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This Week
June 20-26, 1996

Cover
Fish Story: In the competition for
a diminishing salmon population,
California fishermen shoot to kill
sea lions, but in the big picture of
resource management, there's
more to the story than man
vs. mammal.

News
This Little Piggy: At the popular certified farmers' markets, where certificates aren't always checked, there's fertile ground for produce abuse.

Public Eye: Joan Baez gets Nordy's knickers in a twist, and the name of a new Los Gatos grill has feminists up in arms.

Polis Report: Golfing through the Glass Ceiling.

Arts & Entertainment
Movies
Just a Hunch: The Victor is the loser in Disney adaptation of Hugo's classic novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame .

Behind the Mask: Georges Franju's chilling Eyes Without a Face does not confuse horror with a quick fright.

New Frontiers: Lone Star's border skirmishes.

Music
Tibet Rocks!: The crowd went wild at last weekend's Tibetan Freedom Concert, and Metroactive's got the pictures to prove it.

Perry's Porno Picks: Perry Farrell, of Jane's Addiction fame, contemplates the good life with Porno for Pyros.

Past Prime: Is Elvis Costello Useless on new album?

Jazz Treats: Jesus Valdés brings a Cuban beat to Shoreline.

Impolitic Gangstas: I.M.P. raps with conviction but no solutions.

Beat Street: Epic punk show scheduled for Billy DeFrank Community Center in San Jose this Sunday.

Books
Sloughing It: Academic critics can't stand the fact that America's greatest writer learned his craft in the wild West.

Stage
Bard Times: Palo Alto Players conjures up the spirit of John Barrymore in I Hate Hamlet.

Menu
Organic Attitudes: Reflecting the artistic sensibilities and deep devotion to seasonal, organic produce of its entrepreneuse, Jesse Cool, Menlo Park's Flea Street Cafe continues to dance in the vanguard.

Vegging Out: Exploring downtown San Jose's Casa Vicky and its fine Mexican cuisine.

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