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2002 Stories by Bernice Yeung

• Girl, Interrupted

  published December 18, 2002

  On a typical November day at Northwestern University, the winter snow begins its descent onto the campus, located just north of Chicago. It's a... More >>

• Clown Without Borders

  published December 4, 2002

  The first time Moshe Cohen, the leader of the American arm of Clowns Without Borders, performed for the refugees from Guatemala's civil war in... More >>

• Collect Calling

  published October 30, 2002

  The first film Rick Prelinger bought for his world-famous collection of industrial and educational movies was When You Are a Pedestrian, a... More >>

• Toy Story

  published October 2, 2002

  Wandering through Valencia Street's Good Vibrations, we're feeling a bit ... uninspired. Ten-inch Cyberskin Vulva Fleshlight? Seen it.... More >>

• Gluing for God

  published September 4, 2002

  On a cold Saturday afternoon, the Rev. Trismegista "Tristy" Taylor greets congregants as they arrive in the "chapel" of her unusual church, which... More >>

• Mission's End

  published August 28, 2002

  Victor Miller, the local publisher and neighborhood advocate who was best known for "comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable" as... More >>

• Breaking Out

  published August 21, 2002

  It is a Monday evening at Cell Space, a Mission District arts venue, and the last rays of sun filter through the yellowing skylights, casting the... More >>

• Dancing With the Butoh Masters

  published July 17, 2002

  There's a dirty corner of Mission Street, where a sushi restaurant called Country Station shares space with hoodlums and homeless drunks, a... More >>

• Joy of Shopping

  published July 10, 2002

  It's a brilliant, bright Saturday afternoon in San Francisco, and the last thing we want to be doing is trudging through the vapid, fluorescent... More >>

• Race for Space

  published June 26, 2002

  It is a scorching June afternoon, and Wayne MacDonald, his shock of white hair blowing in the light breeze, stands in front of a vacant Bayview... More >>

• Throwing Away the Key

  published June 5, 2002

  Eddy Zheng took a deep breath, concentrating as if he were in a Buddhist meditation session. Searching for a quiet calm, he tried to radiate peace... More >>

• A Black and White Issue

  published May 1, 2002

  When Amtrak hired Abner Morgan to do electrical work in its East Bay rail yard in 1990 for $9.69 an hour, the Oakland native figured he'd landed a... More >>

• Shut Up!

  published April 3, 2002

  The sun rises quickly as Bernie Krause steers his SUV decisively around the corners of a road winding up the Mayacamas Ridge that separates the... More >>

• Shear Talent

  published April 3, 2002

  Shear Talent Hairstylist Bruce Choy was at a Stanley Jordan concert in 1985,... More >>

• Go Nuts

  published March 13, 2002

  From a distance, it is a typical winter weekend at Washington Square Park. The wind is gusting, and joggers and dog-walkers streak across the... More >>

• The Chess Man of Market Street

  published March 6, 2002

  The Chess Man of Market Street Every morning, sometime between 10 and 11, 77-year-old Floro Bagasala leaves his... More >>

• My Country Versus Me

  published February 27, 2002

  My Country Versus Me By Wen Ho Lee and Helen Zia Hyperion (2002), $23.95 A Convenient... More >>

• Divided Loyalties

  published February 20, 2002

  Rene Pascual stands expectantly against the wall of a darkened hotel banquet hall, sipping a glass of whiskey in nervous anticipation. The lengthy... More >>

• The Price of Citizenship

  published February 13, 2002

  It is a stunningly sunny afternoon in late January, and a Secret Service agent wearing all black waits impatiently as his bags are checked in at... More >>

• The Last Hope

  published January 23, 2002

  Olivia Wang sits at a computer in her cramped office on McAllister Street, surrounded by five cardboard boxes. The boxes are nondescript, holding... More >>

• A Test of Faith

  published January 9, 2002

  For 15 years, Catherine Karas has made a living as an "energy healer," working for some years from a spotless but cozy Tiburon condo with a... More >>

• But Is It Science?

  published January 9, 2002

  Does distant healing actually work? If it works, can scientists really study it? The jury is still out on both questions. Critics of distant... More >>