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Networking

By George Cothran, Chuck Finnie

Published: October 2, 1996

Through the Juvenile Probation Department and the Mayor's Office of Children, Youth, and Their Families, S.F. plans to spend $2.7 million this year on 22 community-based organizations (CBOs), at an...

Feature

Where do Bad Children Go?

S.F. officials are tilting toward more community-based rehab for youthful offenders -- if they can put the lid on internal bickering that's given new meaning to the term "juvenile justice"

By George Cothran, Chuck Finnie

Published: October 2, 1996

Eugene was nearly 18, and headed for up to six years hard time at "gladiator school," also known as the California Youth Authority, after stomping in a police car windshield. Less severe...

News

They Can't Be Giants

In the clubhouse, the press box, the seats, malaise pervaded this season's swan song

By Tom McNichol

Published: October 2, 1996

"Barry! Barry! Over here!" If Giants outfielder Barry Bonds hears the shouts, he doesn't acknowledge them, gliding serenely past the young autograph hounds on his way to batting practice. Fact is,...

Letters

Letters

Published: October 2, 1996

Sragow Fanned Michael Sragow is usually an obsolescent windbag. But his interview with the inimitable Mike Leigh is brilliant ("Full Disclosure," Film, Sept. 25). Though Sragow and film...

Music

Hear This

By Jesse "Chuy" Varela

Published: October 2, 1996

Tish Hinojosa/Flaco Jimenez/Dr. Loco and His Rockin' Jalapeno Band Texas Chicanos first heard accordions through German and Czech immigrant neighbors, who played polkas and schottisches....

Music

The House of Tudor

By Silke Tudor

Published: October 2, 1996

Remember Geekfest '96? It was a full summer day of hurtful adolescent monikers, the celebration of the beauty of puke-green polyester, and dancing poorly to some gloriously geeky bands. Sounds like...

Music

Hear This

By James Sullivan

Published: October 2, 1996

Chrome Cranks/Bloodloss/Dura-Delinquent/Speedball Baby Just for the sake of common decency, you've got to hope musicians like these don't spend all their waking hours spewing the same...

Music

Night Crawler

By Silke Tudor

Published: October 2, 1996

The gathering of Harleys outside the Trocadero is even more impressive than usual -- especially for a Thursday night. The parked bikes take up most of the block, glinting in the lamplight like a...

Music

Recordings

By Michael Batty, Jeff Stark

Published: October 2, 1996

Hampton Grease Band Music to Eat (Shotput/Columbia/Legacy) Obscurity is the true lucre of the rock collector. Grubby paper denominations are mere asswipe in comparison. As long as...

Music

Hear This

By Michael Batty

Published: October 2, 1996

Giant Sand Settling to the bottom of a slow-tempo bill like a desert toad in a fish tank full of molasses, Giant Sand's unassuming, off-the-cuff music may have found its perfect niche. Howe...

Music

Suspicious Minds

By Sarah Vowell

Published: October 2, 1996

Art can be measured. Take pop songs, for instance: Just about any old tune can sound at least OK on a car radio, but how many pass the Dishwashing Challenge? Real music can communicate its...

Music

Rhinestone Cowpie

By Michael Batty

Published: October 2, 1996

Swingin' Doors, Kuntry Kunts, Starlene Bottom of the Hill Sunday, Sept. 22 Though branding is just as popular for lack of cattle among some San Francisco circles, pursuing the...

Eat

Dish

By Paul Reidinger

Published: October 2, 1996

Flour Power Flour might not yet have the boutique cachet of such snazzy products as Laura Chenel goat cheese or Indian-blood peaches -- for most people, it's still something you buy in a...

Eat

A Little Havana

The Port Cafe brings a tropical splash to the Castro

By Paul Reidinger

Published: October 2, 1996

My first impression of the Port Cafe (recently conjured from the remains of the Port Deli) was that it resembled the ramshackle cafeteria of a 1970s high school with mod scheduling: The walls are a...

Film

Faces

By Peter Rainer

Published: October 2, 1996

Secrets & Lies Directed and written by Mike Leigh. Starring Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Phyliss Logan, Timothy Spall, and Claire Rushbrook. I am not among those merry legions who...

Night&Day;

Night+Day

By Heather Wisner

Published: October 2, 1996

wednesday october 2 The Tarnished Touch Inspired by European "Buffoon Theater" and the work of French dramatist Jacques Lecoq, the UMO Ensemble pokes fun at European conquests of the...

Halloween

The Grid

By George Cothran, Chuck Finnie

Published: October 2, 1996

Loyal Opposition S.F. Supervisor Susan Leal has shown a healthy independent streak during her three-year tenure. Contrasted with the mass genuflection before the altar of Mayor Willie Brown by...

Halloween

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

By Rob Brezsny

Published: October 2, 1996

Aries (March 21-April 19): Thinking of getting hitched? Of signing on the bottom line? Of marrying your fortunes to those of a new tribe, guide, or accomplice? It's not a totally outlandish notion,...

Halloween

Unspun

By Phyllis Orrick, Susan Rasky

Published: October 2, 1996

Equus or Excess? The new Benetton ads plastered on downtown construction sheds a couple weeks back -- a black stallion mounting a white mare -- are meant to evoke "innocence and truth,"...

Halloween

Savage Love

Published: October 2, 1996

Hey, Faggot: I have given a lot of blow jobs in my day, but recently a very strange thing happened. I was with a new fellow, and the morning after delighting him orally, I had really appalling...