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Duck! You're in Wine Country

Why do police in bucolic Santa Rosa kill more citizens per capita than cops in crime-ridden cities like San Francisco and New York?

By Tara Shioya

Published: September 17, 1997

Unemployed, overweight, and deeply depressed, Kevin Saunders was spending most of his time smoking grass and telling lies about serving in Vietnam. Saunders' life had been heading steadily downhill...

News

This Old Screwed-Up House (The Sequel)

Will the government ever fix Ora Nance Lewis' home?

By Lisa Davis

Published: September 17, 1997

Ora Nance Lewis' biggest mistake was playing by the government's rules. The 86-year-old retired schoolteacher attempted to fix her house with the assistance of the government program designed to...

Letters

Letters

Published: September 17, 1997

Gavi-reaction Dear George ("The Catheter") Cothran, and John ("Hecklin' John") Mecklin, It was never easy growing up with a name like Gavin. As a child, when I used parliamentary procedure...

News

Dog Bites

By Matt Smith, H. W

Published: September 17, 1997

Trapped in the Car Craze San Francisco's heroic defense of the cause of motoring reached a new zenith last week: Police charged Bay Bridge-riding cyclists with felony traffic obstruction....

Music

Zoom Lens

By Kathleen Maher

Published: September 17, 1997

Festival !Cine Latino! For its Fifth Annual Festival ACine Latino! at three local theaters, CineAccion is presenting seven features, a whole bunch of shorts, and five films shot by Mexican...

Music

Hear This

By Sam Prestianni

Published: September 17, 1997

Wolfgang Fuchs Add to that list of dangerous European improvisers invading our shores of late -- John Butcher, Gianni Gebbia, Luc Houtkamp, Peter van Bergen -- the frighteningly articulate...

Music

The House of Tudor

By Silke Tudor

Published: September 17, 1997

Last year, the clubgoing populace was inundated with more swing-side posturing than one could shake a swizzle stick at. But as the cigar smoke settles, it's comforting to realize that nightlife is...

Music

Riff Raff

By Robert Arriaga, Michael Batty, Johnny DiPaola, Karl D. Esturbense, Jeff Stark, Silke Tudor, Heather Wisner, Bill Wyman

Published: September 17, 1997

Selvin Watch: By the Numbers In newspaper writing, the saddest mistakes are the ones that are hard to make. That's why watching Joel Selvin's journalism career chokes us up so much. The Chronicle...

Music

Night Crawler

By Silke Tudor

Published: September 17, 1997

A young woman teeters outside Club 181 on 8-inch, patent leather stripper heels. The shoes are a gleaming shade of naughty nurse white that catches the eye from a block away -- perfect for a...

Music

The Impotence of Being Earnest

By Michael Batty

Published: September 17, 1997

Phil Ochs Farewells & Fantasies (Elektra Traditions/Rhino) Despite himself, Phil Ochs just didn't like the cut of his gold lame suit. The liner notes to the excellent new Ochs...

Music

Hear This

By Robert Arriaga

Published: September 17, 1997

Jurassic 5 These days, rap MCs claiming "the mad skills" are about as believable as a Haight Street hippie saying he's got real hash to sell. Believe them, and you'll be rewarded with jaded...

Eat

Telling Tales

By Naomi Wise

Published: September 17, 1997

Storyville 1751 Fulton (at Masonic), 441-1751. Open daily from 6 to 10 p.m., until 1 a.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Reservations recommended on weekends. You can park in the supermarket lot across...

Film

Second Time Around

By Michael Sragow

Published: September 17, 1997

The Phantom of the Opera Alone among the old horror standbys, the Phantom of the Opera is a man among monsters -- a disfigured musical genius named Erik who wreaks havoc in that most stylish of...

Film

Losing It

By Peter Rainer

Published: September 17, 1997

The Game Directed by David Fincher. Screenplay by John Brancato and Michael Ferris. Starring Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Carroll Baker, Armin Mueller-Stahl, and Deborah Kara Unger. At area...

Film

Reel World

By Michael Fox

Published: September 17, 1997

The Conversation The sleeping giant of the Bay Area exhibition scene, United Artists Theater Circuit, is stirring. With other strong chains making inroads in San Francisco -- AMC is adding a...

Night&Day;

Night+Day

By Heather Wisner

Published: September 17, 1997

wednesday september 17 Your One and Only Former Saturday Night Live cast member Nora Dunn brings her dippy model-cum-talk-show-hostess Pat Stevens and other SNL characters back to the stage...

Halloween

Daring Daylght Merger

By John Mecklin

Published: September 17, 1997

Over the past many months, I've enjoyed watching University of California regents and administrators make up reasons for giving away a world-class, $380 million, publicly owned medical center. It's...

Halloween

Unspun

By Phyllis Orrick

Published: September 17, 1997

Half a Century of Chasing the News Election season for California political writers is well under way; last Friday's San Francisco Chronicle ran a front-page story on the nagging question of...

Halloween

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World

By Rob Brezsny

Published: September 17, 1997

Aries (March 21-April 19): The cosmic traffic signal is about to change from red to green. Your unlucky number will soon stop popping up every couple of hours. And the "Please Don't Touch" sign...

Halloween

Slap Shots

By Jack Boulware

Published: September 17, 1997

Born to Be Old In film school back in the prehistoric 1980s, the joke often circulated that the only way to get your documentary funded by the grantors was to make it about an old-fart...