject,, Ghetto Hexes—and Hexes—a and it it’s ’s really really different. different. Theree ar aree tr traces Ther aces of his rock rock & it’s rroll oll rroots, oots,, but b it ’s mostly a dark, fforeboding, orebodingg, experimental,, synthy
Backyar Backyard y d Coff Coffee, ee, Redwood City Fri, 7:30, 7:3 30, $5 Suggested Donation Within under underground ground scr screamo eamo and hardcore circles, har dcoore cir cles, Redwood City’s Comadre aree gods. (W Comad dre ar ((Well, ell, maybe not godss, tthey hey hate all that rrockstar ockstar her herooworship.) worship.) In their later years they didn’t didn’t play p very often,, then finally hung up u their heels about a year ago to the dismay d of ffans. ans. Rest assured, assured, guitarist guitarisst Jack Shirley (who also owns and operates opperates recording recording studio A Atomic tomic Garden Palo Alto) Gardenn in East P alo Al to) has a new
band, they’ree playing their first bannd, and they’r show Friday, shoow ever this Friday y, and even have a 7”” scheduled ffor or rrelease elease on June 26. The band also ffeatures eatures members from Secrets from m Know Secr ets and No Babies. Based y Bassed on the one songg they’ve leaked, leakked,, called “The Sea inside,”” the group organ-driven group is an or gan-driven melding of heart-on-the-sleeve hardcore heaart-on-the-sleeve har dcore and energetic eneergetic garage-rock. garage-rock. (AC) (AC)
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oncerts * cconcerts MAXWELL M AXWELL June 23 aatt the Mountain Winery
SSTEVE TEVE W WINWOOD INWOOD June 25 aatt the Mountain Winery
THE T HE PIANO GUY GUYSS June 27 2 at City National Civic
MARIACHI M ARIACHI V VARGAS ARGAS DE A TECALITLAN TECALITLAN June 228 8 at City National Civic
QUEEN/ADAM QUE EEN/ADAM LAMBERT LAMBERT July 1 at SSAP AP Center
JOAN JO AN B BAEZ/INDIGO AEZ/INDIGO GIRL GIRLSS Julyy 1 at Mountain Winery
CCHER HER July 2 at SSAP AP Center
BOYZ B OYZ II M MEN EN July 10 aatt the Mountain Winery
RINGO RINGO SSTARR TARR AN AND D HISS A H HI ALL-STARR LL-STA ARR B BAND AND July 1133 at City National Civic
HAPPY H APP P YT TOGETHER OGETHER T TOUR OUR July 13 aatt the Mountain Winery
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MOVE MO VE FE FEATURING EA AT TURING JULIANNE AND AND DEREK HOUGH HOUGH July 1144 at City National Civic
KENNY K ENNY LLOGGINS OGGINS July 16 aatt Montalvo Arts Center
““THE THE V VOICE” OICE” T TOUR OUR July 330 0 at City National Civic
the most extr extreme eme metal andd punk bands. Their He Had It Comin’ Cominn’ EP is a fusion of Cannibal Cannibal Corpse blast beats, Eyehategod sludge rif riffs ffs and just gener general deranged, tortured al der anged, tortu red screams. screams. The riffs ar aree true too grindcore—fast grindcore—fast and messy. messy. There’s There’s so much happening in each song it comes out as one raw raw blockk of skullsmacking chaos. This isn isn’t ’t a sit down and listen band; this is a go apea shit-in-the-pit kind of gr group. oupp. (KF)
E L SONIDO EL SONIDO CCALLEJERO ALLEJ ERO Back Bar SoF SoFA, A, San Jose Sat, 9pm, $8-$10 single El Sonido CCallejero's allejero's latest sin ngle Olvidar”” is well-“No TTee Puedo Olvidar rrepresentative epresentative of their sound sound: d:: it starts off with a rreggae-by-way-ofeggae-by-w way-ofSublime vibe overlaid with a Latinpicks rrock ock accordion, accordion, and then pick ks up the throws pace and thr ows it all out thee window
in ffavor avor of some serious guitar g band—originnating in riff riffage. age. The band—originating Mexico and earning a lot of nods ffor or their norteño/r norteño/rock/cumbia/reggae ock/cumbbia/reggae support hybrid—is touring in sup pport of their latest EP EP, P, comingg a few few yye years ears after only—LP. their first—and so ffar ar on nly—LP P. (SL)
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SSTATE TATE T TO O SSTATE T E TAT Caravan LLounge, Caravan ounge, San JJose ose Sun, 9pm, free free
The late ’90s 90s and early 22000s 000s were were eraa ffor stadium alt-rock a booming er or stadiu m al t-rock bands á la Muse, the Kille Killers ers and Coldplay. Coldplay y. State State to State, State, a rock rock & roll roll from quartet fr om L.A., brings a similar guitar-driven, moody intensity inteensity to atmospheric their music. They mix atm mospheric arrangements heavy, ar rangements with heavy y, driving songs from beats, and build their son ngs up fr om
near gentle splashes of sound to orchestral epic, or chestral rrock ock riff rriffage. age. Singer Shea SStratton tratton has thee convulsive high-timbree of Thom YYorke, high-timbr orke, which bounces off the lush guitar g work magnificently. magnificently g y. ((AD))
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The Mountain W Winery, ineeryy, Saratoga Saratoga Tue, T ue, u 7:30pm, $49.50-$119.50 $49.50 0-$119.50 Jill Scott's debut album m hit the 2000—back theree shelves in 2000—ba ck when ther weree shelves to hit— wer hit—and —and pr proceeded oceeded platinum, to go double platinum m,, riding the wave of late ’90s/ear ’90s/early rly ’00s neonext soul popularity. popularity. Her ne ext two albums, rreleased eleased ’04 and ’07, ’077, both b went gold, and her latest in 2011, The Light of the Sun, hit number 1. Now she's tour,r, coming to thee Mountain on tour
contemporary, Winery a day after her contempor aryy, Maxwell.. Scott's been beeen in demand as career, a collaborator collaborator throughout throughout o her car eerr, she’s as she ’s known ffor orr her stunning vocal rrange ange and songwri songwriting iting pr prowess. owess. (SL)
LLOGAN OG AN GREENE G San Jose Rock Sh Shop, hop, San Jose Tue, T ue, u 7pm, $5 w/ membership, $6 w/o membership membership Moodyy, acoustic ffolk-rock Moody, o ock is LLogan olk-r ogan Greene’s specialty. EP, Gr eene’s special tyy. His latest EP P, Never Coming Homee, ride rides es a line between the poetic passion of ffolk-punk olk-punk singer Fr ank TTurner urne u r and an even mor Frank moree Conor that’s rraw aw version of Con or Oberst (if that ’s possible). ibl ). In I an iins instant t t he tant h can deliver d li a soft,, heartfelt heartfelt melody meelody and transition transition into a power-fueled power-fueleed chorus singalong, all while strumming struumming away on his acoustic guitar. guitar. Greene Greene got some help ffor or his EP withh backing vocals, drums and cello work, woork, but for for this tour he’ll he’ll be flying solo. (AD)
GEORGE GE ORGE LOPEZ LOPEZ Aug 9 at City National Civic
JJUSTIN JU STIN T TIMBERLAKE IMBERLAKE Aug 11 at SSAP AP Center
BRUNO B RUNO M MARS ARS Aug 15 at SAP SAP Center
““AMERICAN AMERICAN ID IDOL” OL” LLIVE IVE Aug 1177 at City National Civic
EENRIQUE NRIQUEE IG IGLESIAS/PIT LESIAS/PIT B BULL ULL Sep 12 at SSAP AP Center
CCROSBY, ROSBY, STILLS STILLS & NASH NASH Sep 119 9 at City National Civic
KATY K ATY T PERRY PERR RY Sep Se ep 22 22-23 -23 at SAP SAP Center
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Classic Sondheim m musical presented Altos pr esented by LLos oss Al tos Stage Stage Company.. Thru Ju June Company une 28. Bus Barn Theater Theater,, LLos oss Al Altos. tos.
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DISCONNECT DIS CONNECT A comedy about a gr group oup of energetic ener getic ti Indian I di 20 20-somethings 0 0-somethings thi with ffake ake names and a ffake ake accents cardd who chase down cr ccredit edit car defaulters def aulters in America. Amerrica.. $12.506-Jun Theatree on San $30.. Jun 6Jun 22.. Theatr Pedro P edro Squar Square, e,, San Jose.
THE T HE LANGU LANGUAGE AGEE ARCHIVE ARCHIVE City Lights Theate Theater er company presents pr esents Julia Cho’s Choo’s dr drama ama about a man whoo struggles preserve to pr eserve and ddocument ocument old languages while voicing v his English. ffeelings eelings li in i EEnglish li h. h Thru Th Jun J 29. 29 Lights, $25-$30. City Lig hts,, San Jose.
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“Hot Spot:: Bay Area Area Studio Studio Glass,”” glass artworks artworks by various artists, including work workss fr from om Bonny Doon Art Glass, Holy City Art Glass and LLundberg undberg Studios. Studios. Opening Reception Junn 8, 1pm3pm. Jun 8-Aug 224. 4. Los Los Gatos.
CCANTOR ANTOR AR ARTS TS CCENTER ENT TER “Carleton Watkins: “Carleton Watkins:: The Stanford Stanford Albums,”” photogr photographs aphs by CCarleton arleton Watkins Watkins of Yosemite Yos osemite Valley, V aalleyy, the Pacific Pacific Coast, Coastt,, Columbia River and Or Oregon, egon,, and more. m e. Thru mor Aug 17 17. 7. Wed-Sun, Wed-Sun, 11am-5pm, 11am-5pm,, Thu, 11am-8pm. SStanford. tanford.
SSAN AN JJOSE OSE MUSEUM MO OFF AR ART T “David Levinthal: Makee Believe,” workss by photogr work photographer apheer David Levinthal. May 8-Nov 30. 3 “Legacy: The Emily Fish Fisher her Landau Collection.”” Junn 5-Sep 15. TTue-Sun, uue-Sun, 11am-5pm 11am-5pm, m, closed Mon. San Jose.
This year year’s ’s entert entertainment tainment ffeatures eatures Assyrian Assyrian ballet shows and Mesopotamiaa choir and symphony or orchestra, chesstra,, pr produced oduced by The Assyrian Assyrian Aid A Society of America. Jun 21, 5pm. 5 $50-$150. CCalifornia alifornia Theater Theater,r, San Jose.
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A collabor collaborative ative dance d showcase that ffeatures e eatur es Dance Attack! A ttack! students students, s, ages 5 years to adul adult. t. Jun 24-25. 24-25. 2 7pm. $25Performing $30. Center ffor or tthe he P erforming Arts, San Jose.
“Releasing the P Pearl,” earl,”” work workss by Faring Purth. San Jos Jose. e.
DANCIN’ D ANCIN’ WITH T THE HE M MOUSE OUSE A dance theater pe performance erformance presented Affair. pr esented by The Dance D Aff air. Jun 22,, 3:30pm.. $21-$4 $21-$40. 40.. Center ffor or Performing Arts, the P erforming Art ts,, San Jose.
NOR CA NOR CALL D DANCE ANCE A ARTS RTS RECITAL R ECITAL SSHOWCASE HOWCASE Jun 22, 2:30pm. $18-$25. $ Theater, CCalifornia alifornia Theate er, San Jose.
*operaa *oper THE T HE MIKADO MIKADO A prince in disgu disguise, uise, thr three ee little maids, an eexecutioner xecutioner threatened thr eatened with execution and a dr dragon agon lady loo looking oking ffor or her lifee in this lost love come too lif exotic comic opera opeera pr presented esented by LLyric yric Theater Theater.. Jun 2121-29. 29. $11-$37. $11-$37 7. Montgo Montgomery mery Theater Theater,, San Jose.
“2014 SStatewide tatewide Phot Photography tography Competition/Exhibition,” Competition/Exhibiti on,”” and paintings by “L “Lucas ucas Blok,” B ” May 10-Aug 10. 10 Santa Clar Clara. ra. a
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ART A RT BOUTIKI “Out of the Flames In Into to the Fire,” Fir e,” solo exhibit by KKathy athy Adams. Closing Recep Reception ption Thu, Jun 19, 7:30pm, with music m by Quasar Collective and a The Arsonists. San Jose.
EEMPIRE MPIRE SE SEVEN VEN SU SUDIOS DIOS ‘HANDMADE’ cur curated ated by b Humble Beginnings TTattoo. attoo. With works works by Carlos Carlos Ayala Ayala Jr, Jr, Pier re Br aganza, Jordan Jordan Gabriel, Pierre Braganza, Chris Gonzales,, Josh H artleyy, Hartley, Orly LLocquiao, ocquiao,, Melissa Manuel, Roc Niko,, Bong P adilla,, David Padilla, Robinson, Sefa Sefa Samatua, Samatuua,, Jessica Ser rano, TToby oby o TTorres, or o res, KKeith e eith Serrano, V alencia. Thru Jul 12. Sa an Jose. Valencia. San
GGALLERY ALLERY H HOUSE OUSE “Playful Minds,” a group group o show ffeaturing eaturing sculptures sculptures in i clay, clayy, stone and glass. Jun 3-28. 3-28. Palo P alo Al Alto. to.
KALEID KA LEID GA GALLERY LLERY “What I See When I See Seee Me,”
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PACIFIC P AC I F I C A ART RT LEA LEAGUE GUE “Wet P “Wet Paint,” aint,” work workss by contributing artists. artists P Palo alo Al A Alto. to to.
PALO P ALO AL ALTO LTO A ART RT CENTER R “Between Dr Dreams eams and Nightmares,” Nightmar es,” mixed-mediaa drawings Harel. dr awings by Dana Har el. Jun 13-Sep 13-Sep 77.. “Containers of Community Community,” y,,” cer ceramic amic installation by Ehr Ehren en TTool oool and a local contributors, honoring loc al veterans. Palo Alto. veter ans. Jul 1-Sep 77.. P alo Al to.
PHANTOM P HANTOM A ART RT GGALLERIES ALLER RIES “Cuba Dozen,” “Cuba , acrylic y ppain paintings tings g inspired lifee by JJudy inspir ed by CCuban uban lif udy Rookstool. Rook stool. 95 South Marke Market. et. San Jose.
SAN JJOSE SAN OSE INS INSTITUTE TITUTE O OFF CCONTEMPORARY ONTEMPORARY AR ART T “Poetic Codings,” installati “Poetic installations ions by various artists. Thru Sepp 6. “Iterations “Iterations & Assertions,” Assertions,” workss by Amy Ellingson. TThru work hru 10am-5pm, Sep 13. TTue-Fri, uue-Fri, 10am-5pm m, Sat, noon-5pm. San Jose.
SEEING THING THINGSS GALLERY GALLER RY “One Mor Moree Mile,” work workss byy various artists. Jul 12. San Jose.
TECH T ECH SSHOP HOP SSAN AN JOSE “TTeechGYRLS, W “TechGYRLS, Women omen of th thee Future” workss by TechGYRLS Futur e” work TeechGYRLS of Willow Glen and Hoover Middle M Schools. San Jose.
WORKS W ORKS SSAN AN JOSE “Design in TTransit: ransit: rrebranding ebrandding Valley Silicon V alley public transportation.” tr ansportation ” Thru Jun 221. ansportation. 21 San Jose.
*events *e vents WORLD CUP WORLD VIEWING PARTIES V IEWING P ARTIES Sponsored by the San Josee Sponsored Downtown Association. Association. Ju June une 21, 8:30am-5:30pm: 8:30am-5:30pm: Ar Argentina gentina Iran; Ghana; vs. Ir an; Germany vs. Ghana a; Nigeria vs. Bosnia, at SSt. t. Ja James ames Park; P ark; June 22, 22 11:30am 11:30am5:15pm: 5:15pm: Belgium vs. Russi Russia; a; USA KKorea orea vs. Algeria; U SA vs. Portugal, Park. P ortugal, at SSt. t. James P arkk.
WORLD CUP A WORLD AT T CASINO M8TRIX CA SINO M 8TRIX Zone 8 Sports Bar & Grill wi willll be showing the World World Cup Cup on many m of its 29 scr screens. eens.. San Jose.
SHOOT ‘EM UP AND SING Famed criminals Bonnie (Allison F. Rich) and Clyde (Cliff McCormick) were also music lovers.
Original Gangsters AS TALES of anti-heroes go, the story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow is as American as apple pie. Eighty years after their deaths, the trigger-happy couple have become legends, but a new show about the pair aims to keep it real. San Jose Stage Company is presenting the regional premiere Bonnie & Clyde of the musical, Bonnie & Clyde. In dramatizing their story, the challenge is in highlighting the poignancy without romanticizing the deviancy. Setting such a tale to music can prove trickier still.
San Jose Stage Company Thru July 27 $14-$45 sjstage.com
And who knew these infamous criminals were also into music? Not enough to soothe their savage impulses, but even so: Bonnie and Clyde were passionate musicians and music patrons. Bonnie was a pageant singer, Clyde a saxophonist and guitar player. His saxophone was found in their famously shot-up '34 Ford Deluxe sedan. The musical opens in Depression-era West Texas, transitioning between the duo's respective childhoods: Bonnie (Allison F. Rich) is a waitress with bigger ambitions, while Clyde (Cliff McCormick) is a mischief-maker with destructive desires. Using projections on a large video screen at the back of the stage, the narrative moves seamlessly through their early lives, simplifying their personal struggles without cheapening the experience—until their fateful meeting. From there, the famous relationship and its fiery demise plays out through a stunning array of rockabilly, blues, soul, gospel, ragtime and country musicg. As Bonnie, Rich is both boisterous and charmingly reluctant, playing the devilish muse to the defiant Clyde (McCormick). The pair not only have tremendous voices, but they also have great chemistry. Although a lot of the scenes overlap due to the condensation of a complicated story, they still work. Many of the numbers require meticulous choreography, not an easy feat on a small stage, but they go off without a hitch. Perhaps the only drawback is the use of microphones: The performers’ voices are so strong that miking seemed unnecessary and caused some distortion during one number. Bonnie & Clyde doesn't flinch from the brutal reality that Bonnie, and especially Clyde, were stone-cold killers. Violence is very much present in show. Even the show’s program, with its extensive historical information, makes it clear that the real Bonnie and Clyde were accidentally notorious, caught up as a symbol of an attitude that had begun to fester in the general frustration and despair of the Great Depression. In this way, the musical seems less about Bonnie and Clyde than an exploration of a dark time in American life, using the era's anti-heroes to express this frustration through a wonderful and rich variety of American music.—Tad Malone
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end of civili civilization ization b byy the amount of time it wou would uld ttake ake gasoline additiv additives es to eexpire. xpire. The R Rover, over e , Da David avvid Michô Michôd’s d’s disappointing disapp ointting ffollow-up ollow-up ollow o up to The Kingdom, cheeryy title: Animal Kin ngdom, has a cheer Led Zep’s L ed Z ep’s song, s song , MIA here, here, would with drives. go well wit th long Outback driv es. We’re W e’re in A Australia, ustralia, 10 yyears ears after The C Collapse. ollap pse. Some ccollapse! ollapse! They’ve They’ve got go ot trains and motels clean-enough sheets.. If it it’s with clean- enough sheets ’s under guar guard rd by by gunmen, there’s there’s apparently appar entlyy enough gas and tir tires es left plentyy of pointless ffor or plent o o p ointless driving. driving. Monosyllabic M Monos ylllabic l bi A ll Avenger venger (b (bearded, earded, d d jut-jawed jut -jjaaw wed Guy G P Pearce, earce, lo looking oking lik likee angryy Boer an angr B er who just learned Bo about ab out the end e of apar apartheid) theid) is so furious tha that at the flies don don’t ’t b bother other him. He drives drrives up to a middle middle-of f--nowhere bar or something to of-nowhere wash Three mutely w ash his neck. Thr ee inept
bandits crash their truck right in i front fr ont of the plac place, e, during a vici vicious ious ar gument ab out whether or not no ot argument about theyy should ha the have ave left a man b behind. eh hind. The ar. (P earce’s name n Theyy steal Eric’ Eric’ss ccar. (Pearce’s is Eric; mostly he Man W iith N o With No Names it). W iith some ease Ericc With eextracts xtracts the trapp ed (and har dlly trapped hardly scratched) truck and R oad o War rriors Road Warriors down the thr ee bandits They pull p three bandits.. They o ver ffor or the parla o ay, and knock kno ck Eric E over parlay, o ver the head; the ’t do th he over theyy don don’t the ccommon ommon sense thing of killing him and ttaking aking his ccar. ar. Shor tly after ward, Eric finds the Shortly afterward, gut -shot brother: brother: a Faulknerian n idiot gut-shot named R ey. Sparing us C asey Affleck, A Rey. Casey it ’s R obert P o attinson using a sp pastic it’s Robert Pattinson spastic honk that seems to b bee a tributee to Billy Bob Thornton in Sling Bla ade. Blade. In ccold old pursuit, R ey and Eric dr rive Rey drive to the Flinders Range wher here is wheree th there ts—a lone wo a ph ysician of sor oman physician sorts—a woman do ctor (Susan Prior). JJust ust as Mi ichô d doctor Michôd b oasts of making sur there w a as boasts suree there was no magic hour photo photography graphy off pictur esque South A ustralia, hee also picturesque Australia, mak es sure sure not to ttangle angle the do o ctor makes doctor
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A CCOFFEE OFFEE IIN N BERLI BERLIN N (Not rrated; a ated; 83 min.) After a man dr drops ops out of college, he wanders the streets streets of his hometown, h Berlin. (Opens Fri.)
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SCREEN TIME Frankie Vallie (John Lloyd Young) and the Four Seasons debut their soon-to-be hit ‘Sherry’ on ‘American Bandstand.’
Seasons in the Sun THIRD ACT troubles mar one of Clint Eastwood’s best movies, an adaptation of the hit showbiz musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Jersey Boys. Events are rejiggered so that the triumph (the smash “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”) can come after sketchily and halfheartedly directed tragedy. It gets hurried and cheap-looking in the finale. Yet the movie succeeds. Eastwood brings it home with a no-star cast—actually, there is a star: Christopher Walken, Oscar-bound. He’s Gyp, a well-mannered mafia don. Watching Walken’s jaw tremble with choked tears as he hears Valli sing about mother love, we view not only one of the best actors alive, but also see Eastwood sparing us overpraise for the Four Seasons’ music. The Four Seasons’ white doo-wop, inescapable in the 1960s, had an eerie jet-age glaze on it—in these mixes, with the archaic keyboards, you think less about Johnny Ace and all the other black doo-woppers excluded from this picture, and think more about Joe Meek over in the U.K. Sometimes Valli sang like a Theremin. Eastwood stages the othercountry quality of the past well. The debut of “Sherry” on American Bandstand is greatly evocative: Valli’s rich, chilling wail, the cramped studio blocked by a
clunky TV camera, a waxy Dick Clark paralyzed behind his podium. Valli is played by John Lloyd Young as a man so uncomplicated that he’s slightly mysterious: a workaholic who sacrifices himself for his shady partner (Vincent Piazza of Boardwalk Jersey Boys Empire). Reprising his Broadway role, Young R; 134 MIN. is compelling, echoing Opens Friday other small-stature powerhouses like Edward G. Robinson and Paul Muni. He’s instantly likeable, the best face in a movie in which there are very few anachronistic ones. The down side—we don’t see enough of the debuting Renée Marino as Valli’s tough wife. Snipers have been describing this as an overlong Behind the Music episode, but it’s more like an engrossing oral history of a band’s rise and fall, with conflicted perspectives and old hurts. The direct address to the camera works well, sometimes brilliantly. Beyond the Jersey metaphysics, there’s something deep and tangy and downbeat here, countering the hysterical ebullience of the tunes. At heart, it’s a musical about overwork and debt. —Richard von Busack
(Not rrated; ated;; 83 min.) In Nicholas W rathaall’s ffond ond documentary y, the Wrathall’s documentary, dir ectoor has a subject who rrelished elished director talking about himself Gore Vidal himself.. Gore spent p thr tthree ee yyears in World World War War II, station ned in the Aleutians—he got stationed a nove ar novell out of that. He learned ffar mor b the senatorial page ffor or moree being his blin nd gr andfather, Albert Gor e, blind grandfather, Gore, one of the ffew ew Oklahoma senators to rrefuse efuse financial emollients fr om the from oil com mpanies. Vidal’s America had an companies. unpar a alleled ter ror of homosexuality; unparalleled terror shrugged he shru ugged that panic off with startlin ng ease.. A startling Att 22 years of age, he wass the author of an explicitly gay nov vel, The City and The Pillarr, novel, a bests seller blacklisted byy the New bestseller YYork ork o TTimes iim mes. Thus began a long and successful succes sful liter literary ary car career. eer. He made rreal eal moneyy fr from om the movies. But he was a political politica al celeb as well. United SStates tates of Amnes Amnesia sia rrecalls ecalls Vidal’s debates with National Nation nal Review publisher William F. F. Buckley, Jr.;.; considered considered must-see TTV V Buckleyy, Jr in its day, dayy, they now seem more more like a slow-speed show. w. slow--speed Punch and Judy show Vidal’s willingness to be a celebrity made him h accepted as a lovable curmudgeon curmuddgeon even—as he complains here—when heree— —when when he was unable to use his name to t get Congr Congressman essman Conyers’ Conyers’ investigation investiggation of 2004 voter caging
reviiewed in the New YYork reviewed oork Times Tiimess or the W Washington aashington P Post oost. Vidal’s situation resembled reseembled Orwell’s Orwell’s description of Dic Dickens: kens:: a man beating an elephant with a cane, the animal experiencing with it as as a delightful tickling. The movie sadddens you with the physical saddens deccline and departure departure of a gr eat wit. decline great Ultiimatelyy, it does prove prove that Vidal Ultimately, cared e about one thing mor cared moree than havving an audience, and that was the having fatee of his Republic. Republic. (Opens Fri.)) (RvB) fate
JERSEY JER RSEY BOYS BOYS (R; 134 min.) See rreview eview on this page (Opens (Op pens Fri.)
OBVIOUS OB VIOUS CHILD (R;; 84 8 min.) After a drunken tryst,, cute Brooklyn stand-up comedian Donna Br o ooklyn she’s SStern tern (Jenny Slate) finds out that she ’s pregnant pr egnant and arranges arranges ffor or an abortion on V Valentine’s alentine’s Day Day. y. That That’s ’s when the guyy she trysted with reappears—Max reappears—Max (Jake (Jak ke Lacy) a proper proper WASP WASP business student stu from Vermont. dent fr om V ermont. Give this meager me ager comedy all due cr cred ed for for bravely br avely honoring capital C-Choice in a cinema cine i ema that th t is i ter terrified t rified ifi d off mentioning ti i it. It It’s t’s also recommended recommended to anyone whoo ffeels eels Lena Dunham is an or oracle. acle. Director Gillian Robespierre Dir e ector Robespierre treats treats Donna Don nna as a genius ffor or her rrelentlessly elentlessly below belo ow the belt belt shtick, and her family family andd friends agr agree ee she she’s ’s the best ever ever.. By contrast, c ast,, ther contr there’s e’s a demon inside the superior sup perior raunchy raunchy comedy of Whitney CCummings um mmings and Sar Sarah ah Silverman, a red red dev vil of fury that needs no rreassurance eassurance devil fr om m anyone. Slate’s Slate’s Donna is mor from moree of a co onstant titterer titterer about her butt and constant herr vaginal discharge; discharge; she chuckles at herr own naughtiness as she perf orms. performs.
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THE R ROVER OVER (R; 102 min.) See rreview eview on page p 25 (Opens Fri.)
THINK LIKE A MAN T TOO OO (PG-13; 106 min.) This seque (PG-13; sequell to the 2012 rromantic omantic ensemble com medy comedy brings the ffour our couples to Vegas Vegas e ffor or a wedding. SStarring tarring Gabriellee Union, Dennis Haysbert, Regina Hal Halll and Adam Br ody. (Opens Fri.) Brody.
THIRD THI RD PERSON PERSON (R;; 137 min.) Writer/director Writer/director Paul Paul Haggis is the best-r best-remembered emembered e wr eaker of the tag-team mov vie—not wreaker movie—not the best wr eaker (Al tman) or the tman), wreaker (Altman), worst (Innaritu), but the one who w took it to the Oscars with Cr Crash. assh. In the calamitous Thir Thirdd P Person eerson, Hagg Haggis gis may have at last killed off the genr genre re he thrived upon, smothering it un nder the under weight of exasper ating coinci dences. exasperating coincidences. Last of the schlong-swinging Pulit zer Pulitzer Prize-winning writers Michae Michaell (Liam Neeson) is holed up in P aris, fighting fi Paris, his muse in a rroom oom in the W esstin Westin V endome.. He calls up his muc ch Vendome. much younger mistr ess, Anna (Oliviaa Wilde), mistress, to cr cross oss the A Atlantic tlantic and join him, hhim but then plays keep-away fr om her from when she gets ther e. What do oes this there. does have to do with rreal eal ugly Ame American erican Sean (Adrian Br Brody), ody), in Rome and hating Italy Italy, y, and the Romanian n lady (Mor an A tias) whose cleavagee Sean is (Moran Atias) scoping, in a bar wher n’t seem wheree he can can’t also,, of the to get a cold beer? What,, also celebr ated Manhattan finger-painter celebrated finger-painter James Fr anco,, and Julia (Mila KKunis) unis) Franco, the actr actress-turned-maid ess-turned-maid figh fighting ting him ffor or child custody? YYou oou had to ask. a LLofty, oftyy, unlikely unlikely, y, and str strangely angely ungalla ungallant ant ffor or an old guy/young girl rromance. omance. TTake aake it as a film about Haggis atioons as a Haggis’’ frustr frustrations lush life, writer—the chafing of the lus sh lif e, the women never stopping wi th their with demands—and endless moods and demands— —and it is har or it. it. Take Taake it hardd to find sympathy ffor it’s as po-mo fiction and it ’s embarrassing. embarrassing. (Opens Fri.) (RvB)
Larson so startlingly goo goodd that we don’t don ’t have second thoug thoughts hts about questioning the institution’s institutioon’s rules and rregulations. egulations. June 21: Alive Inside, a documentary about how w iP iPods ods are are being used to rreach each dementia d patients. (Plays Jun 1919-21 211 at the Center ffor oor the P Performing erfforming o g Arts at Menlo-Atherton Menlo-Atherton High Sch School, hool, 555 Atherton.) Middlefield Road, A thertoon.) (RvB)
Revivals Re vivals BACK B ACK TO TO T THE HE FUTURE, FUTURE,, P PART ART II (1989) In which Marty (M (1989) (Michael ichael JJ.. cracked Fox) voyages with the cr a acked Doc Brown Br own (Christopher Lloyd Lloyd) d) to the ffabulous abulous year of 2015 in hopes of rrescuing escuing his son fr from om a lilife ife of crime. But the tempor temporal al tamper tampering ring rresults esults in a mor moree dr drastic astic and ter terrible r rible futur future. e. strained sequel Genial but str ained seque el mostly fun ffor or the rretro-future etro-future predictions p edictions pr and the self-lacing sneak sneakers. kers. (Plays June 22 in San Jose at sundown suundown St. James P ark, immediately immeddiately in St. Park, ffollowing ollowing o Woorld Cup Cup viewings view wings which World start at 5:30pm.) (RvB)
Ongoing O ngoing FED UP (PG; 92 min.) Narrated Narrated byy KKatie atie Couric, SStephanie tephanie Soech Soechtig’s tig’s film is stylistically identical too every
whipguil food documentary docum mentary you’ve whipguiltt food seen, complete with goofy g ffound ound ffootage ootage and pie chart ts (mmm, pie) charts that pop out with a ccartoon artoon popping noise. As As always, ther re is a guest there appear ance by Home er Simpson, appearance Homer mainline seen trying to mainlin ne donuts with a needle and a spoon. s Joke is on us, though, not Homer Homer.. Fed Up examines the obe obesity esity epidemic rravaging avaging America America’s ’s cchildren: hildren: it it’s ’s not caused by slothfu slothful ul kids zoned in fr ont of the TTV, V, butt by the heavy front processed sugaring of pr ocessed ffoods. oods. This slow and addictive po poisoning oisoning is causing previously previously un unseen nseen medical problems—15-year-olds pr oblems—15-year-olds needing surgery, gastric sur geryy, and 20-year-olds 2 rrequiring equiring dialysis ffor or their shot kidneys. Exercise Exercise is fl aunted as a flaunted prepared solution, but the pr eppared ffood ood and soda industries continue c sugar to camouflage the su ugar they use, concocting mor or moree aliases ffor fructose than Sizzler has ffor or a hunk of dead steer Intervieewees such as steer.. Interviewees fformer ormer pr esident Bill Clinton and president Senator TTom oom Harkin describe d how attempts to get label ing on sugarlabeling laden ffoods oods have bee en thwarted— been even the W orld Heal th Organization Organization World Health was pr essured into ch hanging their pressured changing rrecommendations ecommendations on n the matter matter.. Michelle Obama’s Obama’s cam mpaign campaign against obesity was sidetracked s sidetr acked by everyone, fr om lob bbyists to the from lobbyists ffamiliar amiliar newshowlerss condemning
the nanny state. The T documentary has enough on itss plate to not go further: how th the he rreliance eliance on pr epared meals is a side eff ect of prepared effect American pr productivity oducttivity (or (or,, to use the mot juste, “overwork”); “overwork”); how the moree popular at sugar buzz became becam me mor meth the same time me eth did, and for for the through same rreason—it eason—it gets you thr ough shift. an ever-longer sh ift. Still, Still, Fed Up iiss an eye-opener, eye-opener, and annd it off offers ers some not unr unreasonable easonable hopes of lif lifeesaving cor rectionss. (RvB) corrections.
A MI MILLION LLION W WAYS AYS T TO OD DIE IE IN T THE HE WE WEST ST (R; 116 min.) Seth MacFarlane’s M MacFarlane ’s rrotten otten Oscar perf performance o ormance hangs over the rreception eceptionn of A Million Ways Waays to Die in thee West. Weest. He He’s ’s Albert SStark, tark, incom incompetent mpetent Arizona territory ter ritory sheep rrancher, an ncher, an 1880s version of the boo merang kid living boomerang with hateful par parents. ennts. After the public humiliation of wiggling out opped by his of a gunfight, he’s he’s dr dropped girlfriend, LLouise ouise (A Amanda Seyfried), (Amanda
who takes up with w the hilariously snide Neil Patrick Patrick Harris, Harris, the town’s town’s operator. tonsorial parlorr oper ator. Hurt, Albert seekss sympath sympathyy fr from seek om his weedy bro, br o, Edward Edward (Giovanni (Giovanni Ribisi), and Edward’s (Sarah Edwar d’s girlfriend girlfriiend Ruth (Sar ah Silverman) the town’s town’s overbooked prostitute. pr ostitute. During Duriing one of the scheduled rregularly egularly sched duled saloon fights, accidentally lifee of Albert accident tally saves the lif (Charlize a bystander (Ch harlize Theron)—a Theron)—a temporarily separated gunwoman tem mporarily separ ated from husband, fr om her husba and, the infamous infamous rrobber obber Clinch Leather LLeatherwood wood (Liam Neeson). The film’s film’s been getting pasted—guil pasted—guiltt by association with br o-culture. Personally, Personally e y, I brayed brayed bro-culture. ffor or it. Complaints Complainnts of a slow pace seem less validd when Million aspir aspires es to be a classic Western Western with impressive visual quality.. It is low low.. impr essive visu ual quality authenticc fr frontier humor,, a It has authenti ontier humor sabotaged gunfight sabot aged with a dose of salts. sal ts. Come for for the sheep whizzing in MacFarlane’s MacFarlane’s oddly KKevin evin Spaceylike face—we’re face—we’re even now ffor or “W “Wee Boobs.” Saw YYour oour Boob s.” (RvB)
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This rrazor-thin azor-thin indie induces the t usual Williamsburgg Depression Williamsbur Depression (though (though why pick on just one al alterna-ghetto): terna-ghettto):: that rrelentless elentless demand ffor or congratulation congrattulation is all over this movie, the rrequirement equirement of high-fives ffor or every act of selfs expression. expr ession. For example,, take (please) Donna’s Donna ’s punchline when Max is praising pr aising his ffemale emale teacher for for o putting firee in his belly: “Like diar diarrhea?” a fir rheea?” (Opens Fri.) (RvB)
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14KT get ssynth wavy y ynth w avvy on a Thomas Dolby vibe. Dolby kind d of vib e. It's their own personal theyy p ersonal cconcoction, oncoction, which the "beat wave." ffondly ondly o ccall alll "b eat w ave." This joint ain't for fo or everybody—only everybody— only the sexy, sexy, quirkyy p people. You quirk eo ople. Y o ou ccan an bust yyour our weird, off-the-wall moves weir d, off ff--tthe-wall dance dance mo ves to one.. this one BROTHER BR OTHER IIN NA ARMS—"JAMAICAN RMS—""JAMAICAN GGYAL" YA ALL" A hot rretouch etoucch on Grace Grace Jones' Jones' ode ode to an island llover, over, "My JJamaican amaican Guy Guy," y,," Br Brother other In n Arms brings SF's J-Bo J-Boogie ogie Deejay Theoryy to together and Deeja ay Theor gether ffor or a o dancefloor burners.. Their rround ound of danc d efloor burners Moombahton, dancehall, eexpertise xpertise iin n Mo ombahton, danc ehall, tropical bass genres makee tr opical ba ass and other genr es mak perfect mixturee to get the ffor o or the p errfeect mixtur party people par ty p eop ple rready eady to ssweat. weat.
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28 THE KNOCKS—“COMFORTABLE KNOCKS—“COMFORTA ABLE (AWE (AW WE REMIX) REMIX) T energy energy in FEA AT. X AMBASSADORS” AMBASSADORS” The FEAT. this track is amazing amazing.. Th The he vvocals ocals and upb upbeat eat rh rhythm hyythm of this song s will go well large bodies with hot weather and la arge b odies of water. Awe clever producer. w ater. A we is a vvery w ery cle ever e pr oducer. LIDO—“I LLOVE LIDO—“I OVE Y YOU” O OU” The in intro ntro of this song alr eady put me in n a tranc e, not already trance, to mention the funk ky melo m dies and a funky melodies banging b eat. This wonder won nder pr oducer beat. producer will ill so on rise i up and d ttake ake ccenter ak enter st age. soon stage.
Goldenchyld Goldench yldd (Banger (Bangerz) z) KOOL THE GANG—“SUMMER K OOL AND T HE GAN G—“SUMMER MADNESS” MADNESS” There manyy gr great, different There are are so man eat, diff ffeerent songs that have haave sample sampled ed the original track from Kool the Gang.. It will from K ool and th he Gang remain remain in eternal sum summer mmer rrotation. otation. QUINCY JONE QUINCY JONES—“SUMMER S—“SUMMER R IIN N THE CCITY” ITY” There's Ther ee'ss ne never ver rreally eally a bad b time to hear this song song.. T To o me me,, if yyou ou rreally eally want w ant to ccapture apture the es essence sence of summer,, thr summer throw ow this on n at the end of a Sunda Sunday ay eevening vening barb barbecue becue while yyou ou sit with yyour our fa favorite avorite drink d outside and w watch atch the sunset. CHILDISH GAMBINO—“300 CHILDISH GAMBINO—“3005 05 (LOUIS (LOUIS FUTON FUTON Sincee I cited ttwo w songs wo R EMIX)” Sinc REMIX)” that have haave b been een out fforever, orrever, her o heree is a ne new w one I rreally eally dig dig.. I pick this track simply out of thee pur puree vib vibee it gives gives off when yyou ou list listen ten to it. It's impossible impossible to ffeel eeel an anything nyytthing other than aawesomely w wesomely rrelaxed elaxeed and rready eady to do whate whatever ver at the sam same me time time.. T To o me that's what summer summertime tim me is all ab about. out.
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DJJ R D Remedy em medy LLIL IL JON—“BEND JON—“BEND E OVA” OVA” This track is straight fir e. The first time I hear d fire. heard the track I didn didn’t ’t w want ant it to end. It h the has h sam me ffeel eeell as "T D same "Turn urn Down F For or What"" so yyou ou know it will b bee a monster eeverywhere verywhere this summer summer.. LIL WAYNE LIL WAYNE FFT. T. DRAKE—“BELIEVE DRAKE—“BELIEVE M ME” E” This This one right her h eady cr eeping up heree is alr already creeping in DJs’ DJs’’ prim prime-time me-time club sets sets.. This track ttakes akes the ba aton fr om "St arted Fr om baton from "Started From the Bot Bottom" tom m" and k keeps eeps it mo moving. ving. The b eat bump ps and lyrics match to mak beat bumps makee it a p erfeect ccombination. ombination. perfect ZEDS DEAD DEAD & TWIN SHADOW—“LOST SHADOW W—“LOST YOU YOU So, m myy other picks are are ((ORIGINAL ORIGINAL MIX)” MIX)” So, straight hip hip-hop p -hop fir firee for fo or the clubs this summer, summer, but bu ut since since I play plaay all genr genres, es, I chose "Lost "Lostt You" You" o by by Zeds Zeds Dead as m myy house music musiic summer track. The vvocals ocals are are clear an and nd the pr production oduction is chunk chunky ky so the sp speakers eakers will b bee thumping rreal eal nice nice this su summer. ummer.
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Jazz/Blues/ World W oorld THEE CA TH CATS ATS Wed, 7pm:: Snark Wed, Snarkyy CCat. at. Fri, 8:30pm: Bonedrivers.. Sat, 8:30pm: TTribe ribe r of the Red Horse. TTue, uue,, 6pm: SSteve teve Krit zer. Every Kritzer. Thu:: Out of the Blue. Every Sun, 6pm: Joe Fer rara. LLos os Gatos. Ferrara.
CCITY ITY NA NATIONAL AT TIONAL CCIVIC IVIC Jun 27 27, 7, 7:30pm: The Piano Guys. $40-$75. Jun 28, 8pm: Vargas Mariachi V argas de TTecalitlan. eecalitlan. $43-$153. $43 -$153. San Jose.
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Wed, 7pm:: Country Cougars. Wed, $10-$15. Fri, 8:30pm: Tasche Taasche - A Soulful Rock Experience. $16 $21 Sat, $16-$21. S t 6pm: 6 : Backseat B kseatt Back Action. A ction. $10-$16.. Sat, 8:30pm: Octet Jazz Band. $13-$19. $13-$19. Sun, 12pm:: Br oadway Brunch Show Broadway Show.. $13 -$18.. Sun, 7pm: The Rat $13-$18. P ack. $26-$51. Every Tue: Tuue:: Jazz Pack. on TTuesdays. uuesdays. Every Thu, 8pm: Thursday Soul TTrain rain with Will Russ Jr ce of Will Jr.. & The For Force Band. Redwood City City..
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Wed,, 8pm:: David Br Wed, Brookings ookings an andd Average the A verage LLookings, ookings,, Season Crow, of the Cr ow w, Blake Jones & The Trike Trike r Shop. Fri,, 8pm: Them Bitches, Slacked Jawed Sons of Bitches s, Adultt Gillbillies. $10.. Sat,, 8pm:: Adul Club. $5.. San Jose.
Thu:: Cr Crossfade: ossfade:: EDM Night. Party. Fri-Sat: World World Cup Cup P arty. Every Wed: W ed:: Rinse Down ffeat. eat.. House, Garage, Gar age, Drum, Bass.. Every Sun: Drop The Dr op w/ resident resident DJs.. San Jose. Every Mon:: Monday Night Retoxx. Every TTue: uue:: TTrap rap Shop. S Jose. San J
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Thu, 10pm:: DJ Trevor. Trevor. Fri,, 10pm: 10pm m: Superbad The Band. Sat, 10pm: m: 10pm The Scrubbers,, DJ Roots. Everyy Wed W ed and Sun, 10pm: KKaraoke araoke w/ DJ Hank. San Jose.
B BRITANNIA RITANNIA A ARMS RMS DOWNTOWN D OWNTOWN Wed: DJ 512. Thu: DJ Nico & Wed: Neeber Neeber.. Fri: DJ Benofficial & Clay Clay.. Sat: DJ Ready Rock. San Jose.
CAFE CA FE SSTRITCH TRITCH Thu, 8:30pm: Wally Wally Schnalle Quintet.. Fri-Sat, 8:30pm: Richar Richardd Howell & Sudden Wed, Changes. Every W ed,, 9pm: Wax W ax W Wednesdays. ednesdays. Every Sun, 7pm: The Eulipions Jazz Jam. San Jose.
CAFFE CA FFE FRA FRASCATI SCAT TI Fri, Jun 20, 8pm: TTango aango TTrio. rrio. S t Jun Sat, J 21, 21 8pm: 8 KKatrina atrina t i TToriz, ooriiz, i Hathaway.. San Jose. Daniel Hathaway
THE THE CARAVAN CARAVAN Sat, Jun 21, 8pm: INFM, Party Dance P arty Boys. Sat, Jun 27, 27 7, 9pm: Cornelius Aspergers Aspergerss Bi-Curious & the Bi-C urious Unicorns, Metallingus. San Jose.
90 Days of Summer Summer.. Thru Jul 31. San Jose.
SAN PED SAN PEDRO RO SSQUARE QUARE MARKET MAR KET Sat, Jun 21, 8pm: Female Singer Songwriter Showcase. Sat, Jun 28, 8pm: Daydr Daydream eam Nation. San Jose.
Thu, 8pm: Gus KKambeitz ambeitz Duo. Fri, 8:30pm: Har Harold old Fethe. Sat, 8:30pm: SoulBurst. Every 1st and 3r 3rdd W Wed: ed: Jazz Jam. San Jose.
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LLITTLE ITTLE LLOU’S OU’S BB BBQ Q Wed, 7:30pm:Fr Wed, 7:30pm:Fred ed Mcarty Mcarty.. Fri, 8pm: The Jokers. Sat, 8pm: Ed Earley Band, Shakedancer Shakedancer.. Sun, 11am: Mike Osborn Unplugged. Every Thu, 7:30pm: Aki’s Blues Jam. CCampbell. ampbell.
SSAP AP CCENTER ENTER Jun 28, 7:30pm: Super Freestyle Fr eestyle Explosion II. $63.25. Jun 29, 7:30pm: Romeo Santos. $63.25. Jul 1, 6:30pm: Queen, Adam Lambert. $39.50-$129.50. San Jose.
LLOFT OFT BAR BAR A AND ND BIS BISTRO T RO Every Thu: Live jazz in the evening. San Jose.
THREE THR EE D DEGREES EGREES Every Thu 6:306:30 6:30-9:30pm 9:30pm & Fri, Fri 7:30-10:30pm: 7:3010:30pm: Live music. All Ages. Fr Free. ee. LLos os Gatos.
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Live music. San Jose. Wed, 6pm: Ron Thompson. Wed, Thu, 6pm: Chr Chrome ome Deluxe. Fri, 6pm: Jackie P Payne ayne w/ the Anthony P Paule aule Band. Sat,
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YOGI BEAR would probably have to be sporting spikes and a Mohawk if he wanted to blend in with the crowd and try to steal somebody’s “pic-a-nic basket” at Shoreline Amphitheatre on Aug. 31. Local radio station Live 105 is hosting a “Punk Rock Picnic” to celebrate the end of summer. Punk Rock Picnic Featuring The Offspring, Bad Religion, Pennywise, the Vandals, The Story So Far and Stiff Little Fingers, the Shoreline show is part of the “Summer Nationals” tour, sponsored Amphitheatre, by Epitaph Records. And there’s a bit of nostalgia here, too: Mountain VIew the Picnic marks 20 years since the label put on a sold-out, Aug 31; $26 three-day run of shows at the Hollywood Palladium, when general admission California punk rock was enjoying a huge surge of exposure. (plus fees) The tour, which features several bands that were there back in 1994, will hit 24 cities across the United States. Headliners The Offspring are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their breakthrough album Smash, and will perform that record in its entirety. On the other hand—since this is a summer show—Bad Religion will likely not perform any tracks off their latest release, last year’s unexpected but excellent Christmas Songs. Stiff Little Fingers have held on tight to founding member Jake Burns—he’s helmed this group of Belfast rockers since they formed back in 1977. Meanwhile, Pennywise has a new album coming out in July, featuring the return of original frontman Jim Lindberg. So now all that’s left to do is to convince one of the bands to play a cover of “The Teddy Bear’s Picnic” so we can start up a stuffed animal pit.—Sean McCourt
33 6pm: TTribute rribute to P Peter eter Gr Green een w/ w Dave Gonzalez. Sun, 12pm: Ja Jazz azz Crossen Brunch w/ KKeith eith Cr ossen Band. Band. Mon, 6pm: Dueling Pianos w/ w/ Wendy W endy DeWitt & Sid Morris. Morris. San Jose.
SSAM'S AM'S BBQ Wed, Jun 18, 6pm: Sidesaddlee Wed, & Co. Tue, Tuue, Jun 224, 4, 6pm: Slide Road. San Jose.
SAN PEDR SAN PEDRO O SSQUARE QUARE MARKET M ARKET Sat, Jun 21, 8pm: Female Singer Songwriter Showcase Showcase. e.
Sat, Jun 28, 8pm: Daydr Daydream eam Nation. San Jose.
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SMOKING PIG BBQ Wed, Jun 18, 9pm: Blues Jam Wed, w/ JC Smith Band. Fri, Jun 20, 9pm: Big CCat at TTolfree. oolfree. $10 or two drink drinks. s. Sat, Jun 21, 9pm: CCathy athy Lemons & Phil Berkowit Berkowitzz w/ LLucky ucky LLosers. osers. $10. Fr emont. Fremont.
Nightlyy, 9pmNightly, 9pm-2am: 2am: KKaraoke. araoke. San Jose.
THE T HE BEAR BEARSS Fri, 9pm: Dar Darryl. ryl. San Jose.
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RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE Bad Religion, seen here at the 2013 BottleRock Festival, are on the bill for the Punk Rock Picnic.
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BRIT B RIT ARMS ARMS ALMADEN ALMADEN Thu, Jun 19, 10pm:: DJ Trevor. Trevor. Every W ed and Sun, 10pm: Wed KKaraoke araoke w/ DJ Hank. San Jose.
BRIT BR IT ARMS ARMS DOWNTOWN DOWNTOWN Wed: DJ 512. Thu: DJ Nico & Wed: Neeber.. Fri: DJ Benofficial & Neeber Cley Cley.. Sat: DJ Ready Rock. Sun: Industry Night. Tue: Tuue: College 80’s Night w/ DJ David Q Q.. San Jose.
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San Jose is bustling and booming and the downtown dining scene is keeping up with new restaurants popping up all around us. With the enjoyably balmy summer evenings upon us, what could be a better time to get friends or family together for an evening downtown at a new restaurant you’ve been excited to try? From June 20-29, we invite you back to downtown San Jose for Dine Downtown 2014. For 10 days, explore the downtown dining scene and enjoy the special prix fixe menus at more
than 25 participating downtown restaurants. From Hawaiian comfort classics at Da Kine Island Grill to small plates and drinks at Nomikai, several recently opened restaurants are participating this year. Also debuting for Dine Downtown this year are foodie favorites Blue Mango Thai Cuisine and Bluefin Sushi. Participating Dine Downtown restaurants can be found throughout the prime neighborhoods for downtown nightlife from La Piñata, Farmers Union and 71 Saint Peter at San Pedro Square; to the SoFA District with First to Market, Cafe Stritch, Orchestria Palm Court; to the
Historic District with Billy Berk’s, Blackbird Tavern, Nemea Greek Taverna, Mezcal and Bella Mia. If you’ve been meaning to revisit an old downtown favorite, there are plenty of those, too. The Grill on the Alley, Loft Bar and Bistro, Paolo’s Restaurant, Scott’s Seafood, Il Fornaio, Arcadia and Morton’s the Steakhouse are among the classic city center San Jose restaurants returning to Dine Downtown. Thirsty? Be sure to visit participating hometown breweries Gordon Biersch and Los Gatos Brewing Company for their Dine Downtown specials. If wine is more your thing, Vino Vino as well as
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San Pedro Square Bistro & Wine are among this year’s restaurants pairing good food and drink. Equally enjoyable are the gourmet bites in a lounge setting at Fahrenheit. Enjoy dinner at any one of the great participating restaurants during Dine Downtown and you can be assured of value, thoughtfully prepared dishes and exciting flavors—as well as the pride in supporting our city and the restaurants that call downtown San Jose home. Additionally, this year’s sponsor, Sysco, will be donating $1 to Loaves & Fishes Family Kitchen for every prix fixe meal sold during Dine Downtown. >2
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71 N. San Pedro St., San Jose; 408.971.8523 A romantic fine-dining experience, 71 Saint Peter is offering a $45 six course tasting menu. The meal begins with a chilled gazpacho, followed by a fresh Dungeness crab salad and a spring vegetable risotto. Lime sorbet will be served before the main course, which is a choice of pancetta-wrapped petite filet mignon, sage-roasted California sea bass or roasted butternut squash ravioli. Dessert is an apricot upside down cake.
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301 S. Market St., San Jose; 408.280.1300 A refined modern American steakhouse by global chef Michael Mina, Arcadia is serving a gourmet $50 prix fixe menu from 5:30-7 p.m. First course begins with either an heirloom tomato salad or roasted corn soup. Entrees include grilled king salmon steak with summer ratatouille or a petite filet and short rib rillettes with sour cream potato puree, roasted baby carrots and pinot noir bordelaise. Dessert is a choice between chocolate molten cake or mascarpone cheesecake.
BELLA MIA 58 S. First St., San Jose; 408.280.1993 Bella Mia’s service and delicious Italian specialties make it a favorite for date night or dinner before enjoying a show. Bella Mia is offering $20 and $30 menus. The $20 menu begins with a house garden salad; choice of ovenbaked lasagna, ravioli trio of beef, mushroom, and four cheese with Alfredo, marinara and pesto cream or crab and shrimp cannelloni; and a petite seasonal fruit crisp for dessert. The $30 menu offers a choice of a Caesar salad or spring mixed greens; a choice of petite filet mignon and scallops or parmesancrusted Alaskan Halibut and for dessert, petite white chocolate cheesecake or chocolate decadence.
BILLY BERK’S 99 S. First St., San Jose; 408.292.4300 A lively bar with a hearty selection of tasty modern American shared plates, Billy Berk’s is offering a $40 menu. The first course is a choice of shrimp with garlic, beef carpaccio or broiled mussels. Second course choices are lamb agnolotti with Swiss chard, cauliflower and grana pandano cheese, pork loin with porcini mushrooms, baby carrots, piquillo pepper and smoked ham au jus or mahi mahi with fingerling potatoes and Swiss chard. Dessert is a choice of creme brulee, panna cotta or a chocolate mousse bar.
BLACKBIRD TAVERN 200 S. First St., San Jose; 408.278.1050 Featuring live music as well as great-tasting, unfussy food, Blackbird Tavern is a California bistro with a touch of the American South. Blackbird Tavern is offering a $30 prix fixe menu. Starters include soup of the day, green Waldorf salad or grilled farmers market peppers. For the main course, a selection of bourbon grilled chicken, seasonal risotto, steak frites with caramelized shallot herb butter or rockfish. Dessert is your choice between the nectarine bruschetta or strawberries & cream ice cream.
THE BLUE MANGO 635 Coleman Ave., San Jose; 408.885.9222 The recipient of many different local awards for Best Thai Restaurant, Blue Mango is offering $35 and $45 prix fixe menus for two. Both menus offer the following appetizers: chicken sate, cream cheese wontons, veggie roll and garlic edamame. From the $35 menu, diners can pick two from these entrees: basil and chili chicken, panang beef curry, pad Thai noodles, eggplant basil tofu, Pra Ram peanut chicken and yellow chicken curry. And from the $45 menu, diners can pick two from this list of entrees: mango scallop and prawn curry, basil and chili lamb, three flavors basa fish fillet, pad Thai noodles, yellow scallop and prawn curry and tamarind basa fish. And to
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finish the meal: a selection of desserts to share.
BLUEFIN SUSHI 754 The Alameda, San Jose; 408.931.6875 Patrons can enjoy Bluefin for its upscale atmosphere and high quality sushi selection, as well as the restaurant’s bar and lounge area. Bluefin is serving a three-course menu for $40 per person. Appetizer selections feature an ahi pokitini salad, albacore tataki or shrimp and vegetable tempura. Main course selections come with miso soup and rice and include Scottish salmon teriyaki, chef’s choice of the day’s best sushi, chef’s selection of the day’s best sashimi or a Bluefin combination of sashimi, tempura and short ribs. For dessert: tempura ice cream.
CAFE STRITCH 374 S. First St., San Jose; 408.280.6161 Cafe Stritch features delicious American staples in a casual, creative atmosphere. The restaurant’s $15 menu begins with a baby mixed green salad. Entree options include grilled salmon with lemon herb basmati rice, garlic spinach and white wine beurre blanc or grilled dijon and black pepper crusted filet of beef with mashed potatoes, garlic spinach and cabernet reduction sauce. Dessert is a choice of bite-sized flourless chocolate torte, mini blueberry cheesecake, baby carrot cake or creme brulee. Vegan and vegetarian options are available.
DA KINE ISLAND GRILL 23 N. Market St., San Jose; 408.713.2900 Hawaiian barbecue classics and a tiki bar can be found at this new downtown restaurant. On Da Kine’s $20 menu, appetizer choices include huli, lilikoi or spicy wings, kalua sliders or guava beef sliders. Entrée choices are: chicken long rice, kalua pork plate, kalua loco moco, teriyaki chicken, shoyu chicken, macadamia kale salad or fried saimin. Dessert is Nina’s hula
pie or haupia. On Da Kine’s $30 menu, starter options include ahi, tako or salmon poke, kalua nachos or kalua quesadilla. Entrée choices are the Hawaiian plate, mahi loco moco, seared ahi, aloha spare ribs, flamin’ salmon, mango pork chop or a Da Kine chicken Caesar. Dessert is rum bread pudding or pineapple sticky rice.
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RESTAURANT & LOUNGE 99 E. San Fernando St., San Jose; 408.998.9998 Fahrenheit features award winning “farm to table” modern California cuisine. Their $30 menu begins with the choice of summer vegetable salad with Dijon vinaigrette, meatballs in a jalapeno marinara or a hamachi avocado tostada with serrano soy salsa. Second course options include chicken and shrimp summer paella, flatiron steak with a white wine reduction demi, salt-crusted whole trout or crispy tofu and portobello with rice and carrots. Desserts include a choice of green tea mousse and chocolate biscuits, brown butter rice crispy bar with salted caramel and chocolate ganache or a sampling of sorbets with berries.
THE FARMERS UNION 151 W. Santa Clara St., San Jose; 408.277.0545 A fitting name, the Farmers Union occupies the same building where farmers used to shop at what was then an agricultural depot. The building now features a bar with a multitude of beers on tap with a menu of tasty American bites. The Farmers Union is serving a $30 menu starting with a choice between the soup of the day or a little gems salad with avocado green goddess dressing, candied bacon, ricotta salata and pickled onion. For the entrée, enjoy crispy skin half chicken, grilled flat iron steak or king salmon. Dessert is a choice between the salted caramel bread pudding or warm chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream.
FIRST TO MARKET 399 S. First St., San Jose; 408.600.2120 New to the SoFA District, First to Market’s menu is classified as traditional American, with flavors and staple dishes from the South having a noticeable emphasis. First to Market is featuring a $35 per person menu. Dinner begins with a choice of either a grilled watermelon salad over arugula with mint dressing and candied pine nuts, grilled ahi tuna with mango salsa and coconut shavings or pork belly mac and cheese. Entree selections include grilled elk chops with bourbon demi, seared scallops over pasta squash with sautéed guanciale or a brown rice stuffed bell pepper. Pie of the day is served for dessert.
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BREWERY RESTAURANT 33 E. San Fernando St., San Jose; 408.294.8510 Grab a cold draft Märzen with your Dine Downtown menu at San Jose’s original tap room, Gordon Biersch. The local brewery will be serving a fourcourse meal for two for $39.95. The first course is a choice between the Southwest eggrolls or tapas with flatbread. Both diners can enjoy a baby greens salad or a classic Caesar. The main course is a choice of two entrees from the brew house chicken with gravy and garlic mashed potatoes, miso mahi mahi over quinoa kale pilaf, bourbon glazed chicken and shrimp or the bistro steak medallions with garlic mashed potatoes and bleu cheese sauce. Dessert is a flight of four mini desserts.
THE GRILL ON THE ALLEY 172 S. Market St., San Jose; 408.294.2244 This fine American steakhouse with timeless ambiance is serving a $60 prix fixe menu. The first course selection is either a charcuterie board with house-made corned beef rillette, maple bacon jam, pickled Brussels sprouts, whole grain mustard and grilled levain bread or a rustic Caesar
salad. Entrée choices include either a smoked bacon-wrapped filet with grilled broccolini or the sweet pea, lemon and prawn risotto. For dessert enjoy a vanilla brandy panna cotta with local Bing cherries and candied pistachios.
IL FORNAIO 302 S. Market St., San Jose; 408.271.3366 Celebrate the food of Italy at Il Fornaio with a $30 prix fixe dinner. The meal begins with a choice of a mixed green salad, bruschetta pomodoro or house-made minestrone soup with seasonal vegetables. Second course is either a mesquite grilled salmon filet, a grilled double breast of chicken marinated with rosemary, thyme and sage or pasta tossed with Genoa pesto and oven-roasted tomatoes. Dessert selections include tiramisu, chocolate mousse with raspberries and sponge cake or a selection of assorted Italian ice creams and sorbets.
LA PIÑATA 17 N. San Pedro St., San Jose; 408.280.1250 Enjoy great Mexican food and great service at La Piñata. Choose from a $20 menu or a $30 menu for two. Appetizer selections on the $20 menu include tortilla soup, strawberry salad or sopes. On the $30 menu, choose from nachos, flautas or quesadillas. Entree choices on the $20 menu include camerones al ajillo, chicken fajitas and steak ranchero. On the $30 menu, enjoy the super famoso burrito, mole enchiladas or the enchilada and taco combo. Dessert for both menus is flan, cheesecake chimichanga or pastel tres leches.
LOFT BAR AND BISTRO 90 S. Second St., San Jose; 408.291.0677 A fun atmosphere with a menu featuring a large selection of small plates makes Loft Bar and Bistro a popular gathering place. Loft’s $30 menu begins with a choice of soup of the day, tomato mozzarella salad or a baby spinach salad. For the second course, dishes include braised lamb shanks
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LOS GATOS BREWING COMPANY 163 W. Santa Clara St., San Jose; 408.292.9928 This downtown micro brewery and restaurant’s handcrafted beer and upscale, yet affordable menu are what make it the place to be for good food and social gathering. Los Gatos Brewing Company’s fourcourse $30 menu starts with fire roasted tomato bruschetta, followed by a spinach salad or kale and stone fruit salad. Entree selections include wood fire grilled pork chop with tomatillo corn salsa or pan seared trout with warm potato and arugula salad. Dessert is a choice of either chocolate panna cotta with blackberry jam or bruleed peach with vanilla bean gelato and walnut oil.
MEZCAL RESTAURANT 25 W. San Fernando St., San Jose; 408.283.9595 Serving the deliciously different flavors of Oaxaca, a blend of sweet, savory and spicy paired with a bar featuring many varieties of the restaurant’s smoky namesake, Mezcal is not your typical Mexican restaurant. The restaurant’s $30 menu begins with a choice of an Oaxacan summer salad, vegetarian tortilla soup or seared scallops with bacon. Second course options include bacon wrapped filet mignon with Oaxacan rice, grilled sea bass over a bed of sautéed spinach or eggplant napoleon with a black bean sauce. For dessert enjoy warm Oaxacan chocolate cake or Don Julio anejo neat with chocolate and sliced orange.
MORTON’S THE STEAKHOUSE 177 Park Ave., San Jose; 408.947.7000 Get the VIP treatment
at this premier steakhouse during Dine Downtown. Morton’s will be offering a $45 prix fixe menu. First course selections include a Caesar salad with classic dressing, Morton’s salad with blue cheese dressing or cup of baked five-onion soup. Entree choices are a 6 oz. filet mignon, double-cut prime pork chop, honeychili glazed salmon or chicken bianco. Additionally each entree comes with a choice of either lyonnaise potatoes, creamed corn, sour cream mashed potatoes or sautéed broccoli florets. Dessert is either chocolate mousse or cheesecake.
NEMEA GREEK TAVERNA 96 S. First St., San Jose; 408.279.4225 Nemea serves delicious Greek cuisine in a beautiful dining room that whisks you away to the Mediterranean. The $55 menu begins with a choice of two traditional Greek dips served with house-made pita bread: cucumber dill; fish roe; roasted eggplant or feta cheese. First course choices include zucchini cakes, fried calamari, fried smelts, pan-fried cheese or lamb meatballs. Second course options include egg lemon soup, mixed green salad, beet salad or tomato and cucumber salad. Entrée selections include moussaka with eggplant and lamb, vegetable risotto, Mediterranean bass, mahi mahi, filet of beef, pan fried scallops or rib cut lamb chops. Dessert is a choice of baklava, galactoboureko, chocolate cake or panna cotta.
NOMIKAI SOCIAL FOOD + DRINKERY 48 S. First St., San Jose; 408.287.7199 Taking its name from a Japanese term for drinking socially together in celebration, Nomikai offers handcrafted cocktails, Japanese spirits and an Asian-inspired menu. The $20 threecourse menu starts with a choice of either a caprese salad with fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, Thai basil and balsamic vinaigrette or arugula salad with fresh fruit and a miso honey dressing. The main course is
a choice between the kale, bacon and red onion pizza or the corn and tomato pizza with bechamel sauce, fresh mozzarella, cherry tomatoes, summer corn and Thai basil. Enjoy either a dessert cocktail from the bar or a fresh strawberry, nutella coconut cream parfait.
ORCHESTRIA PALM COURT 27 E. William St., San Jose; 408.288.5606 Decorated with historical music machines and rustic early 20th-century decor, Orchestria Palm Court is serving a $35 prix fixe menu. The first course is a salad with organic mesclun lettuces, red grapes, pistachios and apples with sherry vinaigrette. Second course is a choice between roasted prawns puttanesca with fingerling potatoes, pan-seared chicken breast with corn and mushroom bread pudding or wholewheat farfalle pasta in a mushroom cream sauce. Dessert is a dark chocolate ganache with corn flake crust and Bing cherry salsa.
PAOLO’S RESTAURANT 333 W. San Carlos St., San Jose; 408.294.2558 A downtown favorite for enjoying Italian classics with a contemporary twist, Paolo’s is serving a $40 menu. Dinner begins with a choice between fried calamari with lemon caper mayonnaise, a Caesar salad or ricotta gnocchi with green garlic butter. Entree selections include the catch of the day steamed in parchment with spring vegetables, a flat iron steak with leek and gold gratinato and fried asparagus, or a roasted duck breast with medjool dates, moscato reduction and braised seasonal greens. Dessert is a choice between coconut panna cotta, a flourless chocolate cake, or warm doughnuts with limoncello mascarpone and strawberry sauce.
SAN PEDRO SQUARE BISTRO & WINE 20 N. Almaden Ave., San Jose:
408.298.9463 With inviting atmosphere, an elegant menu and extensive wine selection, San Pedro Square Bistro & Wine is offering a three-course menu for $35. For the first course, choose between a chopped apple and beet salad with sherry vinaigrette or a crab cake with lemon aioli. Second course is a choice of duck leg confit with a Muscat wine demi glace, a grilled bone-in pork chop with a port wine and cherry demi glace or lobster raviolis. Dessert is either vanilla gelato or mango sorbet.
SCOTT’S SEAFOOD 185 Park Ave., San Jose: 408.971.1700 At Scott’s Seafood, patrons can indulge in American regional cuisine while enjoying views of the city from the sixth floor. Scott’s is offering a $35 menu. Starter choices include Boston clam chowder or a butter lettuce salad with Asian pears, walnuts, blue cheese and raspberry vinaigrette. For the entrée, choose from salmon with a citrus relish, herbed chicken breast with mushroom sauce, chive-crusted rainbow trout or clam linguine in a garlic white wine sauce. Dessert is brioche bread pudding or molten chocolate cake.
VINO VINO 87 N. San Pedro St. #105, San Jose; 408.703.2333 A wine bar in the San Pedro Square Market, Vino Vino is offering a $20 menu and $40 menu for two. The $20 menu includes a glass of wine from the tap. For appetizers, choose from baguette and dips, smoked salmon crostini, brie, fig and prosciutto crostini, edamame, burrata or bruschetta, or save room for one of four dessert options: tiramisu, chocolate truffle cake, creme brulee or cheesecake. The main course is a panini, with fillings that include brie, fig and prosciutto, smoked salmon, ham and brie, chicken pesto, caprese prosciutto, Italian meat and cheese or nutella, peanut butter and banana. The $40 menu for two features a shared meat and cheese plate to start, two paninis and two desserts.
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FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEM MENT #592595 The follo following wing perso person(s) n(s) is (are) (ar e) doing businesss as: Ace W World orld Diamond, Diamond, 11202 202 Kifer R Road, oad, Sunnyvale, Sunnyvale, a CCA, A, 94086, 94086, Tram Tram Troung, Troung, o 11844 844 Luke Luke Ct., San Jose, J CCA, A, 95116. 95116. This business is conducted connducted bbyy a individual. Registrant R egistrant began transacting businesss under tr ansacting busines the fictitious business busineess listed name or names liste ed herein 5/30/14. her ein on 5/30/1 4 4. /s/Tram /s/T ram Troung Troung This statement was filed with the County Clerk Clerrk of Claraa County on Santa Clar 5/30/2014. 5/30/201 4. 6/18, (pub Metro Metro 6/11, 6/ /18, 6/25, 6/25, 7/02/2014) 7/02/2014)
SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT OFF ABANDONMENT= A BANDONMEN NT= OF USE OF FICTITIOUS FI CTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAM NAME ME #592562 The follo following wing person(s) person(s) / entity (ies) has / hav hhavee abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): n Atkins Br Brown own Consu Consulting, ulting, 2438 2 438 Kenwood Keenwood Ave., Ave.., San Jose, CA, CA, 95128, 95128, TTaralyn aaralyn Atkins-Brown. Atkins-Br own. This business was conducted by by an ind individual. dividual. Filed in Santa Clar Claraa county 8/20/2009.. 8/20/2009 Under file no no.. 527999. 52799 99. /s/Taralyn /s/T Tar a alyn Atkins-Brown Atkins-Brrown This statement was filed with the County Clerk Clerrk of Santa Clar Claraa County on 5/30/2014. 5/30/201 4. (pub Metr Metroo 6/11, 6/18, 6//18, 6/25, 6/25, 7/02/2014) 7/02/2014)
FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEM MENT #5927188 #59271 The follo following wing person(s) person(s) is (are) (ar e) doing businesss as: K & M LLow ow V Voltage ooltage Ca Cabling abling LLC, LL C, 620 620 Ardis Ardis Ave., Ave., San Jose, CA, CA, 95117, 95117, K & M LLC. Custom Cabling LL LCC. conducted Thi business This b i is i con nducted d d bbyy a limited liability company. company y. Above formed Abo ve entity was fo rmed in the state California Registrant R egistrant has not yet yet transacting begun tr ansacting business b under the fictitious business name or nnames ames herein. listed her ein. /s/Milana FFoulk oulk Secretary/Treasurer Secr etary/Treasurerr #201336510284 #201 336510284 This statement was filed with the County Clerk Clerrk of Santa Clar Claraa County on 6/04/2014. 6/04/201 4 4. (pub Metr Metroo 6/11, 6/18, 6//18, 6/25, 6/25, 7/02/2014) 7/02/2014)
FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEM MENT #592530 The follo following wing person(s) person(s) is (are) (ar e) doing businesss as:
Cebu’s FFamous Cebu’ amous LLechon, echon, 3407 W Woodside ooodside Lane, San Jose, Jose CA, CA, A 95121, 95121, 21 Juvy PP.. Medidia-R Medidia-Ruiz, uiz, Jeffr Jeffrey ey A. R Ruiz. uiz. This business is conducted bbyy a married couple. Registrant R egistrant began transacting tr ansacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein 5/17/2014. her ein on 5/1 7/2014. Medida-Ruiz /s/Juvy PP.. Medida-R uiz This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Claraa County on Santa Clar 5/29/2014 5/29/201 4 (pub Metro Metro 6/04, 6/11, 6/18, 6/25/2014 6/1 8, 6/2 55/2014 )
FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #591656 #59 1656 The follo following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as: Hangen Szechuan Szechuan Restaurant, R estaurant, 1134 34 Castr Castroo Street, S treet, Mountain V View, iew, CCA, A, 94041, 9 4041, Bo YYuan uan u Inc.. This business is conducted bbyy a Corpor Corporation. ation. Above Abo ve entity was formed in the state of California Registrant R egistrant has not yet yet begun transacting transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed her herein. ein. /s/Michael Wang Wang Secretary Secr etary #C36 #C3637278 37278 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clar Claraa County on 5/06/2014. 5/06/201 4. (pub Metro Metro 6/04, 6/11, 6/1 6/18, 8, 6/2 6/25/2014) 5/2014)
FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #592455 The follo following wing person(s) is (are) (ar e) doing business as: 1. La Cosecha, 2. Har Harvest vest Car Cart, t, 33.. Team Teeam Tierra’ Tierra’s Har Harvest, vest, 11086 086 South 8th S Street, treet, San Jose, CA, CA, 95112, 95112, Team Teeam TTierra ierra Inc. This business is conducted bbyy a Corpor Corporation. ation. Above Abo ve entity was formed in the state of California Registrant R egistrant began transacting tr ansacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. her ein. /s/Jose R Rodriguez odriguez PPresident resident 3668787 3668 787 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clar Claraa County on 5/28/2014. 5/2 8/2014. (pub Metr Metroo 6/04, 6/11, 6/1 6/18, 8, 6/2 6/25/2014) 5/2014)
FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #592416 #5924 416 The follo following wing person(s) is (are) (ar e) doing business as: Iron Iron Bull Bbq and Sauce Company, Company y, 3710 3710 Char Charter ter PPark ark Dr Dr.. S Ste te E, San Jose, CCA, A, 95136, 9 5136, K Kelly elly Mckinley, Mckinleyy, 4397 4397 Stone S tone Canyon Canyon Dr Dr., r.,. San Jose, CCA, A, 95136, 95136, Jason Redding, Redding, 5511 11 LLos oos Pinos W Way, ayy, San
Josse, CA, Jose, CA, 95123. 95123. This Th his business is conducted bbyy a gener general al par partnership. tnership. Registrant R e ant began egistr transacting tr a ansacting business under thee fictitious business name na ame or names listed herein he erein on 5/27/14. 5/27/14. /s/Kelly /s /Kelly McKinley This Th his statement was filed with wit th the County Clerk of Santa Claraa County on Sa anta Clar 5/27/2014. 5/ /27/2014. (pub (pu ub Metro Metro 6/04, 6/11, 6/18, 6/25/2014) 6/ /18, 6/2 5/2014)
FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B U NESS USI NAME NA AME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #592291 # 5922991 Thhe follo The following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as:: Mr as Mr.. Doall Handyman Services, Se ervices, 1821 1821 Quimby Quimby Rd., Rd d., San Jose, CA, CA, 95122, 95122, Khiem Kh hiem Hoang. This Th his business is conducted bbyy a individual. Registrant R e ant has not egistr yyet et begun tr transacting ansacting business bu usiness under the fictitious fic titious business name or names na ames listed her herein. ein. /s/Khiem /s /Khiem Hoang This Th his statement was filed with wit th the County Clerk of Santa Sa anta Clar Claraa County on 5/22/2014. 5/ /22/2014. (pub (pu ub Metro Metro 6/04, 6/11, 6/18, 6/ /18, 6/2 6/25/2014) 5/2014)
FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B U NESS USI NAME NA AME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #592225 # 592225 Thhe follo The following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as:: TLeaf as TLeaf TTeapresso, eeapresso, 31 3107 07 Glen Gle en Alto Ct., San Jose, CCA, A, 95148, 9 5148, Lingyun Huang, TTuan uan Q LLe, e, 33396 396 Landess Ave., A ve., #D, San Jose, CA, CA, 95132. 9 5132. This Th his business is conducted bbyy a gener general al par partnership. tnership. Registrant R e ant began egistr transacting tr a ansacting business under thee fictitious business name na ame or names listed herein he erein on 5/1/2014. 5/1/2014. /s/Tuan /s /Tuan Q LLee This Th his statement was filed with wit th the County Clerk of Santa Sa anta Clar Claraa County on 5/20/2014. 5/ /20/2014. (pub (pu ub Metr Metroo 6/04, 6/04 6/11, 6/11 6/18, 6/ /18, 6/2 6/25/2014) 5/2014)
FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B U NESS USI NAME NA AME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #592427 # 592427 Thhe following The following person(s) is (are) (ar re) doing business as: YYanni anni Image Consulting, 3330 3 S Cypress 30 Cypress Ave., Ave., San Jose, Jos se, CA, CA, 95117, 95117, Yanni Yanni a Luo, Luo, YYue ue Ma, Doug Nguyen, Nguyen, 3107 31 07 Glen Alto Ct., San Jose, Jos se, CA, CA, 95148. 95148. This Th his business is conducted bbyy a married couple. Registrant R e ant began egistr transacting tr a ansacting business under thee fictitious business name na ame or names listed herein he erein on 4/22/2014. 4/22/2014. /s/Yanni /s /YYanni a LLuo uo This Th his statement was filed with wit th the County Clerk of Santa Sa anta Clar Claraa County on 5/28/2014. 5/ /28/2014.
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ORDER TTO O SHOW SH OW CAUSE CAUSSE FOR HANGEE OF NAME CCASE# ASE# # 1114CV265676 14CV2656766
SUPERIOR CCOURT SUPERIOR OURT OF CCALIFORNIA, ALIFORNIA, COUNTY COUNTY OF SANTA SA NTTA CL CLARA, LARA, 191 1911 NORTH NORTH FFIRST IRST STREET, STREET, SAN SAN JOS JOSE, E, CCA A 95110 95110 IIN N TH THEE M MATTER ATT T ER OF Nicholas Brucee Mueller. Muellerr. THEE COURT TH COURT FINDS FINDS S that PPetitioner(s) etitioner(s) has/h has/have have filed for a decr decree ee changing c name(s) as follo follows wss PPresent resentt name: Ni Nic Nicholas cholas h l Bruce Mueller Mueller,r, aka aka* a* Nicholas Bruce Edwardmueler Edwar dmueler andd Nicholas Edwar Edwards-Mueller ds-Mueller PProposed roposed name: Nicholas N Bruce Edwar Edwards ds THEE COURT TH COURT ORDERS ORDEERS that all persons interested interessted in this matter shell appear appear beforee this cour befor courtt aat the hearing indicated below below to show show cause, if any aany, y, why the petition for cha change ange of name should no ot be not gr anted. Notice off Hearing granted. on September 2 2 4 at 2, 201 2014 8:4 Room m Probate Probate 8:455 a.m. in Room located at 1191 91 loca ated at located 1191 91 North North First Street, Strreet, San Jose, CA, CA, 95113. 95113. A CCOPY OPY of this order order d to sho w cause shall be b show published at least once each week week for fou week fourr week successiv weeks prior to successivee weeks the date set for hearing heearing on the petition in the t follo wing newspaper newspapper of following gener al circulation, circulationn, Metro Metro general Newspapers printe ed in the printed county of Santa Cl lara. Clara. Dated: M AY 22, 22, 20 014 MAY 2014 /A AARON PERSKY PERSKY /AARON Judge of the Superior Superior Court Court (P ub CC 6/04, 6/1 11, 6/1 8, (Pub 6/11, 6/18, 6/25/2014) 6/25/2014)
FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEM MENT #591956 #59 91956 The follo following wing person(s) persson(s) is (are) (ar e) doing business busineess as: Fitness EEvolution, volution, 196 196 N. Thirdd S Thir Street, treet, San JJose, ose, CCA, A, 95112, 9 5112, Pleasantonn Fitness LLC, LL C, 1150 1150 9th St., St., Ste Ste 1420. 1420. Modesto, CA, CA, 95354. 95354. This business is co conducted onducted bbyy a limited liabilit liability ty company. company y. Above Abo ve entity was formed f in the state Californiaa Registrant R egistrant began transacting tr ansacting busine business ess under the fictitious busin business ness name or names listed lissted herein her ein on 5/01/2014. 5/01/20 014. /s/Sanjiv Chopr Chopraa CEO 201033310025 201 033310025 This statement wa was as filed with the County Clerk Cllerk of Santa Clar Claraa County Countty on 5/13/2014. 5/1 3/2014. (pub Metr Metroo 6/04, 6/11, 6/18, 6/1 8, 6/2 6/25/2014) 5/2014)
FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEM MENT #592285 The following following person(s) persson(s)
is (ar (are) e) doing business as: 1. ZZoomApply, oomApplyy, 1150 50 PPalm alm V Valley alley a Blv Blvd., d #11 d., #1123, 23, San Jose, CA, CA, 95123, 95123, 2. Amortreffit, Amor treffit, Gabriel Gabriel Cuevas. Cuevas. This business is conducted bbyy an individual. Registrant R egistrant began transacting tr ansacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein her ein on 5/1/2014. 5/1/2014. /s/Gabriel Cuevas /s/G abriel Cuev as This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Claraa County on Santa Clar 5/21/2014. 5/21/201 4. (pub Metro Metro 5/28, 5/28, 6/04, 6/18/2014) 6/11, 6/1 8/2014)
FICTITIOUS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #590975 The follo following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business as: TenisiTech, TenisiTech, 4808 PPepperwood epperwood W Way, ayy, San Jose, CCA, A, 95124, 95124, SCT Consulting. This business is conducted bbyy a limited liability company. company y. Above Abo ve entity was formed in the state of California. Registrant R egistrant began transacting tr ansacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein her ein on 4/14/2014. 4/14/2014. Refile R efile of pr previous evious file #571967 #5 71967 with changes. /s/Sarah /s/Sar ah TTenisi enisi CEO #201113710183 #201113710183 This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clar Claraa County on 4/21/2014. 4/21/201 4. (pub Metr Metroo 5/21, 5/28, 5/28, 6/04, 6/11/2014) 6/11/2014)
FICTITIOUS FI CTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT #592156 #5921 56 The follo following wing person(s) is (ar (are) e) doing business
aas: Sina Sina’’s Antiques And F Ar Fine Arts, ts, 119490 9490 Scotland Dr., D Dr r.., Saratoga, Saratoga, atoga CA, CA, A 95070, 95070, 0 S Siamak Ahghari. T business is conducted This bbyy a individual. Registrant R egistrant has not yet yet transacting b begun transacting business u under the fictitious b business name or names herein. l listed herein. /s/Siamak Ahghari T statement was filed This w the County Clerk of with Clara S Santa Clara County on 55/16/2014. 5/1 6/2014. Metroo 5/2 5/28, ( (pub Metr 8, 6/04, 6 6/18/2014) 6/11, 6/18/2014)
FICTITIOUS FFI CTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS N NAME STATEMENT STATTEMENT #5922133 # #59221 TThe following following person(s) is ((are) (ar e) doing business as: 1 C Chinese Kitchen Inc., 5585 5585 S Ave., Snell Ave., San Jose, CA, CA, 95123. 9 5123. T business is conducted This bbyy a corpor corporation. ation. Above A Abo ve entity was formed in t state of California the Registrant R egistrant began ttransacting tr ansacting business under t fictitious business the n name or names listed hherein her ein on 4/1 4/16/14. 6/14. /s/Irene /s/Ir ene Do PPresident resident #3668131 # #36681 31 This statement w filed with the County was C of Santa Clar Clerk Claraa County o 5/20/201 on 5/20/2014. 4. ( (pub Metroo 5/2 Metr 5/28, 8, 6/04, 6 6/18/2014) 6/11, 6/18/2014)
FICTITIOUS FFICTITIOUS BUSINESS B USINESS N NAME SSTATEMENT TATTEMENT # #592209 TThe follo following wing person(s) is ((are) (ar e) doing business as: S Silicon V Valley alley a Macs, 211 21155 S Sunstruck Ct., San Jose, CCA, A, 95125, 9 5125, Jeff Nichols. T business is conducted This
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by a individual. by Registrant R egistrant has not n yyet et begun tr transacting anssacting business underr the fictitious busine business ess name herein. or names listed her ein. /s/Jeff Nichols This statement was filed with the Countyy Clerk of Claraa Cou County Santa Clar unty on 5/20/2014. 5/20/201 4. Metroo 5/28, (pub Metr 5/2 28, 6/04, 6/11, 6/18/2014) 6/18/20114)
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Notice is hereby hereby giv given en that, pursuant to t the authority of sec section ction 24049.5 2 4049.55 of the Business and Professions Professionss Code, the S State tate Boar Boardd of Equalization wi willll sell the follo following wing de described escribed liquor license, at a public sale at 2 250 50 S Second Seecond , San Jose, CA CA 95113 95113 on June 30, 201 2014 4 at a 11am in the Auditorium.. LIQUOR LIQUO R LICE LICENSE NSE NUMBER: N UMBER: 2 21-510216 1-510216 CCOUNTY OUNTY IIN NW WHICH HICH IISSUED: SSUED: Santa Clara Clara TYPE OF LICENSE: LICENSE: TYPE 21. Said liquor license l was seized seized bbyy tthe he S State tate Boardd of Equali Boar Equalization zation to rrecover ecover delinquent delinquuent sales and use tax taxes, es, inter iinterest est and penalties incurred inncurred bbyy Hieu Duy V Vu, u, a seller within the mean meaning ning to the Sales and Use TTax aax law law,, to wit. TTAX: AXX: $ $7,021.00; 7,0 ,021.00; IINTEREST: NTEREST: $1,138.45; $1,138.45; PENALTIES: PE NALTIES: $752.10; $752.10; CCOSTS: OSTS: $3,778.88; $3,778..88; TTOTAL: OTAL: $12,688.88. $12,688 8.88. The license is too be sold to the highest highhest bidder.r. The bid bidder bidding ding process pr ocess will be opened. PProspective rospective bid bidders ders should rrefer efer to sections 7701.510 01.510 to 7701.680, 01.680, inclusive, inclusiv e, of thee code of Civil Procedure Procedure for the provisions pr ovisions go governing verning e the terms, cond conditions, ditions,
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and the effect of the sale and the liability of defaulting bidders. bidders The bid must be in the name of the applicant(s) and cannot be in the name of the nominee. The transfer tr ansfer of said license is contingent upon approval appr oval of the applicant Department bbyy the Depar tment of Beverage Alcoholic Bev erage Control accordance Contr ol in accor dance with the law, law, rules, and administered rregulations egulations administer ed department. bbyy that depar tment. The successful buyer, buyer, within 48 hours of the sale, excluding weekends ex cludingg w eekends and holidays, will be required required to open an escrow escrow Boardd of account with a Boar Equalization approved approved escrow company, escr ow company y, deposit escrow, in escr ow, in lawful money of the United States S tates of America, an amount rrepresenting epresenting the full sale price of the license and, within 30 days of the date escrow escrow is opened, apply for the transfer tr ansfer of the license transfer and pay tr ansfer fees to the department department of Beverage Alcoholic Bev Be erage Control. Contr ol. Applicant must rreceive eceive Department Department Beverage of Alcoholic Bev erage Control Contr ol within 7755 days from fr om the date of the application and the escrow escr ow must close within 1120 20 days of opening, otherwise, the sale may be cancelled. Buyer Buyer is to pay all escrow escrow fees. MINIMUM M INIMUM OPENING OPENING BID B ID IIS: S: $13,300 $13,300 For For additional information, contact Business TTaxes aaxes Representative R epresentative Brian Caldwell Caldwell at 408-938-7773. 408938--7773.
SALES S ALES OAK O AK KN KNOLL OLL Approximately 1/2 acr Approximately acree in Bear Creek Cr eek Est Estates. ates. The seller has ccompleted ompleted almost all of the ccounty oun ntty pre-development pr e-development rrequirements equirements buildability. to determine buildabilit ty. PG&E E SLV water aree aavailable onsite. and SL LV w ater a ar vvailable onsi ite. Property surveyed Pr operty rrecently ecently sur veyeed and the t geotechnical archaeological geotechnic al and ar chaeological aree also aavailable. Creek rreports eports ar vvailable. Bear C reek Estates shared Est ates has a shar ed septic ssystem ystem m like sewer which is lik ke a se wer ssystem. ystem. Thiss flag beautiful entrancee lot has a b eautiful gated entranc plenty omm and plent ty of sun. An ideal ccommute mute location. lo cation. Owner financing aavailable. vvailaable. $185,000. Call Deborah $ $185,0 8 00. C all ll Deb D borah h Donner D ffor o or appointment 408.395.5754 an app ointment 40 8.395.5754 orr visit www.donnerland.com www w.donnerland.c . om CCREEKFRONT REEKFRONT S SETTING ETTING
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After watchi watching ng a movie about the crusadess (Kingdom of H Heaven), eaven), a friend d friend and I got into o a debate about how bad the Dark D Ages really were. My frien nd seemed conv convinced Ages vinced that during the Dark Age es all scientific knowledge regressed to basically nothing, life was gen generally nerally horrible, people were completely ig ignorant gnorant and blindly faithful to o the Catholic Church, and the Church of th that at era was the worst thing in the t history of the world. I tend to think that most people's perception of the Dark Ages is uninformed and they m t weren't as ba bad ad as they're made out to be. W Were e ere they?—Dylan, Phoenix Yes no.. Y ees and d no Opinions ab bout the Dark A ges ha ave about Ages have onsideerably o eevolved volv o ved e cconsiderably ver the ccenturies. eenturies. over oncee up upon was The standard sttandar a rd vie vview w onc on a time w aas that Eur ope descended deesccended e into barbarism Europe with the ccollapse ollap pse of R Rome ome o in the fifth didn’t together ccentury eenturry and did dn n’t ’ get its act to gether Renaissance. till the R eenaissaance. Historians long ago showed that was was an exaggeration, wa exxaggeration, and argued backward period ar rgued g that thee rreally eally back kwaarrd p eriod was w aas the early Middle M A Ages, ges, cconcluding o oncluding around 1000. decades ar ound 10 00. 0 In I the last ffew ew dec cades a some rresearchers esearrche c ers have haave disputed eeven ven e that, almost view medieval painting an alm most rrosy ossy vie w of medie evval ffolk olk o leading thee wholesome pastoral lif fe. life. I’m not goin ng that far r. Sur re, yyou ou o ccan aan going far. Sure, mak ke a ccase aase tha at with the app earancce make that appearance of Charlemagne Charlemagn ne in the eighth ccentury, eentury, western Eur Europe op pe b began egan a slow but steady the gutter. Before climb out of th he gut tter t r. Bef for o e that, though … well, it ’s fair to sa ay the machiner ry it’s say machinery of civilization had h almost ccompletely ompletely disintegrated Her disintegrated. H re’s a famous passage Here’s written writ tten t cir circa ca 59 593 93 b byy the man we know as Gregory Great, pope from 590 604: Gr egorry the Gr reat, p ope fr om 59 0 to 6 04: plund derred, e ccamps aamps destr oyed, e “Cities plundered, destroyed, churches churrches c burned, burneed, male and ffemale emale e monasteries demolished. deemolished. Houses ants and land abandoned by inhabitants by their inhabit left empty byy farmers farmers.. The owners ar aree emptty b fa nowhere have occupied nowhere to be be seen. Beasts ha ave o cccupied those places populated byy placces e previously prevviously p opulated b ening people. What is happ multitudes of people. happening elsewhere elseewher w re I do not know;; I know that,, in region in which w we live, live, the end of the this region world is not on only nly fforeseeable, or oreseeable e , but b byy now now, w, eevident. vvident.” Grreegory the en w as a living in R ome o , which Gregory then was Rome, had reached itss post-imperial reached e postt-imp erial rrock ock bottom. bottttom. Disease played greater plaayed e a gr reater e rrole ole in this than is generally appreciated. Starting apprreeciated. St tar a ting in 542, the (bubonic) Plague (bubonic) Plag gue off JJustinian ustinian had killed off something lik like third population ke a thir rd of the p opulation in the former emptying former o eempire, empir re, empt tyying out the countryside famine.. co ountrryyside and an nd leading to famine The plague wasn’t wasn a n’t ’ brought brrought o about about by Rome; was by the fall of R o ome; it w as a worse in the east, where intact, where thee empire empirre remained remained int tact, a governed byy Constantinople. governed e b Const o antinople. But the collapse authority co ollapse of civill authorit ty made things worse.. The gr worse great reeaat public works that had been signature achievement, such b een Rome’s Rome o ’s sig gnaturre achie evement, e as rroads oads and aq queducts, wer re no longer aqueducts, were
maintained. maint m i tained. ai d Channels Ch l used d to drain d i up,, leading to an eexpansion sswamps waamps silted up xxpanssion increase malaria. off marshland and an incr rease e in malar ria. largely epidemics,, the p population opulatiion D lar Due rgely g to epidemics Italy stagnated off It aly st tagnated a or declined. didn’t decay was destroyed byy What didn n’t ’ dec cay w aas destr oyed e b war. Ostrogoths, battling w aarr. The Ostr ogoths, bat ttling t with thee Byzantines Italian By yzantines z ffor or o ccontrol o ontrol of the It talian a peninsula, sacked Rome out p e eninsula, sack keed R ome o and chased ou ut the protracted struggle th he rresidents. eesidents. After a pr otracted strugg gle the Byzantines succeeded defeating th he By yzantines z suc ceeeded in def feating e g the Ostrogoths weree to too weakened byy O Ostr rogoths but wer o weak keened b plague battlefield pl lague and bat ttlefield t losses to rre-establish e-esttaab blish the empire. Italy was th he western empir e. Much of It taly a w aass in ruins. ru uins. didn’t appreciably Things didn n’t ’ improve improve appr eciably over Att the o ver e the ensuing ccouple o ouple ccenturies. eenturies. A t empire’s city Rome probably em mpire’s height, the cit ty of R ome o pr rob obably had ha ad a population population of mor moree than a milli million; ion; though stayed empty briefly, th hough it st tayed empt ty only briefly y, it ha ad fewer few wer than 50,0 00 p eople until th he had 50,000 people the R Re enaissanc e e. Set tting t aside Islamic ccapitals apit a itals Renaissance. Setting su uch as Cordoba, Cordoba, doba western Eur ope in such Europe general ge eneral built no cities of cconsequence onsequenc o ce till aft fter 10 00. after 1000. Ages were pretty So yyeah, eah, e the Dark A ges wer re pr ettty da ark. I don't mean to suggest the sun ne n ever e dark. never shone. sh hone. Analysis of bones bones in ccemeteries eemeteriess and some,, sa say an nd such suggests that ffor or o some ay in n sm mall hilltop ccommunities o ommunities away away from from m small the life wasn’t th he sswamps, waamps, lif fe w aasn n’t ’ so bad; the lack k of population pressure possibly more p o opulation pressurre p ossibly meant mor m re rresources e esour cees ffor or o those rremaining. emainingg. broke Plague g last br ok ke out in 75 750 and enturry. thereafter th herreeafter subsided till the 14th ccentury. Perhaps not ccoincidentally, byy 8 800 P e erhaps oincidenttally a y, b 00 Ch Charlemagne harlemagne had sufficiently eexpanded xxpand ded Fr rankish ccontrol ontrro ol of Eur ro ope that P ope L eo Frankish Europe Pope Leo crowned emperor Romans. IIII cr owned him emp erro or of the R om omans. Fr rom o that point point forward for o waarrd ther aas From theree w was noticeable Production no oticeable progress. prrogress. Pr oduction of books books o rrose o sharply; ose sharplyy; technology technology impr roved. e Cr ro op improved. Crop was introduced rrotation otation ot a was a intr oduced in the eighth modern ccentury; e entur y; the mo dern horse ccollar, ollarr, the harness, horseshoee b byy the ttandem a andem harness, and the horsesho ni inth or tenth. ninth Ass ffor Church, doubt A or o the Catholic Catholic Chur ch, no dou ubt it ha arborred e its shar keed individua als. harbored sharee of wick wicked individuals. ou But have perspective. Through Bu ut let’s let’s ha ave some p erspectivve. Thr ugh itss monasteries and scho ols, it pr eserrved e schools, preserved of what rremained Western m much emained of W estern e cu ulturre, and ffor or o that mat tter t basic litera acyy, culture, matter literacy, 300 ffor o 30 or 0 yyears. ears e .
FREE W WILL ILLL A ASTROLOGY STROLOGY ARIESS (March ARIE (March 21-April 19): If you y wer weree alive 150 acted, ooth extr years ago and needed to get a ttooth extracted, ber or black smith or you might have called on a barb barber blacksmith try didn't become a wigmaker to do the job. (Dentist (Dentistry formal occupation until the latte er part of the 19th formal latter century.) TToday ooday you wouldn't dr e of seeking anyone eam century.) dream but a specialist to attend to the heal health th of your mouth. aree bei being But I'm wondering if you ar ing less particular about certain other matters con concerning welfare. ncerning your welf are. Have you been seeking financia financiall advice fr from om your massage ther therapist? counsel from apist? Spiritual co unsel fr om your car repair guidance from repair person? Nutritional guida ance fr om a ffast-food ast-food addict? I suggest you avoid suchh behavior behavior.. It's time to ask ffor from those or specific help fr om tho se who can actually provide provide it. TAURUS T AURUS (April 20-May 20): “My “ music is best understood by childr children animals,” en and anim mals,” said composer Igor SStravinsky. statement travinsky. A similar statem ment could be made about you TTauruses coming weeks: aauruses in the comin ng week s: YYou oou will be best understood by childr children en andd animals—and by all others who have a capacity ffor or dynamic d innocence and a buoyant curiosity rrooted ooted iin n emotional intelligence. In ffact, aree th the act, those ar he types I advise you to sur surround now, round yourself with. For no ow, it's best to avoid sophisticates who overthink eve everything erything and know-itall cynics whose def default ault mode iss criticism. Take Take a control control of what influences you absorb. YYou oou need to be in the presence activate presence of those who help acti vate your vitality and enthusiasm. enthusiasm GEMINI (May 21-June 21-June 20): “N “Nikhedonia” ikhedonia” is an obscure wordd that refers obscure English wor referss to the pleasure pleasure that comes from from anticipating success success or good ffortune. ortune. There's There's nothing wrong wrong with indulging indu ulging in this emotion as long as it doesn't interfere with interfere w ith you actually doing the work that will lead to success successs or good ffortune. ortune. But the problem some people problem is, nikhedonia makes m lazy. lazy. Having experienced the thrill thrrill of imagining their victory, victoryy, they find it hard hard to buckle bucklle down and slog through necessary manifest through the gritty details necess sary to manif est their victory. victory. Don't be like that. Enjoy your nikhedonia, then go and complete the accomplish accomplishment hment that will bring a second, even stronger stronger wave of gratification. g atification. gr CANCER (June 21 2121-July July 22): Bo Boston's oston'ss Museum of oston anese art that is Fine Arts has a collection of Jap Japanese ,600 wood-block never on display display.. It consists of 66,600 u school, also prints cr created eated by artists of the ukiyo-e known as ““pictures floating aree pictures of the floatin ng world.” Some ar over 300 years old. They ar aree tuc tucked drawers cked away in dr awers and hidden fr from ensuring vibrant om the light, ensur ring that their vibr ant colors won't ffade. aree w well-preserved ade. So they ar ell-preserved but rarely theree anything rarely seen by anyone. Is ther a about you that rresembles pictures esembles these pictur res of the floating world, Cancerian? of you secr secret, Cancerian? Do you keep parts p et, protecting protecting them from from what might might happen if you show them to the world? It may be time tim me to revise revise that Secret Museum policy. policy. (Thanks (Thanks to Molly Oldfield's Oldfield''s The Secret ffor or the info info referred referred to here.) here.) LLEO EO (July ( y 23 23-Aug. -Aug. g 22):) In the nnext ext two week weeks, s, I all pr ey to the cr ccraze aze that has been hope you don't ffall prey eople have bought sweeping Japan. Over 40,000 pe people or books that ffeature eature the photos ooff hamuketsu, or books hamster bottoms. Even if you doo manage to avoid being consumed by that particu particular ular madness, I'm afr afraid aid you might get caught up in trifles and distractions aree equally ir irrelevant distractions that ar relevant e to your longterm dr dreams. Here's suggest: counteract eams. Her e's what I sugg gest: TToo counter act any tendency you might have too neglect what's truly important, vow to ffocus intensely ocus intense ly on what's truly important. VIRGO VIR GO (Aug. 23-Sept. 23-Sept. 22): W Writing riiting at FastCompany FastCompany..
suggests com, Himanshu Saxena suggest ts that businesses create Paradox Officer,, or CPX CPXO. cr eate a new position: Chief P aradox a Officer O. This person would be rresponsible esponsible ffor or making good contradictions use off the th conflicts fli t andd contr t addictions i ti th t normally that ll treating opportunities growth arise, tr eating them as opportun nities ffor or gr owth rrather ather distractions. From astrological than as distr actions. Fr om my as strological perspective, Virgos aree cur currently serve you Vir gos ar rently prime candidates c to ser ve in capacity.. YYou this capacity oou will continue ttoo have special powers months to do this type of work ffor or mont ths to come.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23-Oct. 22): In ac accordance ccordance with the astrological hereby astrological omens, you are are her e granted eby granted a brief, brieff, one-time-only license to commit commit the Seven Deadly Sins. You Yoou heard heard me correctly, correctlyy, Libra. Libra. As As long as you don't go to extr extremes, free express healthy emes, ffeel eel fr ee too expr ess heal thy
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amounts of pride, greed, gluttony, anger,r, envy envy, pride, gr eed, laziness, gluttony y, anger y, and lust. At theree will be relatively At leastt ffor or now, now w, ther relatively little hell to pay ffor these or th hese indulgences. Just one caveat: If I were wouldn't energy were you, I woul dn't invest a lot of ener gy in anger and envy. aree permitted, but they ar aren't envy. TTechnically, echnically e y, they ar en't really greed, gluttony, really much fun. On the other hand, gr eed, gluttony y, and lust could be qui quite pleasurable, ite pleasur able, especially if you don't take yourself tooo seriously seriously.. Pride and laziness may also be enjoyable in moderate, m moder ate, artful amounts.
SCORPIO SC ORPIO (Oc (Oct. ct. 23 23-Nov. -Nov. 21): Scorpio novelist KKurt urt Vonnegut literary traditions. V onnegut rrebelled ebelleed against liter ary tr aditions. His weree ofte often stories wer en hybrids of science fiction and autobiography. autobiogr aphy. Fr FFree-form ee form philosophizing blended ee-f moral commentary.. He could be cynical with satirical mo oral commentary yet playful, and he h told a lot of jokes. “I want to stand over,” as close to the edge e as I can without going over ,” he testified. “Out onn the edge you see all the kinds of can’t from center.” things you can om the center .” He's your rrole ole ’t see fr next weeks, model ffor or the ne ext ffour our week s, Scorpio. YYour oour challenge wander frontier will be to wande er as ffar ar as you can into the fr ontier without getting hopelessly lost. SSAGITTARIUS AGITTARIU US (Nov. (Nov. 22 22-Dec. -Dec. 21): “Make a name for parts for the dark part ts of you,” writes Lisa Marie Basile in her poem “Paz.” “Paz.” I think that's good advice for for you, Sagittarius. The imminent future future will be an excellent time to fully acknowledge acknowledge the shadowy aspects of your nature. nature. More More than thaan that, it will be a perfect perfect moment to converse withh them,, get better,r, and g to know them better identify their redeeming reddeeming features. features. I suspect you will find that just becaus becausee they ar aree dark doesn't mean they ar aree bad or shameful shameful.l. If you appr approach oach them with love and tenderness, theyy may even reveal reveal their secret secret genius. CAPRICORN CAPRIC ORN N (Dec. 22 22-Jan. -Jan. 19): P Pet et mice that ar aree
kept in cages ne eed to move mor need moree than their enclosed space allows, so their owners often pr ovide them with provide exercise exer cise wheels. If the rrodents odents want to exert their natural around, natur al instinct to t run ar ound, they've got to do it on this device. But her hhere's e's a curious twist: a team of Dutch discovered rresearchers esearchers has discover ed that wild mice also enjoy exercise creatures using exer cise wheels. w The cr eatures have all the rroom oom need, to rroam oam they nee ed, but when they come upon the wheels in the m iddle of the fforest, orest, they hop on and go middle prolonged spins. ffor or pr olonged sp pins. I suggest you avoid behavior like th t CCapricorn. that, apricorn. i S Sometime ti soon you will ill find fi d yourself lf through moree spacious places. When that rrambling ambling thr ough mor freedom happens, don't act a like you do when your fr eedom is moree limited. mor
AQUARIUS A QUARIUS (Jan. ( 20-Feb. 18): It's tr transition ansition time. Wee will soon seee how skilled you ar aree at following W following through. innovations thr ough. The inn novations you have launched in rrecent ecent weekss need to be creativity week b fleshed out. The cr eativity you practical unleashed must get the full backing of your pr actical promises action. YYou oou will be b asked to make good on the pr omises even urge you made or eve en implied. I want to ur ge you not to aree get your ffeelings eelingss hurt if some pruning and editing ar rrequired. equired. In ffact, act, I suggest you rrelish elish the opportunity translate fuzzy structures. Practicing to tr anslate fuzz zy ideals into tidy structur es. Pr acticing ingenious the art of ingeni ous limitation will make everything better.. better PISCESS (Feb. 19-Mar PISCE 19-March ch 20): It's always important culture's ffor or you to shield yourself against our cul ture's superficial and sexist s ideas about sex. It's always you cultivate important ffor or yo ou to cul tivate your own unique and understandings soulful understa andings about sex. But right now this moree cru crucial aree headed into a is even mor ucial than usual. YYou oou ar phase when youu will have the potential to clarify and eros. deepen your rrelationship elaationship with er os. In ways you have previously imagined, not pr eviously im magined, you can learn to harness your serve both aspirations libido to ser ve bo oth your spiritual aspir ations and your greater intimacy.. quest ffor or gr eater intimacy Homework: Co Homework: Compose ompose an exciting pr prayer ayer in which you askk for for something you're you're not "supposed" to. to FreeWillAstrology.com FreeWillAstrology com Go to REALASTROLOGY.COM to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. Audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700
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