by Jeffrey Brock | Nov 1, 1993 | Writing
After a month of constant sleep and hallucinations under 104-degree fevers earlier this year, Ernie wanted to die. “I remember just rocking my head back and forth, and I was crying,” sobs the San Jose resident, who has AIDS. “I asked my wife Virginia...
by Jeffrey Brock | Nov 1, 1993 | Writing
ANTHONY WETTERSTROM was punk in San Jose when punk wasn’t cool. Or even lukewarm. “Back in those days, if you had dyed hair and wore black, they didn’t know to call you a punk,” he says, eagerly flashing to the mists of l979. “They would...
by Jeffrey Brock | Oct 1, 1993 | Writing
WHEN YOUNG Alan Adler wasn’t modifying broken toys or building model rockets from scratch, he earned extra spending money around the neighborhood repairing electric plugs and faucet washers – for a dime. Now the Palo Alto resident is hustling a tad more pocket...
by Jeffrey Brock | Sep 1, 1993 | Writing
ALTHOUGH HER Willow Glen children’s bookstore is mercifully free from the commercial evils of Barney overkill, Valerie Lewis doesn’t haughtily take up residence in an ivory tower. “Children should be able to gobble up anything they want to read and...
