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TRAINING DAY The author’s friend Jose Bernebe stands in front of the Glenwood Tunnel after a hike in search of the old railway route through the Santa Cruz Mountains.

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HERE HAS GOT to be another way.

That’s what I thought to myself at 5:15 each weekday morning for four long years, as I sleepwalked my way onto the Highway 17 Express for a very un-express-like two-hour bus ride to my high school, Bellarmine College Preparatory. Let’s just say my daily sojourns over California’s famously dangerous highway weren’t the highlight of my teenage years. Sometimes I’d arrive at school hours late, and sometimes not at all. There were no other options for a 15-year-old commuter. Never having been a fan of Highway 17, traffic jams, or buses in general, I decided to investigate the restoration of an old train route linking Santa Cruz County to Silicon Valley. A rail link was first established in 1880

and developed into the storied Sun Tan Special, bringing throngs to the beach in the 1930s for $1.25 a ticket. A reduced weekend schedule continued through the 1940s and 1950s. The idea of passenger service along this route is one of the area’s great transportation “what ifs” of the last decade, and depending on whom you ask, those old tracks may even represent a “what someday could be.” Deep in the wilderness along the Southern Pacific Railroad route, the Glenwood Tunnel sits quietly near the summit of the Santa Cruz Mountains. At 5,793 feet in length, it’s one of two mile-long tunnels along the historic route. Inside, near the entrance, huge chunks of debris have fallen from the ceiling, blocking the path deep into the belly of the cavernous chamber. Most of the Glenwood Tunnel has collapsed, as it was dynamited for insurance reasons.

The topic of a hypothetical rail line over the hill comes up from time to time in transportation discussions, especially given that the Santa Cruz Regional Transportation Commission has been considering the addition of passenger service along the coastal rail corridor. County leaders decided more than 20 years ago, however, not to pursue the idea, given that the cost could end up being $1 billion. And although the concept isn’t currently being studied, there’s little doubt that the idea of a train stopping in San Jose—one of the world’s top-tier population centers— could have been a game changer. However, some Santa Cruz politicians and other locals have long shown a leeriness toward linking themselves too closely with their counterparts over the hill, as the prospect of a direct rail line from Santa Cruz to Silicon Valley makes many people uncomfortable. Former Santa Cruz County Supervisor Gary Patton recently told me via an email that “once a rail connection existed, Santa Cruz would cease to be as nice as it is now, since it would be flooded with people demanding that our nice residential neighborhoods be turned into high-rise, high-density

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Local historian Derek Whaley supports the reestablishment of the once-popular and historically important railway. In his book Santa Cruz Trains: Railroads of the Santa Cruz Mountains, Whaley traces the history of trains in and around Santa Cruz, starting with the first blast of steam whistle in the 1800s. The 34-yearold Whaley tells me that restoring the train route from Santa Cruz to Silicon Valley would have tangible benefits. “To start with, it would provide muchneeded relief to many of the commuters who travel Highway 17 each day,” he says. “Getting from Santa Cruz to Diridon Station would be much faster during commuting times.” He says most earlier studies showed that restoration would be feasible— energy-efficient, environmentally conscious and cost-effective. The Lockheed Pilot Study in the late 1970s estimated that 27 percent of the track between Santa Cruz and Silicon Valley could be easily repaired, 37 percent of the route was still intact, 26 percent required new construction, and 10 percent involved tunnels that were generally intact, Whaley says. Lockheed’s report concluded that restoring the railroad had clear advantages over highway expansion, something the Santa Cruz Regional Transportation Commision was considering at the time. It promised greater energy efficiency, lower greenhouse gas emissions, lower accident rates and a lower cost. Rebuilding the rail route from Santa Cruz to Los Gatos would cost hundreds of millions of dollars less. Setting the stage for future battles, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors dismissed the Lockheed report outright. The board took the position that an over-the-hill route “would not be consistent with the planning objectives of Santa Cruz County.”

Out of Steam A 1994 feasibility study was the last real attempt to revive rail service over the Santa Cruz Mountains. It came

after Fred Keeley of the Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors met with thenSanta Clara Valley Supervisor Ron Diridon Sr. in 1991 and expressed a shared interest in restoring the railway. But their enthusiasm was met with resistance from other supervisors. The study concluded that approximately 4,400 riders could be expected to take the light rail train each weekday, including 3,400 commuters traveling each direction. It was estimated that at least 15 percent of vehicular commuters would eventually hop aboard the train for their daily commutes. This, the study found, would significantly lower traffic congestion and accidents on Highway 17. Dollar estimates studied were a bit higher than anyone had guessed, and ranged from $612.4 million to $1.07 billion, which was still less than the estimated cost of widening Highway 17. The study concluded that the environmental impact of a train route from Santa Cruz to Santa Clara County would be minimal, but that local communities in the Laurel and Glenwood areas could be negatively affected by noise levels and changes to the environment. It would cost up to $15.8 million a year to maintain the line, depending on the route. Santa Clara County dismissed the study in 1995. Instead, it opted to improve public bus service along Highway 17, which had begun in the wake of rockslides that affected auto passage in the wake of the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake.

Lost in the Hills Will the Glenwood Tunnel, also known as Tunnel 3, ever feel the roar of an engine again? Maybe not. Rebuilding the route would require a web of government agencies, businesses and landowners on both sides of the hill to work together toward a controversial goal. Even so, Whaley is optimistic. “For me,” he says, “it would really be a sign that California is really taking alternative transportation seriously.” Diridon says he’s still holding out hope because it is a matter of life and death. “That highway is a blood alley right now,” the elder statesman says. “And building this railway would save lives.”

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South Bay Collectives Celebrate 420 in High Style BY JULIA BAUM The festive 420 vibes started early Friday morning for San Jose marijuana dispensaries. But after years of waiting to inhale, South Bay stoners were beyond ready to celebrate pot’s statewide legalization in high style with some massive pot parties (and a whole lot of Doritos). “It was probably 50 people-plus in line and when they opened there was a line out the door,” said Silicon Valley Cannabis Alliance founder Sean Kali-rai, who spent the stoner high holiday at Elemental Wellness, where the crowd that arrived before opening hours resembled a way, way, way more chill Black Friday sale. “That went on all day.” Wait times of up to an hour were reported at numerous South Bay dispensaries. Some made up for it with free tacos and tie-dye T-shirt giveaways, like at Elemental, where customers were distracted with “a pretty amazing

floor show” of sequined Brazilian samba dancers in feathered headdresses performing on stilts. “The mood was festive, people were excited,” Kali-rai said. “People really stepped up their game knowing this was going to be the first recreational 420.” Local dispensaries had an idea of what kind of crowds to expect for the first legal 420 after being bombarded on Jan. 1 by throngs of eager shoppers. “(420) wasn’t that bad but that was because we controlled it,” said Matt Lucero, owner of Buddy’s Cannabis, which hit a record 1,000 transactions on the unofficial holiday. “January was horrible; we were not prepared for that onslaught but here, we were.” Thirty percent more staff was added to keep up with demand last week, as was more inventory. Sales have steadily risen since January at all the clubs that spoke to Metro, and they show no signs

of slowing down. Buddy’s most recent sales figures from March were the highest ever (no pun intended) in its eight-year history. “I definitely think it’s a long-term upward trend,” Lucero said. “By going recreational we just opened up to a whole new market.” That means luring more mainstream “value-minded” customers inside with special discounts and deals reflecting 420’s evolution into what Lucero calls “Customer Appreciation Day in the cannabis industry.” “It definitely brings a different kind of shopper,” he added—perhaps a bulk buyer or bargain hunter. It’s still early in the game but opening the state’s floodgates on the weed market has Lucero stoked for the future. “It was a phenomenal beginning to what I think will be a great year for us,” he said. “2018 is going to be an incredible year for opportunities.”

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Patients who suffer from heart disease and cut back on medication are 50 percent more likely to have a stroke or heart attack, according to the Mayo Clinic. When medicine is given to patients who otherwise couldn’t afford them, however, hospitalization rates drop by as much as 42 percent, a study in Pharmacotherapy Journal found.

$100 MILLION The value of prescription drugs tossed each year in California, which experiences significant environmental impact from the waste. Medical waste incinerators are the leading source of the toxic pollutant dioxin, while a third of water samples test positive for hormones commonly found in pharmaceuticals.

The number of hours the county’s Better Health Pharmacy serves patients each week, which has tripled since the facility opened its doors in 2015.

Sources: Mayo Clinic, Santa Clara County, Harvard University, Pharmacotherapy Journal

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DISINTEGRATION Négar Djavadi new novel follows a protagonist who, like her, was born in Iran to an intellectual family of political dissidents.

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Book ‘Disoriental’ springs from struggle for political, sexual, cultural reorienation BY GARY SINGH

HEN A PUNK rock lesbian sound engineer from Iran told me her life story in a Paris fertility clinic, I no longer felt disoriented. A sense of grounding, part Eastern, part Western, brought me home as I learned more about her. Kimiâ Sadr escaped Iran at the onset of the revolution in 1979, traveling with her mother and sisters through perilous situations

in Turkey before eventually making her way to France. Now she was sitting in a waiting room with a tube of sperm, thanks to her donor, some dude named Pierre. Engrossed by her multiethnic, multigendered, multilingual, mythic story, I learned about various generations of her family back in Iran—her political dissident father, various uncles, and a strange maternal grandmother who could predict the future by reading coffee grounds—all of whom wanted her to be a man, not a woman. Like many fellow travelers, she brought

her past along with her. She had stories to tell. “To really integrate into a culture,” Sadr said, “I can tell you that you have to disintegrate first, at least partially, from your own. You have to separate, detach, disassociate. No one who demands that immigrants make ‘an effort at integration’ would dare look them in the face and ask them to start by making the necessary ‘effort at disintegration.’ They’re asking people to stand atop the mountain without climbing up it first.” Then she dropped references to The Cure’s 1989 LP, Disintegration. I should clarify that Sadr is the protagonist of a new novel by France’s Négar Djavadi, who, like Sadr, was born in Iran to an intellectual family opposed to the regimes of both the shah and the mullahs. The book unfolds with Kimiâ in the in vitro fertilization clinic waiting room, spilling multiple generations of her family history

to the reader. The one-word title, Disoriental, imparts multiple layers of meaning and plays on words. On one hand, it combines disoriented with oriental, calling attention to Western slobs that still use the word ‘Oriental’ to otherize anyone with roots in various parts of Asia. But it also refers to Kimiâ’s disorientation with being assigned female plumbing, yet identifying with the boys instead, then adapting to a new exiled life in France. She evolves into a rebellious female Scheherazade on the margins of society while aspiring to operate soundboards at ’80s post-punk shows and trying to deal with cultural, musical and sexual disorientation. The title alone reminded me of my half-South-Asian, half-Anglo-San Jose roots in this town, enough to further ridicule how categories of ethnicity, geography and nationality are often confused, leaving everyone disoriented. My dad voluntarily emigrated from India to California as a teenager in the ’50s, yet my mom is a white San Jose native with British ancestry. When anyone asks, I say I’m half-native, half-exotic, since my dad was considered an exotic intruder when he came to San Jose—then a backwater fruit-packing cannery town. He was a colorful troublemaker who, right or wrong, loved to lambast the more fossilized purist types. This became one of the lenses through which I often view things, and I’ve written dozens of columns riffing on the collision of native and exotic on multiple levels. Now, thanks to Négar Djavadi, I have a new identity. From here on out, I will call myself dis-Angloriental. That should successfully confuse everyone from Alviso to Gilroy. But back to the book. Aside from depicting non-heteronormative issues in Iran, where being gay was illegal, and some gritty postpunk scenes from the underside of Europe, Disoriental reveals, through Kimiâ’s family history, an alternative version of 20th century Iran not always articulated by the mainstream Western media. We learn that movements of secular intellectual dissidents on the left were equally as opposed to the Westernsubsidized shah as were the more conservative supporters of Khomeini. It wasn’t just an “Islamic Revolution,” as it was initially branded.

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T’S TIME ONCE again to turn off the pilot lights and break out those bulky window air conditioning units—or, just get out of the house entirely and grab a bite or a cocktail at one of Silicon Valley’s many amazing restaurant patios. Find but a small sampling of them here.

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Although Aqui has three active locations and one more on the way, the Cupertino patio is definitely a sit-down must. Enjoy a relaxed night time dinner while knocking back one of their notorious industrial strength margs. (SM)

Olla Cocina is located on the historic San Pedro Square. This sit-down Mexican joint does much more than burritos, tacos and cerveza— specializing in authentic and contemporary dishes, including delicious Oaxacan fare, tangy ceviche and smoky mezcal flights. The patio is great for winding down on a warm night. (SM)

TIED HOUSE 954 Villa St, Mountain View This brew pub’s patio is a great place to enjoy a juicy burger and a refreshing Tied House original beer. Established in 1987, it’s one of the Bay Area’s first microbrewers and a great place to catch a game after work. (SM)

LEFT BANK 377 Santana Row, San Jose Left Bank is a French-themed brasserie with an upscale outdoor seating area overlooking Santana Row. Overhead string lights set the mood for the restaurant’s rich menu and excellent assortment of wine, cocktails and craft beers. (SM)

SP2 COMMUNAL BAR + RESTAURANT 72 N Almaden Ave, San Jose SP2’s large patio is a bit reminiscent of a VIP poolside cabana in Vegas. With casual, comfy seating, overhanging wooden shade structures and an outdoor bar, it’s a great place to have a few rounds while enjoying

an assortment of apps. Try their pancetta jalapeño cornbread, carne asada fries or share a pizza with the whole party. (SM)

FLOODCRAFT BREWING CO. 777 The Alameda, San Jose Enjoy locally produced brews on the second floor patio of Whole Foods on The Alameda. This rooftop pub is great for people-watching—and trainspotting—as it overlooks Diridon Station and the Shark Tank. (SM)

MENDOCINO FARMS 1875 S Bascom Ave Ste 440, Campbell 3090 Olsen Dr Ste 150, San Jose Featuring locally sourced sandwiches and salads to suit just about any taste—from the hardcore vegan to the obstinate carnivore, Mendo is a family-friendly spot sure to please almost all. Both the Pruneyard and the Santana Row locations feature giant communal patio areas with children’s corners.The Campbell location even has a foosball table to keep young and old entertained. (JD)

just eat it YouTube’s fast food king, Joey Hernandez BY MIKE HUGUENOR

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S OF 2017, nearly half of the world’s population is online. Current U.N. estimates put the number at 3.58 billion users. Of them, nearly a third, regularly tune into YouTube to watch or share videos. According to the company’s official

blog, a billion hours of video are streamed through the platform

CLOSEUP Joey Hernandez mugs for the GoPro.

every day. That’s hours, not minutes, and billion with a ‘B.’

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TABLETOP DINING Enjoy new American fare and great drinks at The Table in Willow Glen, and be sure to hit up their sister restaurant, Forthright Oyster Bar in Campbell. Greg Ramar

Every 60 seconds, users upload 300 hours of video to YouTube. By the end of day today, 432,000 hours of new footage will have become part of its archive. In addition to home movies, music videos and promotional content, some of YouTube’s massive daily upload is submitted by the site’s stars, of whom some make millions of dollars a year from their channels. Some of the site’s most popular users are Chilean comedian German Garmendia (HolaSoyGerman), Mexican beauty vlogger Yuya and dispassionate art persona Poppy. But none is quite like Joseph Hernandez. For the past four years, Joseph

Hernandez has been using his channel Joey’s World Tour to review nearly every promotional item the fast food industry has concocted. In that time, he’s made more than 700 videos from the front seat of his 1996 Chevy Tahoe, all with little more than a point-and-shoot camera, a couple bucks and a parking spot. In the process, he has become one of the streaming services’ most unlikely cult stars, amassing about 314,000 subscribers and more than 63 million individual views. And he didn’t even get in the game until he was nearly 50 years old. Despite his global following and the fact that the phrase “World Tour” appears in nearly every one

of his videos, all of Hernandez’s clips include places South Bay residents will recognize—the KFC on Bascom, the Wendy’s on Union Avenue, the McDonald’s on Stevens Creek. That’s because Joey’s world is very much our own. Hernandez is from San Jose, and his story is one of the most preposterous—and true—San Jose stories out there.

JOEY IRL Joseph Hernandez was born on April 22, 1964. That same day, the San Jose Mercury News ran a headline about another new addition to the city: “Macy’s Adding Third Floor to Store at Valley Fair.”

Valley Fair broke ground in San Jose in 1956 (the same year Carl’s Jr. opened its first restaurant), but the ’60s was the real time of transformation for the city. Once primarily known for agriculture, a mix of IBM and defense contracts found San Jose quintupling its population between the years 1950 and 1970. The city’s annual report for 1964 notes that in the span of one year the city grew by an astonishing 30 square miles. (By comparison, San Francisco is 47 square miles.) With its growth in both land mass and population came an increase in suburban commerce—shopping malls, convenience stores and fast food.

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AVENUE EATS Downtown Campbell has many outdoor options, like La Pizzeria.

MANDARIN ROOTS 3345 El Camino Real, Palo Alto Dining alfresco in Mandarin Roots’ covered, dog-friendly patio is like being whisked away to a different country; with contemporary but comfortable wicker furnishings, Chinese lanterns, and bamboo-themed décor, this spot is the next-best thing to a trip to Asia. Make sure to order the three-course Peking duck meal to really fulfill the fantasy. (JD)

JACK ROSE LIBATION HOUSE 18840 Saratoga Los Gatos Rd, Los Gatos This hip and trendy—but casual—cocktail bar also features a dog-friendly patio area complete with lighted trees and a bandstand. Sip the day away on one of their signature cocktails, and be sure to order their homemade tater tots to help soak up any excess booze. (JD)

EUREKA! 19369 Stevens Creek Blvd Ste 130, Cupertino Although Eureka is a chain restaurant, it still makes for a great hangout spot that has the feel of a neighborhood bar, but with none of the barflies and riffraff. Their chill open-air patio is a great spot to come laugh, drink and have a good time with old friends and make new ones. Their Holy Smokes! cocktail, which contains bourbon,

chocolate, maple and real hickory smoke, might make this the GOAT signature cocktail. (JD)

BANANA LEAF 182 Ranch Dr, Milpitas This small, unassuming Southeast Asian restaurant in Milpitas’ McCarthy Ranch area specializes in Malaysian and Thai eats. The patio area is small but comfortable, and is a good spot for those who prefer the company of their furry companion to people. The Hainan chicken and deep-fried banana á la mode are the must-get items here. (JD)

RESTAURANT ASA 242 State St, Los Altos ASA serves New American cuisine with Spanish and Italian influences, and features a full bar. Reservations are a must for this hot spot in sleepy Los Altos. Expect to break out the black card here as the average is tab is well over $100 per person, but for the occasional splurge, it's well worth it. The hip and chic patio is pup-friendly and great for taking in the night air while enjoying a signature cocktail. The house honey-brined pork belly and pan-seared duck breast are two house favorites. (JD) —John Dyke and Salvatore Maxwell

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Hernandez describes this entire period of his life—his San Diego years—as “just kicking it.” He took a few classes at the local community college. For a few months he delivered flowers, making sure to work in La Jolla as often as possible. Beyond that, not much.

HE’S BAAACK These days, Hernandez has seen just about everything a kitchen can throw at him. But when he returned to San Jose in 1997, he was still just a kid who had worked at the family restaurant. Soon after returning, he got a job at a friend’s kitchen, Umunhum Food & Wine in South San Jose. “It was almost like going to cooking school,” Joey says. While Hernandez was learning the ropes, the idea of “Silicon Valley” was becoming firmly entrenched. The internet arrived in millions of homes, and with it the dot-com bubble, which nearly crashed the stock market and shuttered hundreds of businesses overnight. Three miles from Umunhum Food & Wine, “Deep Blue” was unleashed from IBM’s research campus, defeating chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov. The same year, Steve Jobs returned to Apple, setting in motion the birth of smartphones, web 2.0 and all the changes they brought with them. All the while, Joey was cooking. In 2011 Hernandez decided to share his love of food online. Using the Blogger site, he founded Sublime Flavor. There he reviewed restaurants, toured culinary academies, posted pictures and his shared own recipes. “I was hoping to get my foot in the door, but it was really hard keeping up with the trends and stuff,” he says of his years as a blogger. “It was just me and a little point-and-shoot camera. I wanted more out of it, but nothing was happening.” In 2012 a little recognition came his way when KPIX voted Sublime Flavor one of the best food blogs in the Bay Area. But like most things in his life, it was soon upended. Hernandez (not a techie by any stretch of the imagination) says that one day he went to log in and Sublime Flavor was gone.

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Like the city he was born into, Hernandez’s life was in a constant state of flux throughout the ’60s and ’70s. Both his parents worked in electronics, manufacturing the small parts and pieces that became the building blocks of what is today known as Silicon Valley. “Every two years we’d move,” he recalls, saying his parents often had to relocate because of their jobs. “I was just trying to find my way in each place, meeting new people, but always thinking, what am I gonna do with my life?” Hernandez spent his childhood in East San Jose, attended elementary school in San Diego, moved back to the East Side, then the South Side, then lived all around San Jose and the Bay Area afterward. By the time he was 18, he had attended four different high schools. “I have a lot of different yearbooks,” he says. The first time Hernandez’s life ever really approached anything like stability was when his father decided to get out of electronics altogether and open a restaurant. By then he had already become interested in cooking, but he had no idea how much the industry would come to shape his life. In 1989, the Hernandezes opened the Burrito Factory on Almaden Expressway, in South San Jose. It quickly became an anchor in the family’s life where previously there had been none. From the moment it opened until they day they sold the company, Joey and his family worked at the restaurant constantly, forgoing the near-nomadic lifestyle they had lived up until then. While they owned the company, Joey did everything from setting up the kitchen and designing the menu, to cooking, serving, working the cash register and occasionally running the books. When the ’89 earthquake hit, he was in the kitchen, putting together a burrito for a customer. In the early ’90s, exhausted after taking it from a dream to a successful business, the Hernandezes sold the restaurant. Suddenly flush with cash, Joey seized the opportunity and moved back to San Diego, where he settled into an early retirement, relaxing by the ocean and watching the tide roll in.

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He recalls someone asking for money in exchange for his site, though he doesn’t remember who. Google had recently purchased the platform, but after trying to get in touch with them he never heard back. Just like that, the little bit of stability he had built for himself was once again gone. And the same thing would happen again, almost immediately afterward. “I was head chef at this café,” Hernandez says, “set it all up for this company— equipment, did menus, costumes, did my due diligence. Then they came in and said, ‘We’re going to go a different way with the café, and you’re not involved anymore.’” Once again, Joey found himself rudderless. With nothing better to do, he did what most bored people do: watch YouTube. “I was unemployed,” he says, simply. “I was just sitting there bored, watching YouTube videos, and I thought ‘Well, I can do this.’”

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When Hernandez first began uploading, he barely knew how to work a computer, let alone editing software. Besides a year or two of glee club, decades in his past, he had never done any kind of public performance. He just took a step into a new world and felt out the lay of the land. His earliest videos were food challenges. In his first, Hernandez went for the world record time for eating a plate of powdered doughnuts. He completed it in three and a half minutes, though it’s unclear what the outstanding record was. In his next, he attempted to eat a jar of Nutella hands-free. Wearing Mickey Mouse ears stitched with the ADVERTISER: NAME HERE name “Joey, ” Hernandez gives his PUB DATE: ACCOUNT REPRESENTATIVE: NAME HERE introduction, stares down the plate of 00/00/15 Nutella, and goes for it. DESIGNER: NAME HERE By the end, Joey is covered in ISSUE NUMBER: Nutella, gagging and bleary-eyed. Metro Silicon Valley 15XX 380 South First St. San Jose, CA 95113 | 408.298.8000 It’s at least a little hard to watch. But due to his complete and utter abandon, the video went certifiably

viral, scoring more than a million views and appearing on an episode of Comedy Central’s Tosh.0. Perhaps in a moment of clarity, Joey changed up his channel after this video. The next few uploads after the Nutella Challenge are scattershot, and reflect his willingness to try things out on camera just to see what sticks. In one, he demonstrates how a water bottle can be used to separate egg yolk from the whites. In another, he reenacts Jerry Lewis’ typewriter routine from the 1963 comedy Who’s Minding the Store? During that time, Hernandez knew that YouTube was his medium, but he hadn’t figured out what it was he was trying to do with it. It was a friend’s suggestion that set him on his present course. “I was just waiting around to get another job, and my friend goes, ‘You should do a food review,’” he says. “I thought, that kind of makes sense, you know?” April 14, 2013. Inspired by a recent promotional menu item, Hernandez pulls up to the drive-thru of the combination KFC-Long John Silver’s on Winchester and orders the new boneless chicken. Setting his camera up on the dash, he looks directly into the lens and condenses his years of work in kitchens, restaurants and food blogging into a five-minute video. Many of the humorous tics that define Joey’s style are present even in this first review. There’s the batting of eyelashes, the arbitrary moments of falsetto, anime-inspired peace signs and his trademark lingo of “swings,” “gang” and “muchachos.” Throughout, Joey remains ebullient, smiling for the camera, and generally goofing around, dropping countless “woos!” Despite its simplicity, the review establishes a format: go to a drive-through, order whatever the new item is, park, joke around and record it all. There is very little in the way of editing. The day after his first review, he posted a second: “PIZZA HUT’s Crazy Cheesy Crust Pizza REVIEWED.” The day after that, he posted his third. By the end of the following week, 27

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WHAT WOULD JOEY DO? In a way, Joey Hernandez is the embodiment of the American dream, or its 21st century equivalent. After a lifetime of instability and moving around, he now has a small corner of the internet that is entirely his. Not only that, it more than doubles his annual income. Hernandez says his channel now brings in more money than he makes at his full-time job at a luxury car dealership. He even recently upgraded his 1996 Chevy Tahoe to a 2017 Honda Civic. Eric Schlosser, in Fast Food Nation, notes that America’s fast food chains were often started by “door-to-door salesmen, short order cooks, orphans and dropouts, by eternal optimists looking for a piece of the next big thing.”

In this respect, his story shares a lot of the same DNA as Harlan “Colonel” Sanders, Wendy’s Dave Thomas, or Domino’s Thomas Monaghan: Hernandez has managed, somewhat late in life, to turn his spunk and determination into financial success. But every occupation has its hazards. In addition to putting up with YouTube’s famously toxic comment section, Joey has gained 40 pounds since he started his channel in 2013. He says he’s always been a big guy, and spread out over four years, that isn’t quite as drastic as it initially sounds. But it’s still a very real concern. “I’m very aware that I need to watch what I’m doing,” he says. “And I know for a fact that I can’t do this forever, cause it’s gonna eventually catch up to me.” Already, Hernandez has begun to adjust his habits. “What you see on the camera right now, probably in the last year, that’s all I’ll ever eat of the thing. I’ll just throw it out,” he says. More crucially, Hernandez is considering transitioning from fast food entirely—either finding different things to review, or moving into the world of gaming on sites like Twitch. It seems like a logical transition. The allure of Joey’s World Tour was never entirely whatever Arby’s put out on the market that week. The allure was Joey’s humor, his phrasing, his comedy. Comedy, after all, was always his goal. “I’m a frustrated comedian,” he says. “Instead of going to the local comedy club, I do it on YouTube. I always wanted to be on Saturday Night Live.” Like the city he calls home, Joey has made a lot of money off technology, and has been commensurately changed by it. In all the talks we had, Joey was thankful for every last bit of his success. And with his videos passing enthusiastically from friend to friend and his channel gaining attention through word of mouth, his subscriber rate doesn’t appear to be slowing. It’s Joey’s world, muchachos. We’re just living in it.

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there were eight. Then he got one of his first big breaks. “One of the big YouTubers, Daym Drops, he shouted me out,” Hernandez says. Daymon Patterson, aka Daym Drops, had risen to fame doing something similar to Joey: reviewing food from his car on YouTube. However, by 2013 he had already leveraged it to a bona fide TV show, the Travel Channel’s Best Daym Takeout. The endorsement drove up Hernandez’s numbers. Just a few months after he began reviewing, his channel had 5,000 subscribers. “At first it was like a hobby. I was like, ‘This is fun. Until I get a job, I’ll just keep doing this.’ And then I got a job but kept doing it.” Back at work, Joey started filming on his lunch break, killing two birds with one stone. He developed a schedule, uploading three videos a week, a schedule he still keeps to this day. While he worked, his numbers continued rising. “I’d have little goals like, ‘Oh, I’ll shoot for 10,000 subscribers,’ and then ‘I’ll shoot for 15,000,’ and it kept going and going, and snowballed. Every day it keeps growing and growing.”

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HOUSE FAVORITE The wagyu burger at Our House is farm fresh and delicious.

Tried, true and new BY JOHN DYKE

HE ANNUAL SPRING cleaning ritual is not unique to any one culture or religion. There’s the yearly Iranian tradition known as the “shaking of the house,” and the Jewish practice of getting the kitchen spick-andspan before Passover, and more. Any productive tidying session will inevitably reveal items that can be discarded to make way for the new. It is also likely to unearth some forgotten gems. Reviewing the South Bay’s constantly evolving menu of restaurants reveals many old standbys that deserve continued devotion, as well as plenty of new nosh spots that are sure to eventually become treasured and trustworthy family favorites.

Bay since 1996. The elegant wood interior and open kitchen—complete with an open flame—is the perfect setting for a romantic evening. The prime rib ($38) is aged, slowroasted on the bone and expertly seasoned.

HAPPY HOUND 15899 Los Gatos Blvd, Los Gatos For nearly 50 years The Happy Hound has been the go-to spot for folks in the South Bay to get an all-American hot dog with “snap.” Dogs were all they served until 1987. That year they went out on a limb and began grilling burgers. They nearly closed after a closet fire in 2011, but reopened after a few grueling hot dog-less months. The eponymous Happy Hound ($4) comes out with red onions, tomatoes and a pillow-soft bun. Combine with a real ice cream shake and you’ll be in hound heaven.

OSTERIA 247 Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto

Old & Faithful LOS ALTOS GRILL 233 Third St, Los Altos The Los Altos Grill (formerly known as Bandera) has been quietly serving up some of the best wood-grilled steaks and chops in the South

Located on the bottom floor of the Cardinal Hotel, this Tuscan original has been serving up classic Italian fare for more than 30 years. Since its purchase almost three years ago by Giuseppe and Mauricio Carrubba, most of Osteria’s produce, beef and eggs come from its own Grandview Farms. The carpaccio app ($15.50)—with its thinly sliced, house-raised beef—is

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SPRING DINING TRIED, TRUE & NEW FALAFEL’S DRIVE-IN 2301 Stevens Creek Blvd, San Jose In the San Jose dining landscape, there is a handful of iconic locations that every true native resident has eaten at over the years, and Falafel’s Drive-In is certainly one of them. It’s been in the current location since 1966. While Falafel’s does serve up other Middle Eastern fare—like kebabs, dolmas, foul, babaghanouj, hummus and gyros—I always find myself sticking to the namesake deep-fried balls of garbanzo goodness. The classic combo of a large falafel sandwich and banana shake ($10) might be the best one-two veggiefriendly punch in the South Bay. Add-on an order of za’atar-laden pita chips ($3) and you’ll really be in for a Middle East feast.

VUNG TAU 535 E Santa Clara St, San Jose Vung Tau first opened in 1985 as a tiny, 12table eatery on San Carlos Street. It became so popular that the restaurant soon moved to its current, larger digs on East Santa Clara Street. Fast forward more than 30 years and the oncehumble bistro now sports three locations—as well as a Palo Alto offshoot, Tamarine—and is even Zagat-rated. Vung Tau serves traditional Vietnamese fare, but in a fancy, white-tablecloth environment that’s diametrically opposed to the typical pho house. The Canh Cha Cá Bông Lau ($19.50) is a tamarind-based catfish soup that has an unctuous sweet and salty base. Th popular Bò Lúc Lắc ($18.50), also known as shaking beef, comes out fork tender with the larger pieces cooked perfectly medium-rare.

Instant Classics ADEGA 1614 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose San Jose’s only Michelin-starred restaurant continues to shine in 2018. Chefs David Costa and Jessica Carreira specialize in elevating little-known Portugese fare, with such stunning dishes as Polvo à Lagareiro (oven-roasted octopus) and the classic Bacalhau à ắdega (pan-seared cod). They offer three course prix-fixe menus ($79/ per), but for a real treat, splurge and get the seven course chef’s tasting menu ($120/ per) for an epic culinary adventure.

BROWN CHICKEN BROWN COW 397 E Campbell Ave, Campbell Though it’s been open less than five years, Brown Chicken Brown Cow has quickly risen to the top of South Bay burger lists—

including a recent win in Metro's 2018 Best of Silicon Valley survey. BCBC’s crispy prosciutto burger ($12) comes with a sublime triple crème brie and a soft yet sturdy bun. Combine any order with green garlic fries ($6) and be prepared for the impending vampire apocalypse. The grass-fed beef and cage-free chicken are another reason diners can feel good about eating here.

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simply divine, and any of their veal dishes should be listed on every check.

OUR HOUSE 185 Park Ave Ste 189, San Jose This downtown lunchtime favorite has one of the better menus around, but limited hours (Monday through Friday 11am–2:30pm) makes them a tough act to catch. Our House’s menu is chef-driven and contains mostly organic ingredients sourced from within a 500-mile radius of the kitchen. Despite the high-end ingredients, prices are quite reasonable. The American wagyu burger ($19) and foie fries ($9) will please high-end food connoisseurs without breaking the bank. Our House’s menu changes seasonally. The latest edition features grilled, grass-fed short ribs ($18) and an organic braised leg of lamb ($17).

LUNA MEXICAN KITCHEN 1495 The Alameda, San Jose To make a city that isn’t exactly hurting for Mexican cuisine stand up and take notice isn’t easy. But that’s what Luna Mexican Grill has achieved. The husband-and-wife team of John Lopez and Jo Lerma-Lopez take top-shelf ingredients, combine them to make authentic recipes and add a blend of modern décor—with a touch of south-of-the-border flair—to create one of the hippest new communal dining eateries around. The baconwrapped camarones ($14) come with Oaxacan cheese and make for a savory starter. Luna’s mixed grill ($52-$169) comes comes with handmade tortillas and in a variety of sizes to suit small and large parties. Choose from carnitas, garlic shrimp, steak, ribs, baconwrapped shrimp, jalapeño sausage and adobo chicken. Be sure to add on a tequila-based cocktail for a well-rounded meal.

THE VOYA RESTAURANT 1390 Pear Ave, Mountain View Voya’s drab strip-mall exterior hides a magnificent juxtaposition to its interior of glitzy chandeliers, an open kitchen and dazzling marble bar. To go along with the fancy digs, The Voya offers up fine South American cuisine, from tapas and ceviches to seafood stews. The cochinita pibil ($25) is a Yucatan-style braised pork served with plantains, pickled onions, queso fresco and cilantro rice. The wild Corvina sea bass fillet ($29) is another popular item and is served with a citrus vinaigrette-infused mango salad.

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Coming Home

New SJMA exhibit, ‘The House Imaginary,’ delves into the platonic ideal of home BY JEFFREY EDALATPOUR

WAS LUCKY enough to be in Los Angeles during the 2014-15 retrospective of Larry Sultan’s photography at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. “Larry Sultan: Here and Home” featured images from three of the artist’s series. While The Valley consisted of comical, salacious outtakes from a porn shoot, the photographs of his parents in Pictures from Home cast a lasting and more resonant spell. In the first chapter of his book of the same name, Sultan wrote, “I want my parents to live forever.”

As Sultan prepared to mythologize his parents on 28 rolls of film, he spent the day “scavenging, poking around in rooms and closets, peering at their things, studying them.” One of those images, Mom Posing by Green Wall and Dad Watching T.V. (1984) appears in the new San Jose Museum of Art exhibit “The House Imaginary.” The curator Lauren Schell Dickens has assembled a survey of contemporary artists whose work, like Sultan’s, pokes around and peers inside actual houses in order to deand reconstruct our memories of home. Todd Hido, a photographer based in San Francisco, is the kind of artist amateur photographers aspire to become. He seems bent on discovering the meaning of America by studying

and then taking pictures of our infinite suburban sprawl. His high-definition print #2523 from the series “Outskirts” was also published in book form as House Hunting (2001). They are portraits of homes lurching about in a David Lynchian darkness. Artificial light from street lamps gives life to shadows made by winter trees. Ugly telephone poles and wires constrict a view of the night sky. Windows are illuminated, but it’s impossible to see inside, to even catch a glimpse of a human figure. Hido captures these bleak, deserted places where the façades are as unwelcoming and impenetrable as the faces hiding somewhere inside. Won Ju Lim (a bicoastal artist by way of Boston and Los Angeles) is an ideal choice for a house-themed exhibit. In 2015, San Francisco’s Yerba Buena Center for the Arts hosted her work Raycraft is Dead, which featured a model house spinning down onto a platform below. When I spoke with her then, she explained that the piece was a commentary on her strained relationship with a neighbor who picked avocados from her trees without asking. Her personal boundaries now appear to be happily restored with Kiss

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PORCH LIFE In ‘Sandia,’ by Carmen Lomas Garza, a family spends an idyllic summer evening on the porch.

D7 (2015), a gorgeous abstraction of an architectural plan made of plexiglass and light. Two white boxes hang on the wall as Klimtian colors—orange-golds and celadon—form intricate patterns that suggest windows, doors and walls, but diaphanous ones that are gateways to a perfect world. Two different Carmens with two very different practices both catch the eye. Carmen Lomas Garza, born in Texas but now a San Franciscan, is represented by a lithograph entitled Sandia. Under an awning on a hot summer night, a father carves up a watermelon for his family to share. Their brightly lit front porch keeps the blue-black sky at bay. Garza paints a swinging bench and flowers in the front yard the same watermelonred that emphasizes a harmony within the group. Carmen Argote on the other hand has three of her Folding Structures on display. Made from papier mâché, paint and acrylic plastic core, they are versions of household items like ironing boards, sheets and towels but transformed by minimalism. They could be items from a Martha Stewart catalogue if Martha Stewart had abandoned all sense of practicality and utilitarianism. Salomón Huerta who, for a time, painted the backs of people’s heads to challenge the notion of portraiture has more recently turned to painting houses. An untitled oil on canvas shares the same Los Angelean blues and greens as a David Hockney. His palette may be similar, but his details are not. This painting is busy with tall cypress in the background and amorphous green bushes at the fore. A gray-blue trapezoid marks the entrance to the aqua-colored house behind it. Or is it a pool in the backyard and not a diminished driveway? No doors appear on the lower level of the house. The only entrance is a window on an upstairs balcony. No one shows up to play, not even the back of anyone’s head. This pastel architecture is beautiful but indifferent to the men and women who live there. Huerta cloaks his imaginary houses in stillness and silence where nobody would ever dare to bite into a thick slice of watermelon.

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CHOICES BY: Salvatore Maxwell Stephen Perez Jaleny Reyes Nick Veronin

CHINGO BLING

Ryan Cosentino

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CHINGO BLING Thu, 10:15pm, $20+ The Improv, San Jose

Born Pedro Herrera III, this son of Mexican-American immigrants has built a comedy career through a combination of observational standup and Chicano-tinged pop music parodies. Some of his best-known bits involve the retooling of hits by Drake and Carly Rae Jepsen. Chingo’s music videos for “Hotline Bling Remix” and “Call Me Maybe (Pos Why Ju Hating?)” have racked up millions of views and he recently released a standup and sketch comedy special on Netflix—Chingo Bling: They Can’t Deport Us All. The first performance of his one-night San Jose run is already sold out. ¡Andale, güey! (NV)

THE PRICE IS RIGHT Thu, 7:30pm, $29+ Center for the Performing Arts, San Jose For those who have fantasized about facing off with a soccer mom in a Showcase Showdown… For everyone who knows they’d spin that wheel just so… For every kid at heart who can remember shouting at Bob Barker on one of those glorious “sick” days... This is your moment. The Price is Right is coming to San Jose. Randomly selected audience members will get the chance to win their share of over $10 million in cash and prizes. So start practicing Plinko and memorizing those retail prices. And remember to register online if you’d like to be called to come on down! (SP)

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ZOEY CAMPBELL Fri, 9pm, $5 The X Bar, Cupertino Up and coming local singersongwriter Zoey Campbell blends resonant vocals with spare but affecting arrangements on her self-released three-song demo— now streaming at soundcloud. com/zoeyalise. It’s a promising collection of mellow, soulful indie-folk, which belies her youth (the San Jose native is just 19) and hints at a strong debut yet to come. On standout track “What Is It, Gotta Be True,” Campbell’s smoky, sultry melody fuses effortlessly with a slow-stomping backing track and a wandering bass. She recently played the SoFA Street Fair and she will perform at the SoFA Market on April 26 before this April 27 show in Cupertino. (NV)

SHAKESPEARE’S MOST WANTED Fri, 8pm, $20 Santa Clara Players, Santa Clara From Iago to Aaron the Moor, the works of Shakespeare are rife with numerous dastardly evildoers. In a fundraiser to support the annual outdoor series Free Shakespeare in the Park, some of the nastiest ne’erdo-wells in the canon come together in this original work by SV Shakes. First produced in 2007, Shakespeare’s Most Wanted brings the Bard’s baddest baddies to the same stage, as Agent Marlowe counts down the Top 10 monsters and malcontents from the histories, comedies and tragedies. (NV)

IN THE HEIGHTS Fri, 7pm, $20+ Hammer Theatre Center, San Jose The American dream is elusive, especially for those living in Washington Heights at the turn of the millennium. Hamilton writer and director Lin-Manuel Miranda sets his first musical in this Hispanic neighborhood of Manhattan at a time when the area—once identified as the “crack capital of America”—was rapidly gentrifying. Main character Usnavi de la Vega is the owner of a small bodega, which he is struggling to keep up in the face of forces beyond his control. The Tony Award-winning musical explores the Latino experience and marks the beginning of Miranda’s career as a Broadway star. Students get in for $10; the production runs through May 6. (SM)

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JOYCE MANOR

May 4 at The Ritz

TAYLOR SWIFT

May 12 at Levi’s Stadium

HOT SNAKES

May 14 at The Ritz

May 7-8 at SAP Center

EARTH, WIND & FIRE

May 15 at City National Civic

LYNYRD SKYNYRD

May 25 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

KANSAS

May 30 at City National Civic

TOM JONES

May 30 at Mountain Winery

TONY BENNETT

Jun 3 at Mountain Winery

KESHA & MACKLEMORE Jun 14 at SAP Center

THE ROOTS

Jun 17 at Mountain Winery

VIOLENT FEMMES

Jun 21 at Mountain Winery

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ROCK OF AGES Sat, Apr 28, 8pm, $25+ Lucie Stern Theatre, Palo Alto Big hair and even bigger dreams collide in this jukebox musical set on the sensationally sleazy Sunset Strip in late-’80s Los Angeles. The production centers around Drew, an aspiring rock & roller, and Sherrie, an aspiring actress. The two fall for each other hard and fast. But living the fast life isn’t easy—as the two soon learn. Chock-full of cockrock needle drops—from Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It” to Whitesnake’s “Here I Go Again”—Rock of Ages recalls the era of mascara metal with a fondness that only those who truly lived it can appreciate. It runs through May 13. (NV)

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CASEY WICKSTROM SJDANCECO Sat, 5pm, Free FESTIVAL Santana Row, San Jose Judging solely by the music, one doesn’t immediately get the impression that Casey Wickstrom has just found his way through a long, dark night of the soul. Wickstrom’s bouncy guitar work and light, breathy vocals recall the work of other acoustic noodlers, like Dave Matthews and Ben Harper. However, as his fingers leap quickly from jazzy chords to trilling arpeggios, Wickstrom’s lyrics paint a darker picture. On his new album, Bleed Out, the San Jose native grapples with getting sober in the wake of several years of depression, drugs and alcohol. The balance of bright notes and cautious optimism evokes sunshine at the end of a pitchblack tunnel. (NV)

Sun, 10am, Free Santana Row Park, San Jose More than 50 dance groups from all over the Bay Area are gearing up to kick off the 16th season of sjDANCEco. Dancers of all ages will be performing all day at Santana Row Park, demonstrating a variety of styles from around the world. Traditionalist troupes will dance hula and ballet, while urban and contemporary companies will bust out to break beats and take on postmodern movements with interpretive verve. The festival marks the 20th anniversary of Bay Area Dance Week, which aims to move the entire region from April 27 through May 6. (SM)

VANS WARPED TOUR

Jun 23 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

POST MALONE & 21 SAVAGE

Jun 24 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

WAGS ’N WHISKEY Sun, 4pm, $12+ Mosaic Restaurant & Lounge, San Jose Nothing warms the heart quite like a cute dog—except maybe whiskey. Lovers of pooches and hooch are invited to come together for this fundraiser to benefit the Silicon Valley Pet Project. Based in San Jose, the organization works to to save local, at-risk shelter pets through rescue, fostering, adoption, community involvement and education. There will be a treat-eating competition for four-legged guests. The humans in attendance can enjoy happy hour pricing and a chance to win whiskey-related prizes in a raffle. All humans 21 and over are welcome, as well as friendly, wellbehaved, leashed dogs. (JR)

DEAD & COMPANY

Jul 2-3 at Shoreline Amphitheatre

HARRY STYLES & KACEY MUSGRAVES Jul 11 at SAP Center

CHRIS ISAAK

Jul 2 at Mountain Winery

JACKSON BROWNE

Jul 31 at City National Civic

ALICE COOPER

Aug 14 at City National Civic

DAVID BYRNE

Aug 18 at City National Civic

SLAYER

Aug 26 at SAP Center

RINGO STARR

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Apr 25 at SAP Center

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D-BAG DUO Elizabeth Mitchell, center, and Sean McCarthy are behind the new indie comedy ‘Doucheaholics.’

The Wanderers

Local filmmakers do some douchespotting in new comedy ‘Doucheaholics’ BY RICHARD VON BUSACK

he idea began during a play-fight, the sort a couple has, say, when quarrelling over whether “ridonculous” is legal in Scrabble. “Stop being a doucheaholic,” Elizabeth Mitchell told her live-in partner, Sean McCarthy. He counter-accused: “I’m not a doucheaholic. You’re a doucheaholic.”

Inspired by the idea of a 12-step support group for douchebags, cocreators Mitchell and McCarthy spun out a series of seriously funny short films. McCarthy co-starred as the unfazed ringleader of the meeting, and

Mitchell played a seething gothette. Doucheaholics will be released on iTunes April 24 and Amazon on May 1. The South Bay-based filmmakers doing business as as Guerilla Wanderers, with Mitchell and McCarthy’s collaborators Dustin Strocchia and Kevin Loader, spin out fictionalized versions of true tales of bad behavior. One is a rampaging suburban mom (Jenn Tripp) who flips out in an obscenity-rich tirade because she missed a yoga class. The best is “Miles and Madison,” about an emojiladen spat between two ornery tweens. McCarthy says the rewriting on this sequence went into 40 drafts; watching the strife between girls, ”It made me thankful I didn’t have to endure social media at that age,” Mitchell says.

Guerilla Wanderers produces music videos, industrials and commercials in addition to their own indie comedies. They’re based in a two-story office building on Industrial Road near the border of San Carlos and Redwood City. The main office doubles as a tiny screening room. On the shelves are some of the awards Doucheaholics won at various film festivals, from London’s Raindance to L.A.’s Dances with Films fest at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. McCarthy uses a scheme of Walt Disney’s—hammering out ideas in two separate rooms. Sessions begin with an anything-goes brainstorm; the process ends in a small conference room with no electronic distractions, to finalize decisions. “Here’s where the daggers come out,” McCarthy says. Interns and other collaborators come and go as we talk: “I met my merry band while following my bliss,” McCarthy says. He encountered Mitchell when casting his short film Superhero. Mitchell had previously been training as an actor in San Francisco, learning the Strasberg method. She got the part on the first try...not always the case in a Guerrilla Wanderers

production, given that auditioning is a real effort. She remembers “250 auditions during the course of three days” for one film. Soon after the shoot was over, Sean moved in with her. McCarthy’s approach has evolved. When shooting the horror comedy Raging Cyclist (2005) on the bike paths near Almaden Expressway, he used the zero-budget style Robert Rodriguez pioneered in El Mariachi. Now it’s “no more eight-day microbudget shoots,” he says. Today the work isn’t swiped off the streets as it was when he began, with the cops shutting down his shoots now and then. The films have developed into long-term projects with complex digital editing and slaved-over visual textures. The Guerilla Wanderers try to focus on what both call “the ‘why’ of it all”— that is, the reason they create, why they continue in such a tough business. Mitchell says, “We did it all on our own terms, but you get beaten into submission by film festival panels. I’d love to say, ‘Look what we did!’ and have that be enough. But unfortunately, that’s not enough—there’s also the effort of putting it all out there.” The pleasure they take in the work is infectious, though. McCarthy had just finished an extra for the Doucheaholics program—a version of “Runaway” by Kanye, filmed in the very same elementary school playground where McCarthy played as a kid. McCarthy was dressed up as one of the female ballet dancers from the West video. Mitchell, in black-clad Doucheaholics character, props up a wall, polishing off a bottle of red wine. They’re both pleased with the reception of Doucheaholics—“We’re getting real laughs, not just polite laughs,” Mitchell says. In the performances and the comic setups of this work, there’s a lot of Silicon Valley texture, particularly in the way they capture the variety, mannerisms and aggressiveness of our local douches. “It’s a whole doucheverse we’re trying to create,” Mitchell says. McCarthy adds, “As long as there are douches in the world, we’ll be able to continue—it’s like the way Law and Order will never end.” APR

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MAKE MUSIC SAN JOSE IS A FREE, OUTDOOR DAY OF MUSIC HELD ON THE SUMMER SOLSTICE. IT IS OPEN TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO TAKE PART. VENUES CAN BE ANYWHERE AND PERFORMERS CAN BE ANYONE. F I N D O U T M O R E AT : M A K E M U S I C D AY. O R G / S A N J O S E

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BIG FIGHT The bulk of Marvel’s superhero universe chips in for ‘Avengers: Infinity War.’

Peak Superheroes PREPOSTEROUSLY LARGE, purple, and full of wrath, the villain in Avengers: Infinity Wars—the destroyer of worlds, Thanos (Josh Brolin)— reveals his philosophical reasons for wanting to prune the universe. Hearing him out, the magus Dr. Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is unimpressed: “Congratulations, you’re a prophet.” This is but one of dozens of styles of grace under pressure here. It’s all about courage in various modes: headstrong idiots like Chris Pratt’s Peter Quill; the Vision (Paul Bettany) resigned to his potential fate; the unsuperpowered Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) pitching herself into a fight with a monster; Peter Parker (Tom Holland), still an eager, fearless kid who ends up clinging to a spaceship Avengers: Infinity before he’s had a chance to think it over; and Robert War Downey Jr.’s Iron Man—Nanotech-Suit Man now—who has mortality hanging over him like a cloud. PG-13, 156 Mins. Somehow the most satisfying style is the mad Valleywide confidence of Thor (Chris Hemsworth). How genuinely stirring to see him wave away the warning of a Jack Kirby-worthy giant dwarf (Peter Dinklage) that a certain ordeal is suicide: “It will kill you!” Thor’s noble response, “Only if I die!” Avengers: Infinity War is all over the map from deep space to Wakanda to the U.K.—there, Paul Bettany’s The Vision and Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch toss a henchman of Thanos all over Durham Cathedral. Yet, despite the shifts of scene, the dozen-and-a-half leads, the changes of mood from comic to lethal— from colossal fight scenes to the Avengers’ usual battlefield backchat—the Russo Brothers’ adventure seems solidly entertaining and surprising. The flavors of this multi-movie sundae blend beautifully. And there isn’t that sense of the ride coming to an end as soon as the big final fight commences. The Russos seemingly always have something to cut to—some new angle on this mad multiverse fight as Thanos tries to gather essential jewels for the gauntlet he needs to complete his omnipotence. It is the first half of a two-parter—always a bringdown. The movie has infinity in the title, but there’s a sense of limits coming up. Given the roster of entertainments to come, we may be facing in 2018 what 1968 was to spy movies: a complete saturation, structures so big that they can’t be topped. —Richard von Busack

RUN FOR THE HILLS After a terrible car accident nearly ended it all, The Orange Peels retreated to the Santa Cruz Mountains to make their seventh LP.

Into the Forest The Orange Peels go from Silicon Valley shimmer to mountain magic BY WALLACE BAINE

OR THE BETTER part of two decades, singer and songwriter Allen Clapp wrote his songs, made his records and toured with his band The Orange Peels from the vantage point of the Eichler home he shared with his wife, Jill, in Sunnyvale. Then came 2014, when he and Jill—who plays bass in The Orange Peels—were rear-ended on Interstate 880. They could have been killed in the horrific car accident; thankfully, they both escaped serious injury. “We had a second chance at

life,” Clapp says, remembering the accident. “At that point, we had talked about moving to the Santa Cruz Mountains for a decade. So, it was like, let’s just do it.” Today, Clapp and his wife live just 18 miles, as the crow flies, from their former home in Sunnyvale. Environmentally, however, it might as well be in another country. Home is now a hexagonal house sitting alone on a mountain adjacent to 50 acres of redwoods in the rugged terrain north of Boulder Creek, in the heart of the Santa Cruz Mountains. This week, The Orange Peels celebrate the release of their latest album, Trespassing. It’s their seventh

release as a band, dating back to 1997. But it’s their first to be conceived and recorded at their new redwoodshrouded retreat. When you make the move from urbanized Silicon Valley to what feels like Tolkien’s Middle-earth, that’s going to make a difference in your music. “The biggest impact of living in this place is the bigness of everything,” Clapp says by phone from his mountain lair. “There are 200-foot redwoods all around us, gigantic mountains. The largeness of living in a place like this seeps into the music. I mean, this album sounds enormous to me, compared to some of the stuff we’ve done recently.” Both Clapp, as a solo artist, and the Orange Peels have cultivated a sterling reputation as smart, melodically talented indie-pop artists that capture the slippery essence of living in the Bay Area. Trespassing continues that lineage with a collection of shimmery pop jewels that dance seductively in the space between dream pop, chillwave and ’80s-style synth. But if you listen

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #622523 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KT Dental Laboratory, 1333 Piedmont Rd., Ste #202, San Jose, CA, 95132,

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 55+ YEARS OLD NAME STATEMENT #622566 & SEEKING WORK?

TheFREE followingjob person(s) is (are) doing & business as: Van Hoa Lam, assistance training. 979 Story Rd., #7087, San Jose, Ca, 95122, Nuh Thuan Lam, Quoc Must low-income guidelines. Anh Nguyen,meet 608 Giraudo Dr., San Jose, CA, 95111. This business is conducted by an married couple.Registrant has not yet begun Call SOURCEWISE, Speak with a transacting business under the fictitious business name or names Community Resource Professional in listed herein. Refile of previous file #620681 with changes. /s/Nhu Senior Services Thuan Lam ThisEmployment statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 10/18/2016. (pubOption Metro 10/26,511/02, 11/09, 11/16/2016) (408) 350-3200,

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS MIND, BODY & SPIRIT NAME STATEMENT #622752

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The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Free Spirit, 380 S. 1st Street, San Jose, CA, 95113, Michael R. Hill, 8093 E. Zayante Wed 4-6business pm Stress, WeightRd.,Every Felton, CA, 95018. This is conducted by an individual. Registrant has not yet begun transacting business under the lossFatigue, PMS, Anxiety, Depresion, fictitious business name or names listed herein. /s/Michael R. detox, Hillpain, This statement wasAllergies.ndwisdom.com filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara 408-297-6877 County on 10/24/2016. (pub Metro 11/02, 11/09, 11/16, 11/23/2016)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS 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

LEGALS & PUBLIC NOTICES The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Parties And Petals, 1834 West Hedding St., San Jose, CA, 95126, Brooklyn Traxler. 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/Brooklyn Traxler. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 03/09/2018. (pub Metro 04/04, 04/11, 4/18, 4/25/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #640563 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Casa Caribe Vacation Rentals, 783 Regent Park Dr., San Jose, CA, 95123, Allyn Karl Johnson, Celia Cruz-Johnson. This business is being conducted by a Married Couple. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 08/16/2005. Refile of previous file #482106 after 40 days of expiration date. /s/Celia Cruz-Johnson. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 03/29/2018. (pub Metro 04/04, 04/11, 4/18, 4/25/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #640377 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Vape N Smoke, 223 W. Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas, CA, 95035, Abdul Qudoos, 822 Wilow Park Lane, Tracy CA, 95376. 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/Abdul Qudoos. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 03/23/2018. (pub Metro 04/11, 04/18, 04/25, 05/02/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #640593 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Castros Woodworks, 147 Flintwell Ct., San Jose, CA, 95138, William Richard Castro. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 04/02/2018. /s/William Richard Castro. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 04/02/2018. (pub Metro 04/11, 04/18, 04/25, 05/02/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #640611 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Aporo Lending, 1288 Kifer Road, Suite 205, Sunnyvale, CA, 94086, Aporo Lending, 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/Shuwu Song. President. #4127358. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 04/02/2018. (pub Metro 04/11, 04/18, 04/25, 05/02/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #640191 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Tradesmen Consulting, 6404 Camden Ave., San Jose, CA, 95120. This business is being conducted by an individual. Registrant began transacting

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #640899 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Orchard City RV, 309 Brian Ct., San Jose, CA, 95123, Orchard City RV LLC. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 09/05/2012. Refile of previous file #569202 with changes. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Matt Gordon. President. #201536210442. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 04/05/2018. (pub Metro 04/11, 04/18, 04/25, 05/02/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #640767 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Compliance Engineering LLC, 2260 Zoria Cir., San Jose, Ca, 95131. This business is being conducted by a Limited Liability Company. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 01/03/2018. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Anusha Anusha. Managing Member. #201807410340. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 04/04/2018. (pub Metro 04/11, 04/18, 04/25, 05/02/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #640858 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Reo Mason, 7472 Dumas Drive, Cupertino, CA, 95014, Chiou-Pying Cheng. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 04/05/2018. /s/ Chiou-Pying Cheng. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 04/05/2018. (pub Metro 04/11, 4/18, 4/25, 05/02/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #640616 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Arber & Lash, 1525 Meridian Ave., San Jose, CA, 95125, Katerina Arber, 33 Park Village Place, 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 03/15/2018. /s/Katerina Arber. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 04/02/2018. (pub Metro 04/11, 04/18, 04/25, 05/02/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #640983 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Accent Fintech, 152 N. San Tomas Aquino Rd., Ste A, Campbell, CA, 95014, ASJ Funding, 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 04/06/2018. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Sumant Jeswani. Manager. #201807110189. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 04/06/2018. (pub Metro 04/11, 04/18, 04/25, 05/02/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #641019

The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: KE Solutions, 1346 The Alameda Blvd., 7-176, San Jose, CA, 95126, David Napan. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 05/20/2017. Refile of previous file #631095 due to publication requirement not met of previous filing. /s/David Napan. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 04/09/2018. (pub Metro 04/11, 04/18, 04/25, 05/02/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT#640810 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: China Delight Restaurant, 5813 Cottle Road, San Jose, CA, 95123, JMH Business 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/Jennifer Hin. President. #4114644. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 04/05/2018. (pub Metro 04/18, 04/25, 05/02, 05/09/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #640895 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: JP Development By V.B.C. Construction, 1346 The Alameda, Suite 173, San Jose, CA, 95126, Jaime Pablo Preciado, 188 s. Morrison Avenue, San Jose, CA, 95126, Alfred Zamora, 2488 Karen Drive., #4, Santa Clara, CA, 95050. This business is being conducted by a General Partnership. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 04/05/2018. Refile of previous file #640854 with changes. /s/Jaime Preciado. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 04/05/2018. (pub Metro 04/18, 04/25, 05/02, 05/09/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #639495 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. Golden Bear Heating And Air Conditioning, 2. Golden Bear Air, 3. Golden Bear Air Mechanical, 171 Branham Lane suite 10-433, Tamim Khaliki, 9240 Church Street, Gilroy, CA, 95020. 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/Tamim Khaliki. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 03/01/2018. (pub Metro 03/07, 03/14, 03/21, 03/28/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #641274 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Aquarian Innovations, 756 south 3rd Street, San Jose, CA, 95112, Donald Flowers II. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 04/13/2018. /s/Donald Flowers II. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 04/16/2018. (pub Metro 04/25, 05/02, 05/09, 05/16/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #641413 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: UC Legal Solutions, 3043 Gaywood Ct., San

Jose, CA, 95148, Uyenchi Thi Ho. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 01/01/2017. /s/Katerina Arber. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 04/19/2018. (pub Metro 04/25, 05/02, 05/09, 05/16/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #641386 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Ward Ivd Consulting, 764 Corlista Dr., San Jose, CA, 95128, Diane Marie Ward. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 04/17/2018. /s/Katerina Arber. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 04/18/2018. (pub Metro 04/25, 05/02, 05/09, 05/16/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #641247 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: L4C Advisory, 1658 Purdue Avenue, Palo Alto, CA, 94303, Luba L, 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 8/8/2018. Above entity was formed in the state of California. /s/Luba Lesiva. Manager. #201622810322. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 04/06/2018. (pub Metro 04/25, 05/02, 05/09, 05/16/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #641424 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Benefit, 155 San Lazaro, Sunnyvale, CA, 94086, Benny Osiomoje Evien, 3175 Cadillac Dr., San Jose, CA, 95117. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 04/18/2018. /s/Benny Osiomoje Evien. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 04/19/2018. (pub Metro 04/25, 05/02, 05/09, 05/16/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #640295 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: Kingscape Landscape Construction, 5868 Montevino Dr., San Jose, CA, 95123. This business is being conducted by an Individual. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 03/01/2018. /s/Elezar Renteria. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 03/22/2018. (pub Metro 04/11, 04/18, 04/25, 05/02/2018)

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #641267 The following person(s) is (are) doing business as: 1. Da 1 Above (A Place of Peace) Salon & Fintness, 2. Glimpse of Eternity In The Potters House, 976 Poplar Ct., Santa Clara, CA, 95050, Clyther Felix, Curtis H. Felix. This business is conducted by a married couple. Registrant began transacting business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 01/09/2003. Refile of previous file #618633 with changes. /s/Clyther Felix.This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 04/16/2018. (pub Metro 04/25, 05/02, 05/09, 05/16/2018)

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FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT #639872

business under the fictitious business name or names listed herein on 03/20/2018. /s/Joel M. Sousa. This statement was filed with the County Clerk of Santa Clara County on 03/20/2018. (pub Metro 04/11, 04/18, 04/25, 05/02/2018)

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY four porcupines caught in frigid weather. To keep warm, you all have the urge to huddle together and pool your body heat. But whenever you try to get close, you prick each other with your quills. The only solution to that problem is to move away from each other, even though it means you can't quell your chill as well. This scenario was used by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud as a parable for the human dilemma. We want to be intimate with each other, Freud said, but we hurt each other when we try. The oft-chosen solution is to be partially intimate: not as close as we would like to be, but only as much as we can bear. Now everything I just said, Aries, is a preface for better news: In the coming weeks, neither your own quills nor those of the people you care about will be as sharp or as long as usual.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Simpsons is the

longest-running American TV sitcom and animated series. But it had a rough start. In the fall of 1989, when producers staged a private pre-release screening of the first episode, they realized the animation was mediocre. They worked hard to redo it, replacing 70 percent of the original content. After that slow start, the process got easier and the results got better. When the program completes its 30th season in 2019, it will have aired 669 episodes. I don't know if your own burgeoning project will ultimately have as enduring a presence, Taurus, but I'm pretty sure that, like The Simpsons, it will eventually become better than it is in the early going. Stick with it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): The coming weeks might be an interesting time to resurrect a frustrated dream you abandoned in a wasteland; or rescue and restore a moldering treasure you stopped taking care of a while back; or revive a faltering commitment you've been ignoring for reasons that aren't very high-minded. Is there a secret joy you've been denying yourself without good cause? Renew your relationship with it. Is there a rough prize you received before you were ready to make smart use of it? Maybe you're finally ready. Are you brave enough to dismantle a bad habit that hampers your selfmastery? I suspect you are. CANCER (June 21-July 22): The Hollywood film

industry relies heavily on recycled ideas. In 2014, for example, only one of the 10 top-grossing movies—Interstellar—was not a sequel, remake, reboot, or episode in a franchise. In the coming weeks and months, Cancerian, you'll generate maximum health and wisdom for yourself by being more like Interstellar than like *The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Transformers: Age of Extinction, X-Men: Days of Future Past, and the six other Top 10 rehashes of 2014. Be original!

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): Long ago, in the land we

now call Italy, humans regarded Mars as the divine protector of fields. He was the fertility god who ripened the food crops. Farmers said prayers to him before planting seeds, asking for his blessings. But as the Roman Empire arose, and warriors began to outnumber farmers, the deity who once served as a kind benefactor evolved into a militant champion, even a fierce and belligerent conqueror. In accordance with current astrological omens, Leo, I encourage you to evolve in the opposite direction. Now is an excellent time to transmute aggressiveness and combativeness into fecundity and tenderness.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): You sometimes get

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): I hope the next seven

weeks will be a time of renaissance for your most engaging alliances. The astrological omens suggest it can be. Would you like to take advantage of this cosmic invitation? If so, try the following strategies. 1. Arrange for you and each of your close companions to relive the time when you first met. Recall and revitalize the dispensation that originally brought you together. 2. Talk about the influences you've had on each other and the ways your relationship has evolved. 3. Fantasize about the inspirations and help you'd like to offer each other in the future. 4. Brainstorm about the benefits your connection has provided and will provide for the rest of the world.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Now is one of

the rare times when you should be alert for the potential downsides of blessings that usually sustain you. Even the best things in life could require adjustments. Even your most enlightened attitudes and mature beliefs may have pockets of ignorance. So don't be a prisoner of your own success or a slave of good habits. Your ability to adjust and make corrections will be key to the most interesting kind of progress you can achieve in the coming weeks.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Capricorn author

Simone de Beauvoir was a French feminist and activist. In her book *A Transatlantic Love Affair,* she made a surprising confession: Thanks to the assistance of a new lover, Nelson Algren, she finally had her first orgasm at age 39. Better late than never, right? I suspect that you, too, are currently a good candidate to be transported to a higher octave of pleasure. Even if you're an old pro at sexual climax, there may be a new level of bliss awaiting you in some other way. Ask for it! Seek it out! Solicit it!

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Can you afford to

hire someone to do your busy work for a while? If so, do it. If not, see if you can avoid the busy work for a while. In my astrological opinion, you need to deepen and refine your skills at lounging around and doing nothing. The cosmic omens strongly and loudly and energetically suggest that you should be soft and quiet and placid. It's time for you to recharge your psychospiritual batteries as you dream up new approaches to making love, making money, and making sweet nonsense. Please say a demure "no, thanks" to the strident demands of the status quo, my dear. Trust the stars in your own eyes.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): I believe it's a favorable time for you to add a new mentor to your entourage. If you don't have a mentor, go exploring until you find one. In the next five weeks, you might even consider mustering a host of fresh teachers, guides, trainers, coaches, and initiators. My reading of the astrological omens suggests that you're primed to learn twice as much and twice as fast about every subject that will be important for you during the next two years. Your future educational needs require your full attention. Homework: Choose two ancestors with whom you'd like to have closer relationships. Contact their spirits in your dreams. Testify at Freewillastrology.com. Go to REALASTROLOGY.COM to check out Rob Brezsny’s Expanded Weekly Audio Horoscopes and Daily Text Message Horoscopes. Audio horoscopes are also available by phone at 1-877-873-4888 or 1-900-950-7700

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superstitious when life is going well. You worry about growing overconfident. You're afraid that if you enjoy yourself too much, you will anger the gods and jinx your good fortune. Is any of that noise clouding your mood these days? I hope not; it shouldn't be. The truth, as I see it, is that your intuition is extra-strong and your decision-making is especially adroit. More luck than usual is flowing in your vicinity, and you have an enhanced knack for capitalizing on it. In my estimation, therefore, the coming weeks will be a favorable time to build up your hunger for vivid adventures and bring your fantasies at least one step closer to becoming concrete realities. Whisper the following to yourself as you drop off to sleep each night: "I will allow myself to think bigger and bolder than usual."

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): The bad news is that 60 percent of Nevada's Lake Mead has dried up. The good news—at least for historians, tourists, and hikers—is that the Old West town of St. Thomas has re-emerged. It had sunk beneath the water in 1936, when the government built the dam that created the lake. But as the lake has shrunk in recent years, old buildings and roads have reappeared. I foresee a comparable resurfacing in your life, Libra: the return of a lost resource or vanished possibility or departed influence.

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John Dyke

Enjoying Friday night at the

These two show off a jar of locally produced honey at the 2018 EARTH DAY celebration at Alum Rock Park.

OLD WAGON SALOON.

At peace on 420 outside Khartoum in downtown Campbell.

Greg Ramar

Taking in the Earth’s bounty on EARTH DAY at Alum Rock Park.

Puff, puff, pass the vape at San Pedro Square on 420.

Girls’ night out at OLD WAGON SALOON.

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metroactive SVSCENE PHOTOS BY JOHN DYKE & GREG RAMAR