Issue: April 27, 2006
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[Stop] Hating Barry Bonds
With the steroid scandal escalating and the chase to beat Babe Ruth’s record in full swing, Bonds seems omnipresent. Here a writer once set to pen the slugger’s autobiography reveals his take on Bonds, his famous dad and all those demons.
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The RX files
California tries to restrict drug-company access to your prescription records.
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Move it or lose it
City cracks down on food trucks, vendors cry “ethnic cleansing.”
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Not in my neighborhood
Residents say “Not in my neighborhood” when asked to make room for a new TB-treatment facility.
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Letters for April 27, 2006
Love, hate, or indifference—readers express their opinions—sometimes about each other.
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Modern Methuselahs
Planning that 951st birthday party? Think ahead.
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Message received
Too bad Bush didn’t mention climate change, conservation, public transit or smart growth in his Earth Day remarks.
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Tools of the man
Bites strikes McClatchy (again) while the iron is hot.
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Feed the watchdog
State politicians like to grandly denounce corruption, but so far they won’t agree to provide adequate funding for the FPPC.
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Keep our food safe
A recent U.S. House bill would gut California’s food-safety laws.
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Kindness is a butterfly
In a tense, hellish, holiday traffic jam, the kindness of a stranger can really catch a person off guard.
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Cheech within reach
Cheech Marin’s collection of Chicano artwork inhabits La Raza Galeria Posada through July 9.
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Death is the new sex
Rumor has it we’re all going to die someday.
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Porn in the USA
Here’s a guidebook that puts a mirror up to societal views of eroticism in our culture.
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Something to sing about
This vocal-techniques class is for singers with some performance experience. Just an FYI, singing in your shower doesn’t count.
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Neon Buddhist glows a little
An event of note from the weekly calendar.
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Bloodlines: Recovering Hitler’s Nuremberg Laws, From Patton’s Trophy to Public Memorial
Next up in the “truth is stranger than fiction” category …
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Battery coward
When Moses was in Earth Day land, let my batteries go.
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Going contemporary
The Sacramento Ballet is evolving. Can you keep up?
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Sing a song
Singing waiters can’t smooth the uneven presentation at Zigato’s Bar & Grille.
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Pack a lunch
Tamera Baker of Selland’s Market-Cafe tells us what’s in her picnic basket.
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Straight from the Slug’s mouth
Minneapolis hip-hop by way of Slug and Ant, a.k.a. Atmosphere.
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The Lawrence Arms
Raw and raucous pop-punk from Chicago, brought to you by beer.
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Pop at bargain prices
A weekly selection from the ever-expanding music scene.
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Childish matters
A bad back couldn’t keep Trust Your Ears from the Billy Childish show.
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Bloody Tuesday
A powerful piece of filmmaking and the best movie so far this year.
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The miserablist
If the spring weather has gone to your head, let Béla Tarr bring you back down.
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