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...played before home crowds so sparse, the catchers could hear individual fans ask for peanuts. Or maybe it's the pitching staff, one of the toughest in the league to score against. Or it might be manager Frank Robinson, a gutsy ex-outfielder who almost decked a much younger--and bigger--guy last week as he tore after Los Angeles Angels manager Mike Scioscia, who had cursed him during a confrontation over a rules violation...
Like many veterans who have put in jail time, Chino thinks the younger gang members don't know how to behave on the streets. "The neighborhood is more dangerous now because the young homeboys are not looking out for each other," he said. He mentioned Lucky, one of the dead Playboys, who was shot and killed on a street corner last summer while talking on a pay phone. "Nobody was there to watch his back, so this guy could just walk up to him from behind and shoot him," Chino said. The two gang members in the room nodded silently...
Chino's terms of parole barred him from returning to the Playboys' territory, around the intersection of Pico Boulevard and Fedora Street in L.A.'s Rampart district, but he quickly reappeared at his old haunts anyway. He set about goading some of the younger homeboys to "put some work in" for the gang. That usually meant getting stoned, then driving a car through a rival gang's neighborhood while shooting out the window. Word got back to the parole officer that Chino was out causing trouble, and the police did a parole search of his house and found...
...younger gangsters, the shootings are like a game. And with the cops pulling back, the game has only one rule: Kill or be killed. On a Saturday night in the Playboys' neighborhood, three young gang members are hanging out--Rowdy, Spotter and Mad Dog. Spotter has taken a sniper's position with a rifle on top of a building overlooking Pico. Rowdy is down at the corner with a Beretta handgun in a pocket of his baggy pants, and Mad Dog is standing in the street, flashing gang signs at passing cars and looking to draw fire from any rival...
...singing groups for the elderly. Most of them croon standards such as Down by the Old Mill Stream and Let Me Call You Sweetheart. But Young@Heart is a different cut altogether. This silver-haired troupe, ranging in age from 73 to 91 (average age: 80), plays to far younger audiences (think 18 to 50) that want to hear songs they love or grew up with--and see them performed. These performers are about a lot more than singing. They take music and put it together with dramatic costumes, scenery and dance movements, and are accompanied by at least five...