May 29, 2002


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The Judi Bari bombshell
Some truly startling revelations emerged from the Earth First! trial in Oakland.
By A.C. Thompson

Lit May 2002

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Last week's issue

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In this issue

By Tim Redmond

talkback...
Teng opposes Yee's plan

Opinion
Opportunism knocks
by jenny friedenbach and robert haaland

Editorial
Save Cinema 21

Editorial
Oakland's secret police

Editorial
Edison's epic collapse

Hall Monitor

First, the bad news...

Alerts
Justice for teachers

The shot heard round the legislature
Caltrain supporters may have to bite the Baby Bullet
By Rachel Brahinsky

Thought police to the rescue
Ashcroft introduces new, draconian online censorship plan
By Annalee Newitz

Bitter pill
Bay Area seniors take aim at drug companies
By Cassi Feldman

Trust them?
Presidio announces new park plan, assuring critics it hasn't abandoned the dream of a social and environmental center
By Daniel Zoll

Unchartered territory
Edison executives promised they could revolutionize public education – and make a hefty profit in the process. Now that the company's on the skids, the communities that believed them could be the biggest losers.
By Tali Woodward

Life during Wartime

 

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Deep and wide
Pauline Oliveros, the Bay Area's godmother of sound, talks about her life's work and the world it's helped shape.
By Miya Masaoka

'Sounding the Margins: A Retrospective of the Music of Pauline Oliveros'
Fri/31, 8 p.m.

'Native'
June 1-Aug. 4, Lindsay Wildlife Museum

Shagalicious
Roman Coppola's CQ pays sweet, slavish homage to the James Bond era.
By Dennis Harvey

Kill-kill sisterhood
Murderous Maids respins a popular story.
By Johnny Ray Huston

Haunted funk
Broker/Dealer evoke the early morning spirits.
By Amanda Nowinski

With heavy heart-cling
By Sylvia W. Chan

'The Sum of All Fears'
Affleck-ted
By David Fear

Grooves

Last Exit
Kind of new

Local Live
Zeek Sheck

Local Grooves
Crack Emcee

Liner notes
Cover story

2nd time around
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More Fun in the New World (Elektra/Rhino)
Ain't Love Grand (Elektra/Rhino)
See How We Are (Elektra/Rhino)

Script Doctor
DIY DocFest

Frequencies
Horn balloons

By Josh Kun

Electric Habitat
Vaguely hung
By Amanda Nowinski

Tiger on beat
Squish this

By Patrick Macias

Bass Head
By Amanda Nowinski

The Mix

 

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alt.sex.column
Ass masters
By Andrea Nemerson

techsploitation
Empire of VeriSign
By Annalee Newitz

culture shocked
Shipwrecked?
By katharine mieszkowski

Dine
California 101
By Paul Reidinger

Without Reservations
Chillin'

By Paul Reidinger

Cheap Eats
Fingerpickin' good

By Dan Leone

Moon Signs
By Sally Cragin

The Blender

 


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Anniversary Issue
The case for MUD: A public power agency could cut electric rates by 20 percent – and still make millions of dollars.