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A guy ran into a girl at the bar I frequent. He was pleasantly surprised to see her and she was absolutely ecstatic to see him but not for the reasons you might think. Some drunk was harassing her in stereotypical fashion. “You’re pretty. Let me buy you a drink!” He may not have had on beer goggles, but he definitely had beering aids because he didn’t seem to hear her say, “I’m not interested.”

“Hey, babe!” she yelled to her old friend from across the bar, as she darted toward him. He looked bewildered.

Once in arm’s length, I saw her mouth, “Pretend like you’re my boyfriend.” The problem was, he came with girl, and it looked like they had just started dating. She went to the bathroom just moments before to reapply her makeup. Now, what was he to do? Chase the drunk away by displaying a little PDA and portray what a loving pretend boyfriend he is? Or be a bad friend, and disengage from the charade so that when his date came back from fixing her eyeliner, he didn’t ruin his chances of being a real boyfriend?

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With no striptease, crotch-kicking or ballgags and the same tired jabs about stinky Milpitas, San Jose’s 26th annual Monday Night Live script packed less of a punch than past years. But WILL SPRINGHORN JR., ALLISON RICH and the rest of the San Jose Stage cast made up for a lackluster script with ebullient dance numbers against a set and a soundtrack inspired by the ABBAinspired musical Mamma Mia! Republic Urban’s MICHAEL VAN EVERY emceed the sketch comedy show, marking the first time in recent memory anyone other than a politician played host for the theater’s yearly fundraiser. After an opening dance set to the tune of “Money, Money, Money,” the developer joined Core Companies’ CHRIS NEALE, Swenson Builders’ CASE SWENSON and City Council members JOHNNY KHAMIS and CHAPPIE JONES for a skit about imploring a tribunal to let them lay claim to the untamed Coyote Valley.

Councilors DEV DAVIS, PAM FOLEY and MAGDALENA CARRASCO—donning regal fur, scepters and other Game of Thrones finery—scorned colleague RAUL PERALEZ as the “bastard son of the House of They [SAM] LICCARDO” in a Did scene that pondered What? who’d inherit the coveted SEND TIPS TO “leather throne.” Davis FLY@ vowed to lead Willow METRONEWS. Glen to independence COM “like in 1926,” but was warned she’d have to get past ANDREW BOONE, her far-left-of-left 2020 challenger.

From gold-hued toilet seats, the three women mocked Peralez as an uninspiring mayoral hopeful—despite being “the most tattooed council member since NORM MINETA.” The District 3 rep’s reallife eviction earlier this year became “Weeknight Update” fodder, with the cop-turned-councilman running through some of the reasons he lost his downtown apartment lease. Trying to erect tiny homes in his backyard. Running a home tattoo parlor. Loudly shouting at his better half to “assume the position.”

Or, more in line with what actually happened, because of the gentrifying forces of Google.

FUND AND GAMES The $42 million San Jose saves each year from reducing retiree benefits is dwarfed by the $60 million in fees it pays for poor-performing alternative investments.

Fee for All What SJ saves through pension reforms, it now pays to private wealth managers

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AN JOSE VOTERS passed Measure B in 2012 with the promise of saving $68 million a year by slashing healthcare, disability and pension benefits for city workers. At the time, unfunded liabilities gobbled up a quarter of the city’s annual $1.1 billion budget while declining tax revenues prompted painful cuts to staffing and public services.

Then-mayor Chuck Reed championed the initiative as a way to stave off financial ruin.

Unions successfully challenged the legality of several Measure B provisions,

forcing a compromise in 2016 that lowered projected annual savings to $42 million. Reed, who termed out in 2014, applauded the truce and continued preaching the gospel of Measure B as a national model for reform.

That singular focus on benefits overlooked what’s become a huge driver of the so-called pension crisis: risky bets with high fees and poor returns.

In the decade that followed 2006, San Jose’s two pensions—the $2.1 billion Federated City Employees System and $3.5 billion Police and Fire Plan—upped allocations to alternative investments from 6 percent to 43 percent and 9 percent to 48 percent, respectively.

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Retirement Services upward of $73 million a year to run the plans. That includes $1 million in legal costs and $2.75 million for consultants who guide the plans to investments that rack up more than $60 million in fees. It’s a cost that soared by more than 150 percent in a decade and now dwarfs the savings promised by Reed’s legacy reforms.

Edward Siedle—a former US Securities and Exchange Commission attorney known as the “Pension Detective” for conducting $1 trillion in forensic investigations of the wealth management industry—says investments are so often ignored in debates about public pension reform.

“There are three key drivers of a pension’s health,” he tells Metro. “There’s how much goes into the pot, how much goes out of the pot and how it’s managed. If any of those three are off or amiss, it suffers. Money in, money out is routinely debated because taxpayers don’t want to put more money in and there’s some belief that too many benefits are going out. But the single most important and least discussed element is the management of the money in the pot.”

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Council in 2010, San Jose would replace elected officials on its pension boards with people who work in the financial industry. The other half of the boards would stay the same: employees and retirees elected by their colleagues.

The restructuring aimed to prevent conflicts of interest by removing politicians potentially beholden to unions. But it apparently opened the door to a new kind of conflict between expert appointees and their peers in the finance sector, and precipitated San Jose’s ensuing move toward costly, opaque investments. “Academics have long speculated about the likelihood of a widespread bias in the industry to prefer higher-fee, active investment approaches despite the evidence of inferior outcomes, perhaps because decision-makers tend to share the same education, career paths and social circles as those directing actively managed funds,” Liccardo reflected in the 2019-20 spending plan he released in March.

Reed didn’t respond to a request for comment by press time. Matt Loesch, who helms the federated plan board, says he’ll withhold comment until his fellow trustees have a chance to officially discuss the civil grand jury report when they meet in August. “But I can say that we take this stuff seriously,” he says, “and if there are things that we should be doing or could be doing to better administer the plan, then we’re open to those recommendations.”

Still, the consultants who profit off the risk have the ear of the folks in charge of San Jose’s Office of Retirement Services, most notably its Chief Investment Officer Prabhu Palani.

Though the department adopted a more risk-averse strategy in 2017, the two pension boards mulled the idea of creating a venture capital portfolio as recently as last fall.

At a Nov. 5 meeting with the two pension plans, they fielded a pitch from consultant Ashby Monk, of the Stanford Global Projects Center, about leveraging the city’s standing as the Capital of Silicon Valley to act as an angel investor by backing seed companies.

Monk said increasing the plans’ funding requires upping the city’s contributions, cutting employee benefits or making up for the shortfall by betting on alternatives. “The only way you invest yourself out of it,” he advised, “is by taking on more risk.”

In other words, exactly what got San Jose into this bind.

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the US and abroad is “gross malpractice generally practiced.” It’s business as usual, and a profitable one at that.

If the gamble paid off, that would be one thing. But both plans consistently fare worse than almost every peer group in California, losing out on hundreds of millions of dollars in returns they would have realized had they met their own rosy projections—let alone performed on par with the S&P 500.

Yet while politicized debate over those 2012 pension cuts thrust San Jose in the national spotlight, discussion about high fees and bad investments remains relatively muted.

Months after voters ratified the pension settlement on the November 2016 ballot as Measure F, Reed’s Measure B ally and mayoral successor, Sam Liccardo, pushed for an audit of management fees. The resulting 2017 report determined that San Jose’s pensions performed well below comparative plans, with combined net losses from 2014 to 2016 of $120 million. It also found that the Office of Retirement Services lacked clear policies for holding money managers accountable.

Liccardo devoted a portion of this year’s budget message to what he calls a troubling trend favoring “high-fee, management-intensive alternative investments such as private equity, real assets, private debts and hedge funds.”

A new Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury report echoed his concerns, and cited a consultant’s estimate that the city would save taxpayers $20,000 for every $1 million reduction in investment fees.

San Jose is hardly alone in this predicament.

Public pensions in the US are spending more than $2 billion a year in fees on risky investments to boost returns. While equities and alternatives can provide higher financial returns, they’re also vulnerable to market volatility. For the vast majority of public plans in the US, the gambit hasn’t paid off, according to a study last fall by the Pew Charitable Trusts.

Liccardo suggests—and Siedle agrees—that the composition of San Jose’s pension boards might have something to do with the city’s massive shift to alternatives in the decade since the subprime mortgage crash.

Two years before Reed’s pensioncutting overhaul made it on the ballot in 2012, he championed another pivotal change to the city’s retirement plans.

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VTA’s Budget Boondoggle

BY NICHOLAS CHAN The Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury dealt a harsh blow to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), revealing a burgeoning budget deficit, dysfunctional governance and plummeting ridership in a 61-page report. Here are some key takeaways.

$25 MILLION RIGHT TO KNOW A team of civilian watchdogs lambasted the city for failing to meet basic transparency standards.

Civil Grand Jury Slams Santa Clara for Flouting CPRA

BY JENNIFER WADSWORTH Late last year, a pair of contracts Santa Clara struck with spin maestro Sam Singer prompted a team of citizen watchdogs to probe the city’s procurement practices. But after several frustrated attempts to obtain documents for the investigation, the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury changed course.

If it couldn’t get enough data to review Santa Clara’s contracting, it would test the city’s compliance with the California Public Records Act. Well, the result’s out and it’s not pretty.

“Through the CPRA, accessing public records from government agencies to monitor ‘the people’s business’ should be simple, responsive and without significant delays,” the civil grand jury wrote in a report released last week.

“However, the grand jury found that obtaining public records from the city is a time-consuming and difficult chore.”

The report offers a play-by-play of Santa Clara’s alleged transparency transgressions—an account that the city disputes.

It started with a CPRA request in early December for bids and contracts for the city and its Stadium Authority, which governs Levi’s Stadium. Though the city met the legally mandated 10-day deadline to respond, it invoked a two-week extension without citing a valid reason, according to the civil grand jury.

With the records review a bust, the grand jury tried to interview current and former city employees and people from Sam Singer’s PR firm. But that turned out to be a dead-end, too. So the grand jury sought out legal help to figure out what to do next.

The next CPRA request went out on Feb. 6 this year. Grand jurors asked for three specific contracts and the purchasing process used to secure them. City officials reportedly dragged their feet, and much of what jurors specifically requested never materialized. That’s when the team changed tack and made their accountability project about CPRA compliance.

Ultimately, the grand jury found the records it sought, but uncovered a slew of CPRA violations along the way. “The city’s disorganized recordkeeping is hindering its ability to do the people’s business in a transparent fashion,” jurors conclude.

One can only imagine how the general public fares.

“The city knew that the requester was the grand jury,” the report continues. “Given the grand jury’s statutory ability to investigate and report on the city, it can be assumed that the city gave the grand jury heightened attention.

The grand jury is concerned because it has greater access to public records than a private citizen does, yet it had significant trouble obtaining documents despite multiple requests.”

All the grand jury’s advice involved training staff about CPRA compliance, implementing software to keep track of records requests and writing policy to set it all in stone.

That’s the VTA deficit after the agency drained its capital reserves from $49.5 million in 2017 to $5 million in 2018 to keep funding its operations. In response to the funding gap, VTA is upping fares, slashing service hours and introducing a voluntary early retirement program.

-19.2%

The change in ridership from 2009 to 2018.

Despite that downward trend, the VTA increased the number of its employees and the number of buses and trains.

54%

The rate at which the VTA’s light rail budget has grown in the past five years, even as ridership declined by 15 percent.

$599 MILLION The cost of the Eastridge light rail extension, which is expected to only attract 611 new riders by 2025.

$720,000

The cost to taxpayers for every new rider gained through the Eastridge light rail transit extension’s first year of operation.

Sources: Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury

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EAR BUDS San Jose native Amy Dabalos hosted a listening party for her new album as part of a mutli-day celebration of music last week.

Music Matters Native San Joseans pay harmonious homage to their hometown

BY GARY SINGH

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AST WEEK, a dazzling matrix of native San Joseans wrote songs, played music in the streets or threw together musical events over a span of two days, part of which constituted San Jose’s contribution to the annual Make Music Day Friday. With such a wide variety of music emanating from people born and raised in San Jose, the anti-man-about-town came away a little less anti.

On Thursday, San Jose native Jackie Gage officially released the song she wrote for San Jose last year, the one she debuted to serious acclaim at the 2018 San Jose Jazz Summerfest.

Last year, she sold out Cafe Stritch and filmed a video with several local personalities included. Titled “A Secret Place,” the song is an authentic piece of poetry, one that clearly originated from the heart, the mind, the soul and the streets. Any colorful or interesting person who’s lived here for decades related to Jackie’s sentiment when referring to San Jose as “a secret place.”

We knew exactly what she meant.

Thursday Jackie gigged at

Rootstock Wine Bar in Los Gatos, where upmarket types nibbled on stuffed mushrooms and bruschetta trios, talking all through her performance while Jackie sang Bob Marley, Bill Withers and Tracy Chapman before breaking into “A Secret Place.” Jackie now lives near Manhattan, but regularly gigs in San Jose a few times a year.

Later that night, another gifted local singer delivered a dose of new music. San Jose native Amy Dabalos hosted a listening party for her new album and even screened a new video at The Continental, a club on South First Street owned by the legendary Sam Ramirez, also born and raised in San Jose. In fact, I remember when he bartended down the street 29 years ago. Amy’s video, “Like You,” was a potent affirmation of women’s empowerment, agency and authenticity, a tune celebrating diversity of culture, thought and movement, an anthem for women of all ages, colors and persuasions everywhere. As one would naturally expect, the party was likewise a

glorious multiplicity of shades and identities. Never before have two amazingly talented local women vocalists both released such relevant new material on the same exact night, one after the other. Both of them really do deserve to explode nationwide and achieve major success. It would help show that there really is a there there in San Jose.

The next day was Make Music San Jose, a free outdoor day of sounds held on the summer solstice with performances and musicmaking events happening citywide from dawn ’til dusk. There was no way to catch everything, but at least downtown, the point was to experience local stuff that even the locals refuse to acknowledge.

That said, by sheer chance I experienced even more heroes, Mariachi Azteca, playing along Paseo de San Antonio, with the logistical encouragement of San Jose native Chris Esparza. The group performed in front of Philz Coffee before moseying down the plaza to play in front of Circle-A Skate Shop. As Esparza and I watched the mariachis, we began to catch up on old times, reminiscing about the legendary Ramones shows in the late ’80s at One Step Beyond, back when Esparza was one of the bouncers. Punk memoirs and international museums have all mentioned those shows, putting our geographic area on the map all over the world.

Finally, there was Maestra Barbara Day Turner of the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, whom I first met almost 30 years ago when she commissioned my music professor, Allen Strange, to compose a piece for harpsichord and live electronics. Last Friday, she spent all day at City Hall conducting several dozen songs about San Jose, including Jackie Gage once again performing “A Secret Place,” this time inside the rotunda, with the chamber orchestra. The whole shebang was part of Barbara’s “My San Jose Song” project for the city’s Creative License Ambassador program, in which she curated a concert of original 60-second songs written by community members, with a few ringers thrown in for good measure. Jackie sounded phenomenal in the rotunda.

All in all, it was a gorgeous couple days of live music written by, for and about San Jose. What great potential for promoting our city.

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LEAP OF FAITH Antione Davis of the San Jose Spiders, right, makes a jumping catch against an opponent from the San Diego Growlers.

A small group of ultimate enthusiasts in Silicon Valley are putting sweat and hard-earned capital into the alternative sport BY WALLACE BAINE

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Three days later, at Foothill College in Los Altos, the San Jose Spiders hosted the Seattle Cascades in a regular-season game of the American Ultimate Disc League (AUDL). It was an exciting back-and-forth match-up eventually won by the hometown Spiders 24-19. And it attracted a crowd of no more than 300 spectators, and that’s counting the brass band brought in to perform at halftime. There were

probably more people in the beer line at the Sharks game.

On its face, it makes no sense that a Canadian game designed for frozen lakes would become an abiding passion in a place like San Jose, while a sport that exudes as much California spirit as fish tacos and surf boards would struggle to find a local audience. But the AUDL and the true believers who love the game informally known as ultimate Frisbee are intent on changing all that.

In August, the league is bringing its championship game to Foothill College, giving Bay Area audiences a chance to see ultimate at its finest. It’s the latest step in a long effort to establish the game as a legitimate competitor for the attention of American sports fans.

The Big Four—football, baseball, basketball, hockey—have maintained an iron grip on fans’ attention for generations. But that may be changing. Due mostly to the physical toll it’s taking on its players, football is trapped in a downward publicrelations spiral that it may not be able to escape. Baseball is watching its game get slower and its audience grow older.

If there’s a seismic shift away from the empire sports, ultimate wants to be positioned to be America’s next great game. But first it has to get on the radar.

“To most regular Joes, you say ‘ultimate’ and they’ll look at you cross-eyed,” says Jim Lemons, a longtime ultimate player who works as a referee in the AUDL. “They’ll say, ‘Isn’t that that disc golf thing?’ It’s been very cult-ish. Unless you went to a college that had a program, most likely you’ve never seen it.”

Sometimes called “frisbee football” in its early days, the game has evolved into a fast-moving seven-onseven field sport built on the often majestic flight of the gyroscopic plastic disc we all know as the frisbee.

(The term “Frisbee” is, in fact, a registered trademark of the Wham-O toy company, which presents a nomenclature problem for ultimate organizations like the AUDL).

Though ultimate is not itself widely familiar, the trappings of the game are. Like soccer, it involves constant motion. Like basketball, quick passing to teammates is a strategic fundamental. And like football, the point of the game is to move downfield toward a goal line. Some

plays resemble Steph Curry and Klay Thompson passing the rock. Others recall Joe Montana and Jerry Rice.

Ultimate’s evangelists Rob Lloyd worked for more than 20 years at Cisco Systems, eventually rising to be the company’s president.

He also served as CEO at the transportation start-up Virgin Hyperloop. These days, however, Lloyd is all about ultimate.

“I live in Los Gatos,” he says, “and I walk along the Los Gatos Creek Trail and sometimes I watch kids playing Little League baseball. And I got to tell you, they’re bored!”

Lloyd is the father of one of the AUDL’s star players, Mark Lloyd of the Toronto Rush. He is also now the league’s largest investor as well as its chairman. “I feel like this has been our best year,” he says. “It’s been by far the biggest breakthrough year in terms of sponsors and partners engaging with AUDL.” The league, not yet a decade old, now has new sponsorships in place, a new streaming service and a new media

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N A BRIGHT and sunny afternoon in midMay, several thousand teal-clad sports fans swarmed the SAP Center in downtown San Jose for a rambunctious outdoor rally before Game 7 of the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs between the Sharks and the Colorado Avalanche.

As game time approached, thousands more descended on the “Shark Tank,” and millions more around the Bay Area and across North America watched the game from home.

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BIG DEAL Marcelo Sanchez of the San Jose Spiders ultimate team signs autographs for fans.

deal with the sports network Stadium to broadcast the AUDL Game of the Week (which features San Jose on July 6). The league staged an All-Star Game this year for the first time.

Ultimate was first developed on college campuses in the 1970s as a kind of alternative game outside the system of college sports. It evolved into a thriving “club” sport, a designation in the gray space between amateur and professional, and experienced a heyday as a participant sport across the country. But despite a brief flirtation with the mainstream sports media in the 1980s, ultimate never developed a following as a spectator sport.

In 2012, the AUDL was formed (followed in short order by a rival league Major League Ultimate, which is now defunct). It was in the league’s first year that Rob Lloyd attended an owners meeting and began to develop a vision for the sport’s future.

So, he became an investor and an evangelist. “Every time I take 10 friends to an ultimate game—as I did with the Spiders’ home opener— everyone who has never seen this game ends up loving it.”

It’s been a zig-zag path to stability for the AUDL since then, as the number of franchises and games played has expanded and contracted.

The league now features 21 teams across the U.S. and Canada, each of whom play 12 games a year. A vivid illustration of the league’s volatility is the San Francisco FlameThrowers, who were league champions in 2017 but folded after the 2018 season.

The San Jose Spiders came into the league in 2014 and, built around superstar player Beau Kittredge, promptly won the league’s championship during its first two seasons. The second of those championships was won before a cheering crowd at San Jose’s Avaya Stadium, home to Major League Soccer’s San Jose Earthquakes.

It was a good year, according to Spider’s owner and general manager Andrew Zill. “We got 2,000 people out there, but still, [at Avaya] that felt pretty small.”

The championship this year will be played at the much more cozy football stadium at Foothill College, though

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the Spiders will not be participants— the team’s 2019 record is 3-6.

“That’s the story of sports leagues,” says Zill, “success is half survival, half growth. The teams that figure out how to market themselves grow and succeed. And the teams that can’t, they kind of fall away.”

Zill, 40, is a chemist by trade. “I don’t have any special credentials for this job. I’m not from a sports background.” Being the owner and general manager of a professional sports franchise probably ranks near the top of fantasy jobs, at least for millions of American men. But the job is not so glamorous up close, said Zill.

“Partly because we’re in startup mode, I’m pretty much doing everything, whether it’s the web site, social media, travel arrangements, dealing with coaches, signing players, advertising, tables at events, everything.”

us can’t get it to bend like that. But anybody can bend this beautiful gyroscopic wing.”

Like club ultimate, pick-up ultimate is a phenomenon with roots across the country. Bill Strauss, now in his late 50s, recently traveled to Austin for business. “I found a pick-up game online right near where I was staying,” he said, “and I just started playing with those guys.”

Strauss is a Spiders season ticket holder, and a true believer in the potential of ultimate to catch on as a spectator sport. “The athleticism is what makes it so exciting,” he says. “It’s great to watch. But with the Spiders, I think they’re having a hard time growing the fan base. It’s pretty consistent and they’re doing everything they can, but I don’t think it’s growing that much. I think the problem is that people just don’t know the sport.”

The pick-up scene

The Spiders’ web

Zill’s strategy for success has to do in large part with taking advantage of the Bay Area’s thriving ultimate subculture, of which he himself is a product. There are several regular pick-up ultimate games going on every week across the South Bay, two of which rank as among the longstanding pick-up games in the country.

Zill, who first started playing ultimate in college, has been a participant in these pick-up games, including the twice-weekly games that take place in Cupertino and Palo Alto, both of which date back more than 30 years.

Jim Lemons has been managing the Palo Alto game since 1996.

“When I first started with it,” he says, “we were two days a week. But around 2000, when the (internet) bubble burst, we had to go to three games a week and then we needed two fields. That’s how big it was.”

The game is now back down to twice a week, on Wednesdays and Fridays. Many of the participants have been regulars for years and are still playing in their 50s and 60s.

“It’s really the love of Frisbee,” said Lemons. “I mean, that disc flies like no other thing. A football drops out of the sky like a rock. A soccer ball moves a little bit, but most of

Bill Strauss attends Spiders games accompanying his 89-year-old mother. “We found something we like to do in common,” he said. He was one of a few hundred on hand for the Spiders’ home game against Seattle May 11 at Foothill. The inexpensive tickets, the easy parking, the casual seating were all in stark contrast to the loud, expensive, hyper-marketing gauntlet that seeing the Sharks or the 49ers has become.

A single food truck was parked beyond the near end zone, alongside a zone for kids to try their hand at various Frisbee tricks and a table to score Spiders hats and T-shirts.

The public address system played Ludacris during timeouts, and in an uncomfortable reflection of the political chaos that has engulfed the NFL in recent years, several players on the Seattle squad (which included at least one female player) took a knee during the National Anthem.

In the second half, the game turned on a magnificent play, a one-handed diving catch for the disc by a Spiders player that brought a roar of approval from the crowd.

That player was 19-year-old Keenan Laurence, one of the Spiders’ rising stars. “It was one of the best plays I ever made,” he said later.

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SPECTATOR SPORT Fans and teammate Andrew Moore look on as Brandon Fein of the San Jose Spiders jumps alongside an opponent from the Vancouver Riptide to catch a disc.

Laurence came to play with the Spiders in an informal manner that is unthinkable in big-time sports.

Last year, he played in a pick-up alongside Zill, the club’s owner and GM. He was invited to a tryout in early 2019, and made the club as the youngest player on the roster.

Laurence grew up in Palo Alto, and his story reflects the opportunities and challenges facing ultimate as it grows. As a natural athlete, he grew up playing baseball, football, lacrosse, soccer—“every sport you can think of, except Frisbee.” A concussion his freshman year led him to drop contact sports altogether. “I moved on to other things like running and track and field, but I found I really missed that team aspect of sports.”

During his junior year in high school, he discovered ultimate.

Problem was, his school, Palo Alto High, didn’t have a team. So he joined and eventually became captain of the ultimate team at Gunn High School, Paly’s archrival. Since then, he’s

become a convert, at the expense of all those other sports.

Football is still a kind of civic religion in the US, but its continued dominance is threatened by a widespread turning away from the game at the lowest levels. Ultimate’s partisans are hoping that their game can emerge as an alternative just as parents are looking for something safer for their kids.

The Spiders’ Zill believes that the key to the game’s future is getting the sport into schools. “It’s a slow but steady slog,” he says. “It’s more about the youth movement now. The Little League, for instance, has been huge for baseball. I suspect a huge number of fans played Little League.”

Ultimate is still largely an outsider sport, but even that’s changing. In 2017, Vermont became the first state to recognize ultimate as a legitimate varsity sport.

In his efforts at outreach, Zill is

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particularly focused on one specific and narrow demographic: “The only thing stopping schools from adopting [ultimate] is school administrators who don’t know what it is. That would be a major milestone. What’s really going to determine our success is whether or not kids start playing it in schools and whether or not schools will embrace it. Instead of having a football team, which costs thousands of dollars in equipment and kids getting concussions and not performing well in school, why not have a frisbee team, which costs almost nothing with no head-trauma issues involved at all?”

The AUDL’s Rob Lloyd is bullish on his game’s future because of what he sees as a changing tide with kids and sports.

“There’s a lot of young parents,” he says, “who want their girls and boys to play a game that teaches more than just the physical, that teaches values and constraint and integrity. And that’s why we’re pretty excited about what’s down the road for ultimate.”

‘Spirit of the Game’ Lloyd is referring to an aspect of ultimate that, in the context of today’s high-profile sports world, is not merely different but revolutionary. It’s known in the game’s vernacular as “spirit of the game,” which refers to players serving as their own referees. It began as a necessary part of a pick-up sport that couldn’t afford to staff every game with a team of officials. But it’s grown into an ethic, the game’s secret sauce.

“I found that the overall community of frisbee is second to none when it comes to a sport that encourages sportsmanship and community and honoring your opponents,” said player Laurence.

Sportsmanship and honoring your opponents are nice ideas, but meaningless in a world where baseball pitchers throw missiles at every hitter who flips his bat and NBA players jawbone refs on every call.

The AUDL has referees, but it abides by the spirit of the game with something it calls the “Integrity Rule.” That rule allows a player or coach to overrule an official’s call on the field in the name of honor and sportsmanship. For example, if an

official calls pass interference, the player who benefits from the call can assert that the ruling was an error and that he was not interfered with.

AUDL referee Jim Lemons said he has been “integritied.” “We encourage that,” he said. “I have only one angle. Maybe there was something I couldn’t see from that angle.”

Club ultimate, Lemons says, takes self-officiating to its logical end result with long adjudications on the field that cause delays in play. Because club ultimate is more of a participant sport and not as concerned with the fan support, such delays are tolerated.

“I think AUDL has it right,” says Lemons. “They have us out there to make decisions right or wrong.

A [fouled] player is allowed to ask and we’ll look at the other player.

All he’s allowed to say is ‘Integrity,’ and we overturn the call and move on. There’s no debate like in club where you have 14 players and four observers, so you have 18 refs on the field for every play. That makes it really hard to watch.”

But Spirit of the Game and the Integrity Rule are hard to square with a big-time winner-take-all sports culture where “working the refs” is part of the game. What happens when a star player decides to fudge on the Integrity Rule? Will ultimate come to a point where it has to choose between larger mainstream acceptance and its ethic of sportsmanship that might cost a team wins?

“If you’re talking about the NFL, there’s a lot of money being put down on betting,” said Lemons.

“That’s the point when you know a sport is going to take off, when people care enough to put money down. If we get there, I don’t know maybe [the Integrity Rule] will go away at that point.”

Spiders owner Zill says the Integrity Rule—which he says is called an average of once a game—is the league’s way of honoring the way ultimate has traditionally been played. “What I think will eventually happen is that it’s going to be this kind of legacy rule, where it’s invoked one time a season or something. But for people who never got into sports because it seemed too much a macho thing or too many people at each other’s throats, this is a fun alternative that has appeal across different genders and demographics.”

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RAW DEAL The generous portions of beef served in the pho at Pho Ha Noi is cut fresh to order.

Boiling Point The secret at Pho Ha Noi: a giant, bubbling cauldron and plenty of fresh meat

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HE STEAMING BOWL’S aroma rises before me. Heady notes of roasted beef intermingle with more subtle spices—ginger and star anise. A pile of chopped, bright red raw meat floats atop the redolent broth.

The cleavers clack on the kitchen’s cutting boards.

The cooks at Pho Ha Noi cut fresh strips of meat for every bowl of soup they serve. And brother, do they serve a lot of soup.

Tucked away in a crowded shopping center in San Jose’s Little Saigon, almost everything at Pho Ha Noi is made in house and usually cooked to order. They even go to the trouble of making their own sriracha.

The menu can be deceptive, most items are given a two- or three-word description. What reads as “grilled pork with vermicelli, lettuce” ($11.75) is actually two large, grilled and very juicy pork meatballs. They arrive bathing in a sweet-savory broth, studded with spicy cubes of pickled carrot and daikon.

I am always excited when I see crab on a menu, and the waiter

assured me that they use real Dungeness crab. The crab, shrimp and pork rolls with vermicelli ($13.25) are perhaps the crispiest rolls I have ever eaten. Pho Ha Noi uses a special rice wrapper that puffs up like chicharrones as it fries.

Large chunks of fresh crab meat, slivers of pungent black mushrooms and a savory blend of pork and shrimp comprise the delicious filling. Like so many items on the menu, piles of lettuce, fresh herbs and chilled noodles serve as the garnish. A cup of nuoc cham, the ubiquitous dip made of fish sauce, sugar, chilies and lime juice, sits off to the side.

This seemingly simple sauce, found in many Vietnamese restaurants, can be a total throw-away; it’s often too sweet, too fishy, or just bland and acidic. Pho Ha Noi’s version strikes a delicate balance and pairs perfectly with the crab rolls. It is sharp, pungent and green from the lime and fish sauce, with a slow-building heat that is tamed by the sugar, so that it never becomes overbearing. Paired

with any variety of the herbs, it serves as a palate cleanser, which is ideal for those who enjoy sampling many items in a single meal.

The banana blossom salad vinaigrette with house-made dressing ($13.75) arrives on a large white platter. There is a pile of steamed pulled chicken artfully arranged in the center, along with fresh herbs, shaved banana blossom and heaps of crispy fried shallots.

The banana blossom has the texture of fresh shaved cabbage and the mild flavor of raw artichoke. Along with the addictive fried shallots, it acts as a crispy counterpoint to the soft, juicy chicken.

But let’s not lose sight of why we came here. As much as I loved the salad and the rolls, the real reason a person comes to this restaurant is the pho. And it does not disappoint.

I ordered the #17 Beef Rib Noodle Soup (large size only $11.25). I was expecting and received a large bowl of steaming pho. What I was not expecting was to get a steaming Flintstones-size beef rib served on a side plate. The broth has a deep and satisfying flavor, dominated by the savory beef, but haunted by a distinct umami that lingers on the back of the palate.

I had heard whispers about the size of the pot used for “master” stock. Feeling bold from a few ice cold Heinekens (only $3.95!), I asked if I could see the kitchen and was obliged. I soon found myself in the back to see this “pot,” if one could rightfully call it that. Taking up the majority of the prep kitchen, it’s more like a cauldron—roughly the size of a jacuzzi.

While I stared, mesmerized by the churning, bubbling vat, I realized that bones aren’t the only thing Pho Ha Noi uses to flavor its broth. They also throw whole briskets and racks of beef ribs into the boil. These treats not only serve to flavor the soup but also act as secondary garnishes. There are no shortcuts here.

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Queens native Hari Kondabolu combines poignant social critique with his own witty and engaging remarks, touching on topics such as his identity as a brown man, and his commodious use of cocoa butter.

Kondabolu has performed on The Late Show with David Letterman, Conan and Jimmy Kimmel Live. In 2011, he starred in his own halfhour “Comedy Central Presents” set; last year, he released his hourlong Netflix special, Warn Your Relatives, which earned him a spot on Variety’s Top 10 Comics To Watch list for 2018. Join the comedian and producer as he explores his love of mangoes and his hilarious interactions with family, “Indian accent not included.” (KA)

Mr. Worldwide brings his international flair to the South Bay for a night of Latin-infused pop and hip-hop. Pitbull has demonstrated an expansive range over the course of his 15-year career. His proper discography begins with the Lil John-produced Dirty South anthem “Culo” and moves through to EDM-tinged club bangers, like “Give Me Everything Tonight.” He’s released 10 albums since his 2004 debut LP, M.I.A.M.I., and has gone from headlining sweaty Dade County dance halls to co-founding the Bad Boy Latino record label and rocking his signature three-piece suit on the Today show. (MS)

For DJ and producer J. Worra, spinning high-spirited house tracks comes as second nature.

Though she is now based in L.A., her Chicago roots remain prominent in her energized, bass-heavy mixes. Born and raised in Illinois, J. Worra made a name for herself in 2010 after entering a handful of local DJ competitions—and winning every single one. As a queer woman in a male-dominated industry, J. Worra puts showcasing and uplifting the work of female artists at the top of her priority list. Her supporting set will feature Miss Dre, a Bay Area house producer and DJ. (KA)

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Héctor Amienta and his awardwinning Opera Cultura bring a Mexican legend to the stage with this live production of La Llorona.

Translated as “The Weeping Woman,” La Llorona is a folk tale about identity, colonization and revenge. A young Xochil girl falls for a man of Spanish descent, marrying him and angring the mighty Xochil River. It’s part of Armienta’s Aguas Ancestrales—or “Ancient Waters”—trilogy, which deals with a number of themes, including the spiritual role of water, the concepts of destiny and free will, and the lives of the women in Armienta’s MexicanAmerican family. (MS)

* concerts RODNEY ATKINS

TREVOR NOAH Jul 1 at Mountain Winery

PAUL MCCARTNEY Jul 10 at SAP Center

SEAL Jul 13 at Mountain Winery

QUEEN + ADAM LAMBERT Jul 14 at SAP Center

BECK & CAGE THE ELEPHANT Jul 16 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

ODESZA Jul 17 at Frost Amphitheatre

COMMON Jul 18 at Mountain Winery

RODRIGO Y GABRIELA Jul 21 at Mountain Winery

BACKSTREET BOYS Aug 4 at SAP Center

SAN JOSE JAZZ SUMMER FEST Aug 9-11 in San Jose

JACKSON BROWNE Aug 13 at Mountain Winery

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Fri, 9pm, Free The Ritz, San Jose

Fri, 8pm Cafe Stritch, San Jose

Sat, 1:30pm, $20 Morgan Hill Outdoor Sports Center

Wed, 7:30pm, $50+ Mountain Winery, Saratoga

The local high schools have already thrown their promenade dances—now it’s time for the grownups to get down. This Satori-presented event invites the 21+ crowd to don their ’80s and ’90s best and dance to new wave selections from DJ Bit and DJ 2Nite. While there’s sure to be plenty of goth, post punk and new wave tunes from the likes of Joy Division, The Cure and Depeche Mode, this Friday’s party will have a special focus on the work of Blondie and The Smiths. It’s free before 10pm with an RSVP; $5 after. (MS)

To watch the boys from Atta Kid perform is to see unbridled joy in the form of a musical performance. Founded in 2012, the group uses its technical prowess to craft tunes that are as academically impressive as they are toe-tappingly accessible.

Blending elements of jazz and hip-hop with East Bay funk and New Orleans brass, Atta Kid produce bouncy beats punctuated by soulful horn punches, sneaky organ swells and scratchy rhythm guitar. More importantly, they clearly love playing—allowing the winding, improvisational paths of their songs to lead them in directions that are delightfully surprising, even to them. (MS)

Just a short drive south from the hustle and bustle of Silicon Valley, folks take life a little slower.

There are fewer Teslas, more tractors and the ultimate lowemission mode of transportation is a horse. The Boots & Brews Country Music Festival raises a cool longneck bottle to big skies and rolling hills with a lineup of young country talent. The bill includes RaeLynn, Frankie Ballard and festival headliner Rodney Atkins. The Knoxville-born singer can kick up dust—as he does on the boot-stomping “Caught Up In The Country”—or kick you in the feels (just try not to cry listening to “My Life”). (MS)

A massive floating pig, a top-ofthe-line light show and all the hits—“One of These Days,” “Dark Side of the Moon,” “Wish You Were Here,” you name it—all against the unique backdrop of Colorado’s iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre.

There’s just one problem. It’s 2013 and Pink Floyd could easily sell out the 9,500 seat Denver-area venue many times over. However, Brit Floyd, the immersive and impressive live tribute act is just right. The group plays an even more intimate show at an equally picturesque venue—The Mountain Winery—on July 3. (MS)

FEIST Aug 15 at Mountain Winery

TAJ MAHAL QUARTET Aug 20 at Mountain Winery

KRIS KRISTOFFERSON Aug 23 at Mountain Winery

LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE Aug 30 at Mountain Winery

THE NATIONAL Sep 1 at Frost Amphitheatre

KORN & ALICE IN CHAINS Sep 4 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

DURAN DURAN Sep 10-11 at Mountain Winery

MALUMA Sep 15 at SAP Center

DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE Sep 20 at Mountain Winery

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ELEMENTAL Mary Anne Kluth’s collage, ‘Yosemite 3 OS Study,’ is one of several works on display at the ICA’s ‘Surreal Sublime.’

Outer Limits SJICA group show, ‘Surreal Sublime,’ aims lens at landscape photography

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HE MIXTURE OF phosphorescent pigments with acrylic paint makes Kate Shaw’s paintings shimmer.

Her canvases—with titles like Lustre, Radiant and Gleam—are all perfectly round, suggestive of a selfcontained otherworldliness.

This is what Saturn or Neptune might look like if we could see those planets through alien eyes. They also bring to mind, once and for all,

Harry McClintock’s song “Big Rock Candy Mountain.”

Shaw’s colors are atomic in nature, hyperventilating. There’s a reason we can’t see any people, mountain goats, lazily grazing deer, fish or any birds in flight. The artist presents civilization’s endgame after our annihilation.

What remains are glittering and contaminated crusts of earth.

But “Surreal Sublime: Contemporary Landscapes”—one of two summer shows currently at the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art—isn’t entirely ominous. Shaw is only one of several artists included in an exhibit that

advances the idea of what landscape painting, and photography, will look like as we move toward the middle years of the 21st century.

The first image you see at the show is one of Terri Loewenthal’s photographs from her “Psychscape” series. All of them here make an impression.

Psychscape 33, subtitled “Mount Olsen, CA,” could be any tourist’s random snapshot of a mountain in the distance.

On her pigment print, Loewenthal adds a red and yellow gradient at the center of the image, recalling the prefab Instagram effects that were once far more popular on the social network.

This effect doesn’t sound revolutionary—and the feeling it evokes isn’t reproduced when captured by a smartphone camera— but standing in front of it, or Psychscapes 16 (Lassen, CA) and 09 (Buck Creek, CA), which are mounted side by side, the addition of highly saturated colors forces you to pause and reconsider what you’re looking at. Outside of the Sierra Club’s headquarters, would any gallery goer

pause for long at pretty pictures of ordinary woodlands? The work could be easily categorized as “Ansel Adams on psychedelics,” with Loewenthal’s magenta lake and aquamarine clouds.

But by choosing to amp up the hues, Loewenthal suggests that we’re estranged from nature. Instead of being present, we distance ourselves with filtered photographs of our day hikes and camping trips so that we can share them, ad nauseam, online.

Mary Ann Kluth takes her accomplished photo collages to a new level with the installation Flaming Gorge. In Yosemite 3 OS Study, my favorite of her three smaller collages, Kluth deconstructs a landscape and then reconstructs it. The note identifying them reads, “All works are hand-cut archival photo collage,” but they look deceptively like paintings.

There are no rough edges. no white wisps of paper left behind—the telltale signs of a dilettante’s hurried imprecision. Flaming Gorge enlarges and enhances that approach. The artist assembles cliffs and boulders and clouds into a life-size diorama.

Klute writes that she was inspired to make the piece by the explorer John Wesley Powell, the painter Asher B. Durand and her own photos of amusement park rides, like the Matterhorn and Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.

Brooks Salzwedel writes, “My work often focuses on natural and unnatural landscapes, disconnected from their usual surroundings or places in time.” He achieves this effect with graphite, ink, colored pencil, Mylar and resin. If the dead woke up, they would see the world again but as refracted through cataracts.

That's what his fragmented, opaque landscapes indicate. Skyfire, the largest of his drawings, also captures the undead’s grumpy sense of feeling aggrieved. A circle of trees is fouled by a thick charcoal smoke that’s emanating from a pale fire slowly going out. Mother Nature is no longer on the defensive; she’s about to breathe her last, polluted gasp.

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DROWNED WOMAN Based on a young adult novel, ‘Ophelia’ trades color for substance.

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Something Rotten THE NAME OPHELIA, swiped by Shakespeare from an obscure Italian versifier, derives from the word “Help.” The movie Ophelia needs it.

In this retelling of Hamlet, from the point of view of its sacrificial lamb, the young commoner Ophelia (Daisy Ridley), bullied by mean girls at Elsinore, has a romance with the young Prince Hamlet (George MacKay); it’s right before he leaves for college, and then later after he returns to the rotten court.

Ophelia is not an underwritten part, but Queen Gertrude is (at least according to Kenneth Branagh). As played by Naomi Watts, the queen is in on the regicide from the beginning. This Gertrude has a ’tude—she’s haughty, and intoxicated on some mysterious tonic she imbibes.

Australian director Claire McCarthy has the benefit of expensive production values. It’s shot at Krivoklat Castle in the Czech Republic. The costumes and colors seem derived from Pre-Raphaelite painting, particularly John Everett Millais’ 1850s painting of the drowned girl. (Ridley has the long red locks of Millais’ model Elizabeth Siddal.) As the scheming King Claudius, Clive Owen is virile and formidable, and wields a broadsword like it’s not his first time in Ophelia a swordfight. The staging of the play within the play, The Mousetrap—a revel led by the mad prince PG-13; 114 Mins.

Hamlet—begins startlingly, with the unexpected 3Below Theaters and snapping down of a screen and circusy shadow effects.

Lounge, San Jose As adapted from Lisa Klien’s young adult novel by Semi Chellas, Ophelia is suffused with the qualities that make some readers snobby about YA lit. As is often the case in these novels, old adults in the story are monsters, full of ooky desires. The young, by contrast, are all pure and misunderstood. There is big money to be made in writing flattery for young readers, but such writing makes monochromatic stories and a stage filled with characters who are either good guys or bad guys.

Without the dialogue, Hamlet is melodrama. You sort of ache to hear the actual lines instead of these Shakespeare for Dummies summaries—Hamlet gasping “So it was no snake!” (that killed his father) rather than “O, my prophetic soul…” The nunnery Hamlet orders Ophelia to join has actual nuns in it. (The YA audience doesn’t need to know that Hamlet was using popular slang for a brothel.) When Ophelia goes nutzoid at the banquet hall handing out gifts of flowers, Ridley has her most touching moment, precisely because what she says is reasonably close to the original dialogue.

Maybe the logic was that if Ophelia is going funny in the head, she might as well talk funny, like someone from the 1600s. —Richard von Busack

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STILL GRINDING Rey Resurreccion handled all the production on his latest EP, ‘Bricktop Jimmy’—a first for the local emcee.

Res Returns San Jose emcee Rey Resurreccion drops new self-produced EP, ‘Bricktop Jimmy’

BY NICK VERONIN

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T’S HARD ENOUGH aging gracefully as a rock star.

But when it comes to hiphop—a genre obsessed with the hustle of youth and the hardscrabble realities of urban life—it can seem downright impossible.

Relevancy and authenticity have been at the front of Rey Resurreccion’s mind of late. At 35, the Filipino-American rapper and San Jose native feels he is at a crossroads in his career. He has given the bulk of his life to rap music and he has plenty to show for it.

Since 2009, Resurreccion has dropped three full-length albums, five EPs and

a laundry list of mixtapes, loosies and collaborations too lengthy for him to easily account for. The liner notes of his official releases serve as a cheat sheet for the most talented producers and emcees in the region. Chexmex, Goldenchyld, Dirtbag Dan and Andrew Bigs have all worked with Res. Resurreccion’s paean to San Jose, “The Hometown,” from his 2014 Sleeping Giants LP, stands as one of the best songs about this city ever written.

Supported by DJ Cutso’s triumphant banda-sampling beat, it is gritty and genuine. In it, Resurreccion effortlessly name-checks the East Side, Monterey Boulevard, Music in the Park, pho, tacos and many more cultural

touchstones that San Jose denizens will recognize. Its accompanying music video celebrates the diverse faces of San Jose and helps to polish the gleaming diamonds of hope that glimmer in Res’ rough, gravelly flow.

Over the course of his last two EPs— 2016’s Sweet Tooth Tony and his latest, Bricktop Jimmy, released on streaming services last week—Resurreccion has continued to demonstrate growth, both as a lyricist and as a producer. Bricktop marks the first release on which he has handled all of the production and mixing, in addition to the writing.

It was difficult, but it was something he felt he had to do in order to prove to himself and his listeners what he is capable of. “For me to produce the whole project was me making a statement,” Resurreccion says.

And yet, while Res considers Bricktop Jimmy a “milestone” in his career, it also contains one of the bleakest lyrics he’s ever penned: “My city forgot me. My city forgot me,” he spits on EP closer, “No Way,” which features The Grouch.

The lyric carries a double meaning, Res explains. On the one hand, it refers

to the fear that he lost momentum and fans during the brief hiatus he took after releasing his last EP. On the other, it refers to the fact that, increasingly, he can’t even recognize the town where he was born.

“The San Jose I know is going way,” Res says.

Double meanings and calculated nuance are plentiful on Bricktop Jimmy. The EP’s opening track, “Live Dat,” sets the scene with memories of growing up wanting—splitting bowls of Top Ramen with his sister and sleeping on the couch—before fastforwarding to the present.

“I’m in the Silicon Valley / small-ass house for a milli / they livin’ in tents around the city / really,” he rhymes over burbling trap trills and an a capella chord progression reminiscent of Dirty Projectors’ “No Trigger.”

Gentrification is just one of the many subjects Resurreccion tackles here.

On “Window,” Res and Andrew Bigs expand on the pain of being close enough to see the good life, but unable to attain it. “My brother got a smart phone in prison,” Resurreccion intones. Even with one of humanity’s most powerful tools in hand, his brother is still a prisoner of a system that is stacked against the least fortunate.

“Checkmate” finds Res taking aim at many familiar hip-hop targets—including haters and the police—before unfurling a new beef with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “I-C-E,” he rhymes, is just as likely to “run up on ya” as a jealous rival or a crooked cop.

And yet, on that same track, Resurreccion gives the listener a big slice of optimism. “Checkmate” closes with an audio snippet of Res’ young chess students cheering as one of them beats their teacher.

“They’ve been trying to beat me week after week for years,” Resurreccion says, explaining the clip. When they finally amass the skills needed to put their instructor in checkmate, it is very exciting for them. It is a victory they know they have earned.

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FRI JUN 28 | FRIDAY VIVA PARKS! MUSIC BY CADO + NOOP Two of my absolute favorite musicians will share the stage this Friday in the heart of downtown San José. In case you didn’t know, Cado is a bossa nova legend in these parts, a serenading hustler since before there were these parts. And I believe Noop is on his way to leading the city into a massive folk-R&B jam session. He has got those vocal chops! You must see these two do what they do out in the open. 5pm. Plaza de Cesar Chavez, 1 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose

FRI JUN 28 | STREETCLEANER, JAK SYN, BIRTHDAY @ CARAVAN I really enjoy synthwave, and I am beginning to like darksynth as much. I find it so interesting that a style of music that may have sounded cheap and easy in the era from which it was born now has such a cinematic quality. StreetCleaner and Jak Syn have excellent production skills, and I look forward to hearing them live. 9pm. Caravan Lounge, 98 S Almaden Ave, San Jose = MUST SEE

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WED 6/26 CEDAR ROOM

Everyday Happy Hour: 4pm– 5:30pm & 9pm–10pm. Wed, 8pm–11pm: Queen Bingo.

Mon, 7pm: Big Bands. Tue, 8pm– Close: Tiki Tuesdays— exotic cocktails and island vibes. Pruneyard Cinemas, 1875 S Bascom Ave, Campbell

PANEL DISCUSSION | TELLING OUR STORIES THROUGH INDEPENDENT FILM 7pm. With Matthew Abaya, Dianne Fukami, Jon Osaki, Rick Quan. Japanese American Museum of San Jose, 535 N Fifth St, San Jose

CLUB FOX BLUES JAM 7pm. Doors 6:30pm. 21+ $7.

Club Fox, 2209 Broadway St, Redwood City

WOMEN/LGBTQ COMEDY OPEN MIC 7pm. Caffe Frascati, 315 S First St, San Jose

SAM'S BBQ

Wed, 6pm: Jerry Logan & Loganville. Tue, 7/2, 6pm: Bean Creek. Wed, 7/3, 6pm: Blue Summit Band w/ AJ Lee. 1110 S Bascom Ave, San Jose

NEW ORLEANS SWING | BON BON VIVANT 7:30pm. Art Boutiki Music Hall, 44 Race St, San Jose

COMEDY | LOCALS ONLY! 8pm. Santa Clara Valley Brewing, 101 E Alma Ave, San Jose

POOR HOUSE BISTRO

Wed, 6pm: The Legendary Ron Thompson & Sid Morris Gang feat. Allagash Brewing.

Thu, 6pm: Chrome Deluxe.

Fri, 6pm: Cathy Lemons & The Lucky Losers. Sat, 7pm: Chris Cain Band. Sun, 11am: New Orleans Piano Brunch with Johnny Fabulous. Mon, 6pm: Mixed Open Mic Night. Tue, 7pm: Aki Kumar’s Blues Jam. 91 S Autumn St, San Jose

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THU 6/27 IN THE ARTIST'S STUDIO: FEATURING CHARLOTTE KRUK

1pm. Through 8/4. New Museum Los Gatos | NUMU, 106 Main St, Los Gatos

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LIVE LIT WRITERS OPEN

7pm. Caffe Frascati, 315 S First St, San Jose

MIXED OPEN MIC

7pm. Britannia Arms Cupertino, 1087 S De Anza Blvd, San Jose

MUSIC OPEN MIC

7:30pm. Los Gatos Coffee Roasting Company, 101 W Main St

MIXED OPEN MIC NIGHT

7:30pm. Hosted by Nick Peters. Freewheel Brewing Company, 3736 Florence St, Redwood City

THURSDAY NIGHT BLUES JAM

BRITANNIA ARMS ALMADEN Wed, 10pm: DJ Hank. Thu, 10pm: Live Band – Zack Freitas. Fri, 10pm: Live Band – Spazmatics. Sat, 10pm: DJ Brotha Reese. Sun, 10pm: DJ Hank. Mon, 10pm: Game Night. Tue, 7:30pm: Risky

7:30pm. Little Lou's BBQ, 2455 S Winchester Blvd, Campbell

STAGE | NOËL COWARD’S “PRESENT LAUGHTER”

8pm. Various times through Sun. Pear Theatre, 1110 La Avenida St, Mountain View

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Thu, 8pm: Tooth & Nail 4 Year Anniversary Bash. Fri, 8pm: Women of Rock: Gundacker, Shaylon, Hormones. Sat, 9pm: New Wave Prom: The Smiths & Blondie Spotlight. 400 S First St, San Jose

COMEDY | BEER GIGGLES: JOKES AND BEER

8pm. Camino Brewing, 718 S First St, San Jose

TRIVIA NIGHT

8pm. Sports Page B&G, 1431 Plymouth St, Mountain View

STAGE | THE TAMING OF THE SHREW BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

8pm. Northside Theatre Company, Olinder Theatre, 848 E William St, San Jose

FRIDAY VIVA PARKS! MUSIC BY CADO + NOOP

5pm. Plaza de Cesar Chavez, 1 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose

FAMILY BOLLYWOOD WORKOUT

5pm. Alum Rock Library, 3090 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose

KARAOKE | 7 BAMBOO

SONAMÓ (ITALIAN FUNK), BARELY FUNKTIONAL, ALEX WINTERS

STAGE | LA LLORONA/ THE WEEPING WOMAN

SHERWOOD INN

DJ | SHAKIN’ NOT STIRRED WITH ROGER MOOREHOUSE

9pm. Cardiff Lounge, 260 E Campbell Ave, Campbell

KARAOKE | COURT’S LOUNGE

8pm. Various times through Sun. Mexican Heritage Theater at School of Arts & Culture, 1700 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose

ROCK | THREAT TO SELF, LUNACIES, & AVERAGE JILL

8pm. the elegant pub, 3273 S White Rd, San Jose

KARAOKE | ROCCO'S BLUE MAX

Mon, Thu, Sat, 9:30pm. 2425 S Bascom Ave, Campbell

Fri & Sat, 8pm–close. 828 W El Camino Real, Sunnyvale

THROWBACK THURSDAY KARAOKE & DANCE

FLICKS AND GROOVES | MARK ARROYO, FRED, KB

9:30pm. Old school jams, soul, reggaeton, ’70s, ’80s and pop hits. Bogart’s Sports Bar, 1209 Wildwood Ave, Sunnyvale

THE BRANHAM LOUNGE

Thu, 10pm: $3 Pop Thursdays.

Fri, 10pm: TGIFF with DJ David Q. Sat, 10pm: Irie Nights with DJ Robert Rankin. Sun, 9pm: Branham Sunday Industry Party. 1116 Branham Lane, San Jose

MIGHTY MIKE SCHERMER

SMOKING PIG BBQ

Fri, 9pm: Knee Deep. Sat, 9pm: South County Blues Band. 3340 Mowry Ave, Fremont

CD Release Party • 7pm • $7

DANCE | DJ RAHEEM

9:30pm. Britannia Arms Downtown, 173 W Santa Clara St, San Jose

8pm. History Park, 635 Phelan Ave, San Jose

DANCE/KARAOKE | FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE STARLITE 8pm: Ballroom dance lesson.

9pm: Dance party. 11:30pm: Karaoke. Starlite Ballroom, 5178 Moorpark Ave. Ste 60, San Jose

IMPROVISATION | COMEDY SPORTZ

9pm. Caravan Lounge, 98 S Almaden Ave, San Jose

SUPER DIAMOND Sat June 29

KARAOKE | THE GOOSETOWN LOUNGE

DUTCH UNCLE

Fri & Sat, 9:30pm. 1072 Lincoln Ave, San Jose

with special guests

NEW AMERICAN VILLAINS 7:45pm • $15 adv/$17 day of show

SAT 6/29 FUNK & SOUL | CORNELIUS BLACK

6pm. St. James Park, N Second & St. James streets, San Jose

2209 Broadway St Redwood City / 831.334.1153 clubfoxrwc.com

SATURDAY NIGHT SUMMER CONCERT AT THE FLEA: DISCOS RESACA 6pm. Garden At The Flea, 1590 Berryessa Road, San Jose

1011 PACIFIC AVE. SANTA CRUZ 831-429-4135 Thursday, June 27 • Ages 16+

IMPROVISATION | COMEDY SPORTZ

7pm & 9:15pm. 3Below, 288 S Second St, San Jose

BLUEGRASS | FOG HOLLER

Together Pangea VUNDABAR

Thursday, June 27 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

XXXTENTACION MEMORIAL

Friday, June 28 • In the Atrium • Ages 16+

BAT!

plus Fulminante also The Infamous Swanks

Saturday, June 29 • Ages 16+

featuring

7:30pm. Red Rock Coffee, 201 Castro St, Mountain View

BOOTS & BREWS COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL

8pm. With Rodney Atkins.

Morgan Hill Soccer Complex, 16500 Condit Rd, Morgan Hill

ROCK | STIMULI, DOORS TO NOWHERE, HEAVYSKIES, RH1NOS

9pm. Caravan Lounge, 98 S Almaden Ave, San Jose

8pm. 3Below, 288 S Second St, San Jose

DARKSYNTH | STREETCLEANER, JAK SYN, BIRTHDAY

Fri June 28 MUSIC ON THE SQUARE

5:30pm • No Cover • Great location • Air Conditioning Full Bar plus Beer & Wine to go

POSTROCK | WANDER / HEIRLOOM / NEW FOSSILS

7:30pm. Art Boutiki Music Hall, 44 Race St, San Jose

Thu-Sun, 8:30pm: Karaoke.

Sun, 4pm: Novak-Nanni Duo. 2988 Almaden Expy, San Jose

Wed June 26 CLUB FOX BLUES JAM

Every day. Fri–Sat, 7pm.

Sun–Thu, 9pm. 7 Bamboo, 162 Jackson St, San Jose

7pm. 3F Gallery, 127 Jackson St, San Jose

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THE WILLOW DEN

Sat, 9pm: Live music w/local bands. Sun, 5:30pm–close:

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Tuesday, July 2 • In the Atrium • Ages 21+

ELECTRIC SIX

plus Kyle Shutt

Friday, July 12 • Ages 16+

The Brothers Comatose Jul 14 Toots & The Maytals (Ages 16+) Jul 20 Shwayze (Ages 16+) Aug 13 Matisyahu (Ages 16+) Aug 15 Hawthorne Heights/ Emery (Ages 16+) Aug 16 The Original Wailers (Ages 16+) Aug 22 Tuxedo (Ages 16+) Aug 31 Danny Duncan (Ages 16+) Sep 2 Xavier Rudd (Ages 16+) Sep 13 Iya Terra (Ages 16+) Sep 14 The California Honeydrops (Ages 16+) Sep 24 Hot Chip (Ages 16+) Oct 12 Manila Killa (Ages 16+) Oct 14 Yung Gravy (Ages 16+) Oct 19 & 20 Santa Cruz Music Festival (Ages 16+) Oct 23 The Distillers (Ages 16+) Nov 14 Suicide Girls Blackheart Burlesque (Ages 21+) Nov 20 Hippo Campus (Ages 16+) Nov 22 Cold War Kids (Ages 16+) Unless otherwise noted, all shows are dance shows with limited seating.

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metroactive EVENTS 31 Service Industry Night = 1/2 off drinks with your industry card! Tue, 10pm: Karaoke. 803 Lincoln Ave, San Jose

KARAOKE & DANCING

9:30pm. Bogart’s Sports Bar, 1209 Wildwood Ave, Sunnyvale

JAM | WEEKLY SESSIONS AT FIVE POINTS

8:30pm. Five Points, 169 W Santa Clara St, San Jose

TRIVIA NIGHT AT STEPHEN’S GREEN

9pm. St. Stephen’s Green, 223 Castro St, Mountain View

KARAOKE | O’FLAHERTY’S IRISH PUB

SUN 6/30

9pm. 25 N San Pedro St, San Jose

SPLASH MOB WATER BATTLE

COMEDY OPEN MIC WITH PETE MUNOZ

1pm. Bring water balloons/ super soakers. San Jose location.

TBA: facebook.com/ splashmobsj

FAMILY | GRAPHIX CON!

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Well, on the upside, he isn’t afraid to express his feelings. On the downside, if you’re like many women, you prefer your relationships long-form—more Nicholas Sparks’“The Notebook” than 3M’s “The Post-it Note.”

You aren’t the only one on these calls who buys into everything the guy says he has in store for you (and no, I’m not suggesting there’s an FBI agent listening in from a “cable company” van). While this guy is on the phone with you, chances are he believes what he’s telling you— which is to say, deception has a brother, and it’s self-deception.

Evolutionary biologist Robert Trivers defines self-deception as “the active misrepresentation of reality to the conscious mind.” As for how the self can end up being “both the deceiver and the deceived,” Trivers and fellow evolutionary researcher William von Hippel explain that our mind seems to have “information-processing biases” that “favor welcome over unwelcome information” in a way that reflects our

goals. (Think rose-colored horse blinders.)

Trivers and von Hippel note that believing our own hooey helps us sell it to other people: If you aren’t conscious that you’re lying, you won’t be burdened by the mental costs of maintaining “two separate representations of reality” or show physical signs of nervousness at possibly getting caught.

Understanding all of this, you should probably go easy on yourself for being a bit of a slow learner on the “fool me twice” thing. If this guy was also putting one over on himself in these phone conversations, that probably made it much more believable to you. Mark him as emotionally toxic and come up with a plan in case he calls again.

Options include blocking his number, not picking up or figuring out how to control the conversation if he veers off into Sweetnothingsville. On a positive note, it does seem he’s accidentally telling the truth in one area: You do seem to be the woman of his dreams, as you always vanish from his consciousness as soon as he wakes up.

I went on three or four dates with this dude, and he said it wasn’t really working for him and stopped calling. I’m kind of confused about what went wrong or what put him off. My friends tell me to leave it alone. Doesn’t he owe me more of an explanation for why he isn’t interested anymore, considering we went on multiple dates?—Baffled You are owed: 1. The correct change. 2.

The news that a guy you’ve been dating is no longer interested. Period. It is not his job to tell you that you are, say, bad in bed or have all the table manners of a coyote on recent roadkill.

Still, it’s understandable that you’re pining for an explanation. Research by psychologist Daniel Kahneman suggests that being in a state of uncertainty makes us very uncomfortable. It makes sense that we evolved to feel this way, as going through the world in a state of ignorance would not exactly increase our chances of survival, mating and passing on our genes: “Oh, what a pretty berry!

Here’s hoping it won’t cause violent convulsions and death!”

However, there is a way to alleviate the mental itchiness from not knowing, even

in cases where there’s no way to know what really happened. You could say that we believe what we think—and especially what we repeatedly think. Studies by memory researcher Elizabeth Loftus find that every time we recall a story (or even something we’re told might have happened to us) it encodes it more deeply in our minds, often to the point where it starts to seem like it actually happened.

In line with this, come up with a story for why the guy bailed—ideally one that’s easy on your ego—and tell it to yourself repeatedly. For example, imagine him saying, “I just remembered that I’m emotionally unavailable,” or if that seems a little boring, “Your slight nose whistle is actually endearing, but it seems to have a thing for Dave Matthews covers, and I just can’t stand that band.”

(c)2019, Amy Alkon, all rights reserved. Got a problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com (advicegoddess.com).

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I was talking with this guy whom I’ve known for over six years who lives a plane ride away. It was late at night on a weekend, and he was saying all this mushy sexy stuff and how he wanted to fly me out to his city, blah, blah, blah. Afterward, he never called or texted again. It’s been weeks now. He’s done this before—come on really hot and heavy and then disappeared. And he doesn’t drink or do drugs, so that isn’t an explanation. Why do men do this?—Feeling Dumb For Believing...Again

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: PLUMB, ELECT, DOORS, K-Beauty Hair Salon, 3470 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, WINDOWS,FULL CA, 95051, Repit, Inc., 18886SERVICE Devon Ave., Saratoga, CA, 95070. This business is being conducted by a Corporation.

REMODELING, KITCHENS,BATH. Registrant not.yet begun transacting 40+ YRShasEXP NO JOB TOO business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein.

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Above entity was formed in the408-888-9290 state of California. /s/Su Jin Han. CEO. #4272556. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/30/2019. (pub Metro 06/05, 06/12, 06/19, 06/26/2019)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655088

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Lafayette Apartments, 461 Lafayette Way, Santa Clara, CA, 95050, Lafayette LLC, 485 Alberto Way Suite 200, Los Gatos, CA,

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95032. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/24/1995. Refile in facts from previous filing #562773.

Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/ Kirk Kozlowski. Manager. #199529710014. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/22/2019. (pub Metro 06/05, 06/12, 06/19, 06/26/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655204 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Peter Morey Foundation, 2640 Swanson Way, Mountain Vew, CA, 94040, Healthy Young Attitude, 22950 Summit Road, Los Gatos, CA, 95033. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 09/10/2014.

Refile in facts from previous filing #596286. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Kenneth Ostrow. CEO. Thug World Records labelClerk of #1828286.

This statement was explosive filed with the County Santa Clara on 05/24/2019.

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NAME STATEMENT #655412 Call or log on thugworldrecords.com The following person(s) is (are) 408-561-5458 ask for gpdoing business as: Sizzling

Lunch, 1085 E. Brokaw Road STE 30, San Jose, CA, 95131, 3L Poki, Inc. This business is being conducted by a Corporation.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Yuxiang Duan. President. #C4037265. This statement NOTICE TO CREDITORS, CASE NO.:was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/31/2019. (pub 16PR179712 Metro 06/12, 06/19, 06/26, 07/03/2019) In re the Matter of the CAPELLA FAMILY REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DATED JULY 30, 1997, by Manuel J. Capella, DecedentNotice is hereby given to the creditors and contingent creditors of Decedent FICTITIOUS BUSINESS Manuel J. Capella that all persons having claims against the NAME STATEMENT #655435 Decedent are required to file them with the Superior Court of the State California,person(s) County of Santa Clara, at 191business N. First Street, Theoffollowing is (are) doing as: Dr.San Dave’s Jose, CA 95112, and mail or deliver a copy to David Capella, successor Doggy Daycare, Boarding & Grooming, 12840 Saratoga trustee of the Capella Family Revocable Living Trust dated July 30, Sunnyvale Road Suite was 500,the Saratoga, Reed 1997, of which the Decedent settlor, atCA, the95070, Sowards LawAnimal Firm, Hospital Saratoga, Mendelsohn Lane,within Saratoga, 2542 S. Bascom Avenue,Inc., Suite20120 200, Campbell, CA 95008, the CA, 95070.

This business is being conducted by a Corporation. later of four (4) months after November 2, 2016 (the date of the first Registrant begantotransacting fictitious publication of notice creditors) or,business if notice isunder mailedthe or personally delivered to you, sixty dayslisted after the date this notice is mailed business name or(60) names herein on 08/22/2015.

Above orentity personally to the you.LATE If you do not fileDavid your wasdelivered formed in stateCLAIMS: of California. /s/John claim within time required law, you must to file a Reed.

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Thisbystatement waspetition filed with the lateCounty claim as provided in California Probateon Code §19103.FAILURE Clerk of Santa Clara County 06/03/2019. (pub Metro TO FILE A CLAIM: Failure to file a claim with the court and to serve 06/12, 06/19, 06/26, 07/03/2019) a copy of the claim on the trustee will in most instances invalidate your claim.(Pub dates: 10/26, 11/02, 11/09/2016)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS#654873 NAME STATEMENT NAME STATEMENT The following person(s) is#622524 (are) doing business as:

The followingInc., person(s) (are) Drive, doing business as:CA, Advanced Selftable, 2528isFlory San Jose, 95121. This Industrial Delivery LLC,conducted 247 N. Capitol Unit 104, SanRegistrant Jose, business is being byAve., a Corporation.

CA,has 95127. is being conducted by a limited notThis yetbusiness begun transacting business under liability the fictitious company.

Registrant has not yet begun transacting business business name or names listed herein. Above entity was under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. Above formed in the state of California. /s/Lam Loi. President. entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Gilbert Juan Garcia #C4260760.

This statement wasstatement filed withwas thefiled County Managing Member#201627010166This with of Clerk SantaofClara on 05/15/2019. theClerk County Santa County Clara County on 10/17/2016.(pub (pubMetro Metro 06/12, 06/19, 06/26, 07/03/2019) 11/02, 11/09, 11/16, 11/23/2016)

FICTITIOUSBUSINESS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS NAME STATEMENT #655456 NAME STATEMENT #622430

The following person(s) is (are) business as: Calderon The following person(s) is (are) doingdoing business as: Union Tire Service, Monterey San95124, Jose, Kim cA, Dao Avenue Liquors,Inc., 36493045 Union Ave., SanHwy, Jose, CA, 95111. This36business is being conducted by a Corporation.

Corporation, Leominster Ct., San Jose, CA, 95139.

This business is being conducted bytransacting a corporation.

Registrant has not Registrant began business under theyet fictitious begun transacting under fictitious name business namebusiness or names listedtheherein on business 08/10/2007.

Above orentity nameswas listedformed herein.inAbove entity was formed in the state the state of California. /s/JosefinaofC. California. /s/Michael John Perazzo President #C39443143 This Delgado. CFO. #2949732. This statement was filed with the statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/03/2019. (pub on 10/13/2016. (pub Metro 10/26, 11/02, 11/09, 11/16/2016) Metro 06/12, 06/19, 06/26, 07/03/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #622360 NAME #654661 The followingSTATEMENT person(s) is (are) doing business as: Soft Touch Spa,

1692 Tully Road, Suite 12, San Jose, CA, 95122, Daibusiness Nguyen, 650 The following person(s) is (are) doing as:Island 1. Mi Place, Redwood City,Dulce, CA, 94065.

This business is conducted by an Esteelo, 2. Mas 3 Esteelo, 4. Mas Dulce Productions, individual.

Registrant has not begun transacting business 5. Mas Dulce Digital, 6. yet Sweet Soul, 351 Willow St.,under San theJose, fictitious name Fernandez. or names listedThis herein. /s/Dai Nguyen CA, business 95110, Dulce business is being This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting on 10/12/2016. (pub Metro 11/02, 11/09, 11/16, 11/23/2016)

business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 04/10/2019. Refile in facts from previous

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #622523

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KT Dental

filing #654244. /s/Dulce Fernandez. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/10/2019. (pub Metro 06/05, 06/12, 06/19, 06/26/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655522 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Proxima Mgmt, 2665 Marine Way Suite 1110, Mountain View, CA, 94043, AIRVNV, Inc., 500 E Calaveras Blvd 321, Milpitas, CA, 95035. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/01/2019. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Vic Yang. CEO. #C3687204. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara on 01/28/2014 file number 587505.

This06/12, business was06/26, County onunder 06/05/2019. (pub Metro 06/19, conducted by: An individual /s/Minh T. Hoang Date filed with the 07/03/2019) clerks office: 10/12/2016 (pub dates 11/02, 11/09, 11/16, 11/23/2016

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER NAME STATEMENT #655574 ESTATE OF MARK PASCOE KELLY. CASE The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Zedoria NO. 16PR178443 Design, 2288 Cascade St., Milpitas, CA, 95035, Jeff Hsu, Min

NOTICE OF PETITION TO ADMINISTER ESTATE OF MARK Kim. This is16PR178443To being conducted by abeneficiaries Married Couple.

PASCOE KELLY.business CASE NO. all heirs Registrant has not yet begun transacting under the creditors, contingent creditors, and persons whobusiness may otherwise be interested in the willname or estate, or both listed of: MARK PASCOE KELLY. fictitious business or names herein on. /s/Jeff A Petition for Probate haswas beenfiled filedwith by: James J. Ramoni, Public Hsu. This statement the County Clerk of Santa Administrator of the County of Santa Clara in the Superior Court of Clara County on 06/06/2019. (pub Metro 06/12, 06/19, 06/26, California, County of Santa Clara.The Petition for Probate requests 07/03/2019) that James J. Ramoni, Public Administrator of the County of Santa Clara be appointed as personal representative to administer theFICTITIOUS estate of the decedent.

The petition requests authority to BUSINESS administer the estate under the Independent Administration of NAME STATEMENT #655496 Estates Act. (This authority will allow the personal representative to take actionsperson(s) without obtaining approval.

Before Themany following is (are)court doing business as: Tran taking certain very1520 important actions, however, personal Auto Glass, E. Capitol Expwy SPCthe119, San Jose, CA, representative will be required to give notice to interested 95121, Chau M Tran. This business is being conducted persons unless they have waived notice or consented to the by an action.)

Individual.

Registrantadministration began transacting proposed The independent authoritybusiness will under the fictitious business orobjection names listed be granted unless an interested personname files an to the herein on 06/04/2019. /s/Chau M Tran.

This statement petition and shows good cause why the court should not grant was filed with on thetheCounty Santa Clara on authority.

A hearing petitionClerk will beofheld in this courtCounty as follows: November 28, 2016, at 906/12, a.m. in06/19, Dept. 1006/26, located07/03/2019) at 191 06/04/2019. (pub Metro NORTH FIRST STREET, SAN JOSE, CA, 95113. IF YOU OBJECT to the granting of the petition, you should appear at the hearing BUSINESS andFICTITIOUS state your objections or file written objections with the court before the hearing. Your appearance may be in person or by your NAME STATEMENT #655627 attorney. IF YOU ARE A CREDITOR or a contingent creditor of the decedent, you mustperson(s) file your claim withdoing the court and mail copy The following is (are) business as: aThe to the personal representative by the court within the#29, Moreno Family Law Firm,appointed 1150 s. Bascom Avenue, Suite laterSan of either (1) four months fromMoreno. the date ofThis firstbusiness issuance is ofbeing Jose, CA, 95128, Marilyn letters to a general personal representative, as defined in section conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting 58(b) of the California Probate Code, or (2) 60name days from the date business under the fictitious business or names listed of mailing or personal delivery to you of a notice under section herein on 09/14/1998. /s/Marilyn Moreno.

This statement 9052 of the California Probate Code. Other California statutes with the Clerk of Santa Clara County on andwas legalfiled authority mayCounty affect your rights as a creditor.

You may 06/07/2019. (puban Metro 06/12, 06/19, 06/26,in07/03/2019) want to consult with attorney knowledgeable California law.

YOU MAY EXAMINE the file kept by the court. If you are a person interested in the estate, you may file with the court a Request FICTITIOUS for Special Notice (formBUSINESS DE-154) of the filing of an inventory and appraisal of estate assets or of any petition or account as provided NAME STATEMENT #655537 in Probate Code section 1250. A Request for Special Notice form The following (are) doing business as: Viam is available from theperson(s) court clerk.isAttorney for petitioner: MARK Commercial, 2189 Monterey Suite 260,OFSan A. GONZALEZ, Lead Deputy County Road Counsel, OFFICE THEJose, CA, 95125, Viam373 Estate Services.

This business being COUNTY COUNSEL, West Julian Street, Suite 300, SanisJose, CA, conducted by408-758-4200 a Corporation. began transacting 95110, Telephone: (PubRegistrant CC, 11/02, 11/09, 11/16/2016)

business under the fictitious business name or names

listed herein on 07/01/2019. Above entity was formed FICTITIOUS in the state ofBUSINESS California. /s/Phoung Hoang. President. #C4180714.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk NAME STATEMENT #622566

Santa Clara County ondoing 06/05/2019. (pub 06/12, Theoffollowing person(s) is (are) business as: VanMetro Hoa Lam, 06/26, 97906/19, Story Rd., #7087,07/03/2019) San Jose, Ca, 95122, Nuh Thuan Lam, Quoc Anh Nguyen, 608 Giraudo Dr., San Jose, CA, 95111. This business is conducted by an couple.Registrant has notCHANGE yet begun OF ORDER TOmarried SHOW CAUSE FOR transacting business under the fictitious business name or names NAME. CASE NO.file 19CV349071 listed herein. Refile of previous #620681 with changes. /s/Nhu Thuan statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa TO Lam ALLThis INTERESTED PERSONS: Petitioner (name): Isael Clara County onSoto 10/18/2016. (pub Metro 10/26, 11/02, 11/09,as 11/16/2016) Gonzalez for a decree changing names follows: Present name: Isael Gonzalez Soto. Proposed name: Isael Gregorio Soto.BUSINESS THE COURT ORDERS that all persons FICTITIOUS interested in this matter appear before this court at the NAME hearingSTATEMENT indicated below#622752 to show cause, if any, why the

changeisof name not granted.

Any Thepetition followingfor person(s) (are) doingshould business as:be Free Spirit, 380 person the name described above S. 1st Street, objecting San Jose, CA,to95113, Michaelchange R. Hill, 8093 E. Zayante Rd.,must Felton,file CA,a95018.

Thisobjection business isthat conducted by an written includes theindividual. reasons for Registrant has not yet beguntwo transacting business under the objection at least court days before thethematter is fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Michael R. scheduled to be heard and must appear at the hearing Hillto This statement the County Clerk of Santa Clara If show causewas whyfiled thewith petition should not be granted.

County on 10/24/2016. (pub Metro 11/02,filed, 11/09,the 11/16, 11/23/2016) no written objection is timely court may grant the petition without a hearing. NOTICE OF HEARING:

October, 22 2019 at 8:45 am, room: Probate. filed on: June FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 18, 2019 (pub dates: 06/26, 07/03, 07/10, 07/17/2019) NAME STATEMENT #621712 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Countrywide Carrier, 2947 Capewood Ln., San Jose, CA, 95132, Rajwinder Singh. This business is conducted by an individual.Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655590

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655295 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: C & J’s Sports Bar, 1550 Lafayette St., Santa Clara, CA, 95050, Antonio Volkswagen, Inc, 562 University Ave., San Jose, Ca, 95110. This business is being conducted by a Corporation.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 05/29/2010. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Stan Antonio.

President. #C1080431. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/29/2019. (pub Metro 06/12, 06/19, 06/26, 07/03/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655648 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Quickstart Repair, 2880 Zanker Rd STE 203, San Jose, CA, 95134, Jason Z Yin. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/06/2019. Refile in facts of previous filing #636533. /s/ Jason Z Yin. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/07/2019. (pub Metro 06/19, 06/26, 07/03, 07/10/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655278 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Happy And Intent, 2123 Hicks Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95125, Leanne Eleanor Lindelof. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/06/2018. /s/Leanne Lindelof. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/29/2019. (pub Metro 06/19, 06/26, 07/03, 07/10/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655669 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Z Best Pest Control, 1271 Alma Court, San Jose, CA, 95112, Matthew Richmond, 449 Alberto Way C140, Los Gatos, CA, 95032. This business is being conducted by an Individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 006/10/2019. /s/Matthew Richmond. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/10/2019. (pub Metro 06/19, 06/26, 07/03, 07/10/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655704 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Smart Direct Courier Services By Robert, 444 Saratoga Av Apt 3J, Santa Clara, CA, 95050, Robert M Ernsberger. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 03/15/2019. /s/Robert M Ernsberger. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/11/2019. (pub Metro 06/19, 06/26, 07/03, 07/10/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655705 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Intelian Enterprise, 579 Gridley St., San Jose, CA, 95127, Jane Chik. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/10/2019. Refile in facts from previous filing #340716. /s/Jane Chik. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/11/2019. (pub Metro 06/19, 06/26, 07/03, 07/10/2019)

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Local Color, 30 S. 1st St (Basement), San Jose, CA, 95113, Exhibition District, 141 Delmas Avenue, #3. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 04/23/2015. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Erin Salazar.

Executive Director. #3778787. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/11/2019. (pub Metro 06/19, 06/26, 07/03, 07/10/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655395 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Holder’s Country Inn, 998 South De Anza Boulevard, San Jose, CA, 95129, De Anza Country LLC. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 05/06/2019. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Miguel Rivas. Managing Member. #201912910600. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/31/2019. (pub Metro 06/19, 06/26, 07/03, 07/10/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655696 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: AK Ophthalmic Staff Solutions, 465 Chiquita Ave., #3, Mountain View, CA, 94041, Alanna Jane Kelly. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Alanna Jane Kelly. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/10/2019. (pub Metro 06/19, 06/26, 07/03, 07/10/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655754 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Coaching

By Amber, 465 Willow Glen Way #326, Diane Arp. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/12/2019. Refile in facts from previous filing #587104. /s/Diane Arp. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/12/2019. (pub Metro 06/19, 06/26, 07/03, 07/10/2019)

STATEMENT OF ABANDONMENT OF USE OF FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME #655652 The following person(s) / registrant(s) has / have abandoned the use of the fictitious business name(s): Haul Away Today, 215 Stonewod Dr., Los Banos, CA, 93635, Richard W Jones. Filed in the Santa Clara county on 09/03/2015. under file No. 608823. This business was conducted by: An Individual: Filed on 06/07/2019. /s/Richard W. Jones, Owner. (pub dates: 06/19, 06/26, 07/03, 07/10/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655652 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Haul Away Today, 4232 Ross Ave., San Jose, CA, 95124, Denis Alexander Weir. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/07/2019. /s/Denis Alexander Weir. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/07/2019. (pub Metro 06/19, 06/26, 07/03, 07/10/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655827 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Pow Wow San Jose, 555 S. 2nd St., San Jose, CA, 95112, Juan Carlos Araujo, 526 N. 7th Street, San Jose, CA, 95112. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/06/2019. Refile in facts from previous filing #655583. /s/Juan Carlos Araujo.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/14/2019. (pub Metro 06/19, 06/26, 07/03, 07/10/2019)

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL REAL PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE CASE NO. 1-93-PR-130724

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 16, 2019 at 2:00 p.m., the Public Guardian of the County of Santa Clara, as Conservator of the Person and Estate of HADDAS FEOLA, intends to sell at private sale, to the highest net bidder, all of the estate’s right, title and interest in and to certain real property located at 2201 Monroe Street, #1006, in the City of Santa Clara, County of Santa Clara, State of California, which property is more particularly described in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated by reference. The sale shall be subject to confirmation by the above-referenced court. The real property will be sold subject to current taxes, covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations, rights, rights-of-way, and easements of record, with any encumbrances of record to be satisfied from the purchase price. Bids or offers for the real property are hereby invited.

For additional information about submitting bids or offers please contact the listing agent, Lynne Olenak, Sereno Group Real Estate, 12124 Saratoga-Sunnyvale, Saratoga, CA 95070; Telephone: (408) 656-0895. All bids must be accompanied by a ten (10) percent deposit by cashier’s check, with the balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash upon close of escrow. Taxes, rents, operating and maintenance expenses, and premiums on insurance acceptable to purchaser shall be prorated as of the date of recording of conveyance. Examination of title, recording of conveyance, transfer tax and any title insurance policy shall be at the expense of the purchaser or purchasers.

The right is reserved for James J. Ramoni, Public Guardian of the County of Santa Clara as Conservator of the Person and Estate of Haddas Feola, reserves the right to reject and all bids or offers. All bids or offers will be opened at 2:00 p.m. on July 16, 2019 at the offices of the Public Guardian of the County of Santa Clara located at 333 W. Julian Street, San Jose, CA 95110 or thereafter, as allowed by law. James J. Ramoni, Public Guardian County Santa ClaraJames R. Williams, County CounselMark A. Gonzalez, Lead Deputy County CounselEXIBIT “A”Legal DescriptionFor APN/Parcel ID(s): 224-52-093 THE LAND REFERREDTO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF SANTA CL.ARA, COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:PARCEL NO. ONE:UNIT NO. 70, AS SHOWN AND DESCRIBED ON THAT CERTAIN MAP ENTITLED, “TRACT NO. 4801, COURTYARD-SANTA CLARA CONDOMINIUM SUBDIVISION AND PL.AN”, WHICH MAP WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA CL.ARA, STATE OR CALIFORNIA, ON JANUARY 25, 1978 IN BOOK 411 OF MAPS, AT PAGES 45 THRU 48, INCLUSIVE, AS AMENDED

BY CERTIFICATES OF CORR CTION RECORDED OCTOBER 12, 1978 IN BOOK E021 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS, AT PAGES 734, 735 AND 736.TOGETHER WITH THE FOLLOWING APPURTENANT EASEMENTS:1.

THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE THE BALCONY SHOWN ON SAID CONDOMINIUM MAP AS B NO. 70 ADJACENT TO THE AFOREMENTIONED UNIT.2.

THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE FOR ORDINARY STORAGE PURPOSE THE STORAGE SPACE SHOWN ON SAID CONDOMINIUM MAP AS STORAGE SPACE NO. S-70.3.

THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OT USE FOR VEHICLE PARKING PURPOSE THE CARPORT SPACE SHOWN ON SAID CONDOMINIUM MAP AS CARPORT SPACE NO. C-70.

PARCEL NO. TWO:AN UNDIVIDED 0.82722 PERCENT INTEREST IN AND TO THE COMMON AREA OF SAID CONDOMINIUM PROJECT, AS SAID AREA IS SHOWN UPON SAID MAP OF TRACT 4801, AND AS SAID AREA AND THE RESPECTIVE INTERESTS APPLICABLE THERETO, ARE DEFINED IN THE DECLARATION OF RESTRICTIONS (THE COURTYARD-SANTA CL.ARA) RECORDED AUGUST 29, 1978 IN BOOK 0917 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS, PAGE 414, AND MODIFICATIONS THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 20, 1978 IN BOOK E099 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS, PAGE 103, BEING ALL OF THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF SAID TRACT NO. 4801, EXCEPT FOR THE UNITS. PARCEL NO. THREE:AN EMERGENCY ACCESS EASEMENT APPURTENANT TO PARCEL TWO ABOVE DESCRIBED, FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS, OVER A LINE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:BEGINNING AT A POINT IN A NORTHERLY LINE OF THAT CERTAIN 2.526 ACRE PARCEL SHOWN ON RECORD OF SURVEY MAP ENTITLED, “PTN. LANDS OF P.J. PASETTA, ET UX” FILED FEBRUARY 28, 1965 IN BOOK 191 OF MAPS, AT PAGE 21, SANTA CLARA COUNTY RECORDS, DISTANT THEREON S. 73° 22’ 25” W. 13.00 FEET FROM THE NORTHEASTERLY CORNER OF SAID 2.526 ACRE PARCEL; THENCE CONTINUING S. 73° 22’ 25” W. ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE A DISTANCE OF 16.00 FEET. (Publication Dates: 06/19, 06/26, 07/03/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655842

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Just Health Group, 1656 Prime Place, Unit 1, San Jose, CA, 95124, Johanna S Liu. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Johanna S Liu. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/14/2019. (pub Metro 06/19, 06/26, 07/03, 07/10/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655740 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Saratoga Vision Center, 18816 Cox Ave., Saratoga, CA, 95070, Jeffrey M. Fanelli, 1412 Arryo Seco Dr., Campbell, CA, 95008, Larry R. Fabian, 18660 Vista de Almaden, San Jose, CA, 95120.

This business is being conducted by a General Partnership.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 03/01/1987. /s/Jeffrey M. Fanelli. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/12/2019. (pub Metro 06/19, 06/26, 07/03, 07/10/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655845 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Airthreads, 766 Christine Drive, Palo Alto, CA, 94303, Ecodesigns LLC. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/15/2019. Above entity was formed in the state of Delaware. /s/Anurag Jain.

Managing Member. #201912310006. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/14/2019. (pub Metro 06/19, 06/26, 07/03, 07/10/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655389 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: RTSTC Truth, 5669 Snell Ave., #161, San Jose, CA, 95123, Nicole Allwood, 4631 Holycon Cir., San Jose, CA, 95136. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 05/29/2019. /s/Nicole Allwood.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 05/31/2019. (pub Metro 06/26, 07/03, 07/10, 07/17/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655897 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Bass King Road, 2905 S. King Road, San Jose, CA, 95122, King Road Owner, LLC, 10121 Miller Ave, STE 200, Cupertino, CA, 95014. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein.

Above entity was formed in the state of Delaware. /s/Derek K. Hunter, Jr. Member. #201713510361. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/17/2019. (pub Metro 06/26, 07/03, 07/10, 07/17/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655830

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Radio & Su, 273 South Cragmont Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95127, Edward J. Radio, 28040 Elena Road, Los Altos, CA, 94022. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/13/2019. /s/Edward J. Radio. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/14/2019. (pub Metro 06/26, 07/03, 07/10, 07/17/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655959 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Potato Are Studios, 501 Milpitas Ranch Rd. Apt 344, Milpitas, CA, 95035, Lauren Chan. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Lauren Chan. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/19/2019. (pub Metro 06/26, 07/03, 07/10, 07/17/2019)

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Data Girl, 73 Avenida Espana, San Jose, CA, 95139, Lauren Intagliata.

This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/06/2019. /s/Lauren Intagliata. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/06/2019. (pub Metro 06/12, 06/19, 06/26, 07/03/2019)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655922

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Guava Insurance Agency, 2030 Senter Rd., San Jose, CA, 95112, Cindy Phoung Lam Su, 2563 Bentley Ridge Drive, San Jose, CA, 95138. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Cindy Phoung Lam Su. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/18/2019. (pub Metro 06/26, 07/03, 07/10, 07/17/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #656000 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Peninsula Mobile Notary, 217 Covington Rd., Los Altos, CA, 94024, Richard Lynch. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on. /s/Richard Lynch. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/20/2019. (pub Metro 06/26, 07/03, 07/10, 07/17/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #656022 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Nile St. Apparel, 2354 California St. #4, Mountain View, CA, 94040, Hashim Mahmoud. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/05/2019. /s/Hashim Mahmoud. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/20/2019. (pub Metro 06/26, 07/03, 07/10, 07/17/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655984 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1.

EQ1 Evergreen Estates, 2. EQ1 Evergreen Estates Realty, 3. EQ1 Evergreen Realty, 4. EQ1 Estates Realty, 1762 Technology Dr., #106, San Jose, CA, 95110, Equity One Real Estate Inc. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 10/10/2013. Refile in facts from previous filing #654796. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Marlo Ibon. Vice President. #C3516812.

This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/19/2019. (pub Metro 06/26, 07/03, 07/10, 07/17/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #656020 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Bakong, 4828 Verbena Way, San Jose, CA, 95129, Auree Mballa Kamga, 1290 Leigh Ave. #1, San Jose, CA, 95129.

This business is being conducted by an Individual.

Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/20/2019. /s/ Auree Mballa Kamga. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/20/2019. (pub Metro 06/26, 07/03, 07/10, 07/17/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655905 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. Tirupathi Bhimas, 2. Prime Foods, 1208 S. Abel Street, Milpitas, CA, 95035, Prime Eats, 4262 Verdigris Circle, San Jose, CA, 95134.

This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 06/17/2019. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Mahesh Srinivasan. CEO. #4287328. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/17/2019. (pub Metro 06/26, 07/03, 07/10, 07/17/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655463 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Century Residential, 33 South Third, San Jose, CA, 95113, Century

Residential, LLC, 485 Alberto Way Suite 200, Los Gatos, CA, 95032. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 01/29/1998. Refile in facts from previous filing #594012. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Kirk Kozlowski.

Manager. #199803010012. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/03/2019. (pub Metro 06/12, 06/19, 06/26, 07/03/2019)

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL REAL PROPERTY OF CAROLYN SUE HOBBS, AKA CAROLYN S. HOBBS, AKA CAROLYN HOBBS, SANTA CLARA SUPERIOR COURT CASE NO. 18PR184090 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on July 9, 2019 at 2:00 p.m., the Public Administrator of the County of Santa Clara, as Administrator of the Estate of Carolyn Sue Hobbs, aka Carolyn S. Hobbs, aka Carolyn Hobbs, intends to sell at private sale, to the highest net bidder, all of the estate’s right, title and interest in and to certain real property located at 4641 Clarendon Drive, in the City of San Jose, County of Santa Clara, State of California, which property is more particularly described in Exhibit “A” attached hereto and incorporated by reference. The sale shall be subject to confirmation by the above-referenced court. The real property will be sold subject to current taxes, covenants, conditions, restrictions, reservations, rights, rights of way, and easements of record, with any encumbrances of record to be satisfied from the purchase price. Bids or offers for the real property are hereby invited. For additional information about submitting bids or offers please contact the Listing Agent, Mike Segal, Mike Segal Properties, 3833 Abbey Ct., Campbell, CA 95008; Telephone: (408) 379-9039.

All bids or offers must be in accompanied by a ten (10) percent deposit by cashier’s check, with the balance of the purchase price to be paid in cash upon close of escrow. Taxes, rents, operating and maintenance expenses, and premiums on insurance acceptable to the purchaser shall be prorated as of the date of recording of conveyance. Examination of title, recording of conveyance, transfer taxes and any title insurance policy shall be at the expense of the purchaser or purchasers. The right is reserved for James J. Ramoni, Public Administrator of the County of Santa Clara as Administrator of the Estate of Carolyn Sue Hobbs, aka Carolyn S. Hobbs, aka Carolyn Hobbs, reserves the right to reject any and all bids or offers. All bids or offers will be opened at 2:00 p.m. on July 9, 2019 at the offices of the Public Administrator of the County of Santa Clara located at 333 W. Julian Street, San Jose, CA 95110, or thereafter, as allowed by law. James J. Ramoni, Public Administrator of the County Santa ClaraJames R. Williams, County CounselMark A. Gonzalez, Lead Deputy County CounselEXHIBIT “A”Legal DescriptionFor APN/Parcel ID(s): 381-28-024THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF SAN JOSE, COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:ALL OF LOT 41, AS SHOWN ON THAT CERTAIN MAP ENTITLED, “TRACT NO. 1885 CLARENDON PARK UNIT NO. 1”, WHICH MAP WAS FILED FOR RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF THE COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ON APRIL 30, 1957, IN BOOK 81 OF MAPS, AT PAGE 20.EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE UNDERGROUND WATER WITH NO RIGHT OF SURFACE ENTRY AS CONVEYED BY DAVID E. BURKE ET AL., TO SAN JOSE WATER WORKS, A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION, BY DEED DATED MAY 6, 1957, RECORDED MAY 6, 1957, IN BOOK 3791 OF OFFICIAL RECORDS, PAGE 607.(Pub Dates: 06/12, 06/19, 06/26/2019)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #655685 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Urban Confluence Silicon Valley, 160 West Santa Clara Street Suite 90, San Jose, CA, 95113, San Jose Light Tower Corporation. This business is being conducted by a Corporation. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 05/01/2017. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Stephen Charles Borkenhagen. Executive Director. #4007801. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 06/10/2019. (pub Metro 06/26, 07/03, 07/10, 07/17/2019)

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES (March 21-April 19): Here are your fortune

cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead.

JULY: Discipline your inner flame. Use your radiance constructively. Your theme is controlled fire. AUGUST: Release yourself from dwelling on what's amiss or off-kilter. Find the inspiration to focus on what's right and good. SEPTEMBER: Pay your dues with joy and gratitude. Work hard in service to your beautiful dreams. OCTOBER: You can undo your attractions to "gratifications" that aren't really very gratifying.

NOVEMBER: Your allies can become even better allies. Ask them for more. DECEMBER: Be alert for unrecognized value and hidden resources.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. JULY: If you choose to play one of life's trickier games, you must get trickier yourself. AUGUST: Shedding irrelevant theories and unlearning old approaches will pave the way for creative breakthroughs.

SEPTEMBER: Begin working on a new product or project that will last a long time. OCTOBER: Maybe you don't need that emotional crutch as much as you thought. NOVEMBER: Explore the intense, perplexing, interesting feelings until you're cleansed and healed.

DECEMBER: Join forces with a new ally and/or deepen an existing alliance.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. JULY: It's time to take fuller advantage of a resource you've been neglecting or underestimating. AUGUST: For a limited time only, two plus two equals five. Capitalize on that fact by temporarily becoming a two-plustwo-equals-five type of person. SEPTEMBER: It's time and you're ready to discover new keys to fostering interesting intimacy and robust collaboration.

OCTOBER: The boundaries are shifting on the map of the heart. That will ultimately be a good thing.

NOVEMBER: If you do what you fear, you'll gain unprecedented power over the fear. DECEMBER: What's the one thing you can't live without? Refine and deepen your relationship to it.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Here are your fortune

cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. JULY: Acquire a new personal symbol that thrills your mind and mobilizes your soul. AUGUST: Reconfigure the way you deal with money. Get smarter about your finances.

SEPTEMBER: It's time to expedite your learning. But streetwise education is more useful than formal education. Study the Book of Life. OCTOBER: Ask for more help than you normally do. Aggressively build your support. NOVEMBER: Creativity is your superpower.

Reinvent any part of your life that needs a bolt of imaginative ingenuity. DECEMBER: Love and care for what you imagine to be your flaws and liabilities.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Here are your fortune

cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead.

JULY: Transform something that's semi-ugly into something that's useful and winsome. AUGUST: Go to the top of the world and seek a big vision of who you must become. SEPTEMBER: Your instinct for worthy and constructive adventures is impeccable. Trust it.

OCTOBER: Be alert for a new teacher with a capacity to teach you precisely what you need to learn.

NOVEMBER: Your mind might not guide you perfectly, but your body and soul will. DECEMBER: Fresh hungers and budding fascinations should alert you to the fact that deep in the genius part of your soul, your master plan is changing.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Here are your fortune

cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. JULY: I'd love to see you phase out wishy-washy wishes that keep you distracted from your burning, churning desires. AUGUST: A story that began years ago begins again. Be proactive about changing the themes you'd rather not repeat. SEPTEMBER: Get seriously and daringly creative about living in a more expansive world.

OCTOBER: Acquire a new tool or skill that will enable you to carry out your mission more effectively. NOVEMBER: Unanticipated plot twists can help heal old dilemmas about intimacy. DECEMBER: Come up with savvy plans to eliminate bad stress and welcome good stress.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. JULY: Say this every morning: "The less I have to prove and the fewer people I have to impress, the smarter I'll be."

AUGUST: Escape an unnecessary limitation. Break an

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obsolete rule. Override a faded tradition. SEPTEMBER: What kind of "badness" might give your goodness more power? OCTOBER: You're stronger and freer than you thought you were. Call on your untapped power.

NOVEMBER: Narrowing your focus and paring down your options will serve you beautifully. DECEMBER: Replace what's fake with the Real Thing.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. JULY: Stretch yourself. Freelance, moonlight, diversify and expand. AUGUST: Having power over other people is less important than having power over yourself.

Manage your passions like a wizard! SEPTEMBER: Ask the big question. And be ready to act expeditiously when you get the big answer. OCTOBER: I think you can arrange for the surge to arrive in manageable installments. Seriously. NOVEMBER: Dare to break barren customs and habits that are obstructing small miracles and cathartic breakthroughs. DECEMBER: Don't wait around hoping to be given what you need.

Instead, go after it. Create it yourself, if necessary.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead. JULY: Can you infuse dark places with your intense light without dimming your intense light?

Yes! AUGUST: It's time for an archetypal Sagittarian jaunt, quest or pilgrimage. SEPTEMBER: The world around you needs your practical idealism. Be a role model who catalyzes good changes. OCTOBER: Seek out new allies and connections that can help you with your future goals. NOVEMBER: Be open to new and unexpected ideas so as to get the emotional healing you long for. DECEMBER: Shed old, worn-out selfimages. Reinvent yourself. Get to know your depths better.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead.

JULY: You have an enhanced capacity to feel at peace with your body, to not wish it were different from what it naturally is. AUGUST: You can finally solve a riddle you've been trying to solve for a long time. SEPTEMBER: Make your imagination work and play twice as hard. Crack open seemingly closed possibilities. OCTOBER: Move up at least one rung on the ladder of success. NOVEMBER: Make yourself more receptive to blessings and help that you have overlooked or ignored. DECEMBER: You'll learn most from what you leave behind—so leave behind as much as possible.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Here are your fortune

cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead.

JULY: I'll cry one tear for you, then I'll cheer. AUGUST: Plant seeds in places that hadn't previously been on your radar. SEPTEMBER: You may seem to take a wrong turn, but it'll take you where you need to go.

OCTOBER: Open your mind and heart as wide as you can. Be receptive to the unexpected. NOVEMBER: I bet you'll gain a new power, higher rank, or greater privilege. DECEMBER: Send out feelers to new arrivals who may be potential helpers.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Here are your fortune cookie-style horoscopes for the months ahead.

JULY: Your creative powers are at a peak. Use them with flair. AUGUST: Wean yourself from pretend feelings and artificial motivations and inauthentic communications. SEPTEMBER: If you want to have greater impact and more influence, you can. Make it happen! OCTOBER: Love is weird but good. Trust the odd journey it takes you on. NOVEMBER: If you cultivate an appreciation for paradox, your paradoxical goals will succeed. DECEMBER: Set firm deadlines. Have fun disciplining yourself.

Homework: What were the circumstances in which you were most vigorously alive?

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BILL BARRON, left, of Brandenburg Properties, with CASE SWENSON, center, and RON ZRAICK of PP&Co.

LARRY STONE (boo!), center, with NICK ADAMS, right at San Jose Stage Company’s Monday Night Live party.

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THE DELFONICS backstage at the first Music in the Park of the summer at Plaza de César Chávez.

Former San Jose resident and legendary bluesman CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE, right, backstage at the Fountain Blues & Brews Festival.

Three generations of Gehrkes with San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo.

The mayor publicly honored TED GEHRKE, founder of the San Jose Fountain Blues & Brews Festival, at this year’s event.

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