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M1 RECOVERY East Bay deputy held in drug case Arrest linked to ongoing state narcotics agent probe By Justin Berton custody by agents representing CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER the state Department of Justice and the district attorney’s of- A Contra Costa County sher- fice. iff’s deputy has been arrested in Authorities did not elaborate connection with the investiga- on the details of the alleged tion of a state narcotics agent offenses, but a statement from who allegedly stole drugs from the Contra Costa County Sher- Michael Macor / The Chronicle evidence lockers, authorities iff’s Department said Tanabe’s Chris Rodriguez (4) of the Bay Cruisers shoots over Spencer Halsop (24) of the Utah Jazz said Saturday. arrest was the “result of the during a game of wheelchair basketball sponsored by a Bay Area sports outreach program. Stephen Tanabe, 47, an Ala- ongoing investigation into the mo resident, was booked Fri- state Department of Justice day night into Contra Costa Central Contra Costa Narcotics County Jail on suspicion of Enforcement Team (CNET).” possession and transfer of an “As soon as we learned of Full circle, with hoops assault rifle and conspiracy to Deputy Tanabe’s alleged in- possess and sell controlled volvement in the CNET case, we Hit by a stray bullet in 2008, he’s back in the game substances. He was taken into Deputy continues on A12 By Scott Ostler SAN BRUNO BLAST CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER About halfway through his two-month stay at Children’s Hospital Oakland, 10-year- old Chris Rodriguez asked his father, “Daddy, will I be able to walk out of here?” Regulators’ decision Richard Rodriguez had been withholding the bad news. Initially, doctors told Chris’ parents he had a 50 percent chance to survive the internal injuries from a 40- due on PG&E pipes caliber handgun slug that sliced his spinal cord, so his father was desperate to keep Chris’ spirits up. But now was the time. By Jaxon Van Derbeken miles of transmission lines in “No,” Richard said. “You may not walk for a long time, maybe never.” CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER urban areas. That’s the dead- Three years later, Chris calmly recalls the moment. line for the company to pro- “I started crying, because I wanted to get back to my basketball season. I just joined Decision time is looming for duce documents proving to the the school team. I had played two games.” California regulators who are California Public Utilities under pressure from the feder- Commission that the lines can Sorry, no more basketball. al government to force Pacific withstand the pressure levels “Daddy,” Chris said in the hospital, “that’s going to be the greatest loss of my life.” Gas and Electric Co. to send at which PG&E operates them. less gas through pipelines that Besides cutting pressure, On Jan. 10, 2008, a 24-year-old Oakland through the wall of the Harmony Road Music the utility cannot prove are PG&E may have to shut down man on a violent crime spree held up a Chev- School and through the spleen, kidney and safe. lines for days at a time while it ron station on Piedmont Avenue in North spine of Chris Rodriguez as he sat on a piano Several weeks of cold weath- conducts high-pressure water Oakland. Jared Adams took $162, and when an bench waiting to take his lesson. er remain for Northern and testing — something the com- attendant tried to dial 9-1-1, Adams, who was The following Saturday morning, while most Central California, but after pany has always avoided do- drunk, fired three wild shots. people were struggling to process the random March 15, PG&E could be ing. It’s enlisted hundreds of One of the shots traveled across the street, Rodriguez continues on A14 forced to reduce its gas flow by employees to sift through tens 20 percent on hundreds of PG&E continues on A13 SUNDAY PROFILE Brenda Way Brenda Way, ODC/ Moving exploration of beauty Dance’s founder and artistic By Julian Guthrie built the floor for their stage and classical dance, about a director, CHRONICLE STAFF WRITER and formed seats from sand sharing of power and gender seeks to dunes. They lived in tents, and expectations. explore fe- Brenda Way’s first perfor- cooked on a stove rescued Now, Way is the artistic and male beauty mance space was outside on from the dump. executive director of San Fran- and power Martha’s Vineyard on land Through movement, the cisco’s ODC/Dance, the West through owned by a friend. It was the Oberlin Dance Collective, as Coast’s premier contemporary movement. summer of 1971 when Way and Way called the group, asked dance company, which is pre- Laura Morton / Special to The Chronicle 20 artists from Oberlin College questions about female beauty Way continues on A15 ONLY IN THE CHRONICLE INDEX 1 Stories with this logo can be found only in Bay Area.......C1 Home & Garden N1 Weather Books .........G1 Insight........F1 The Chronicle’s print and e-editions at this time. Business.......D1 Editorial .....F10 Rain, showers. They will be available at sfgate.com beginning Datebook Lotto.........A2 Highs: 56-63. 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When I asked what drew him to the genre, he answered by e-mail — from the Philippines, where he CELEBRATE WITH is assisting on a documentary about the People Power revolution’s 25th anniversary. MTT AND THE “I couldn’t imagine life without Asian cinema, not since my parents took me to see Akira Kurosawa’s ‘Kagemusha’ in 1980, which exposed me to a wholly SAN FRANCISCO different worldview,” Johnson says. He first met new SFIAAFF Director Masashi Ni- wano, profiled on Page 12, in 2009, at a festival Niwa- SYMPHONY no ran in Austin, Texas. “I sensed a spirit of fun and risk-taking in his programming,” Johnson says, “and it appears he has brought that enthusiasm here.” Johnson’s coverage includes capsule reviews of 10 2011-12 SUBSCRIPTIONS films (Page 14), including “Emir.” “In this increasingly interconnected world, Amer- NOWONSALE! ican films and pop culture have great influence,” he says. “At the People Power concert here in Manila, I stood a few feet away as Frencheska Farr, star of the Filipino musical ‘Emir,’ danced to hip-hop tunes spun by DJ apl.de.ap of Black Eyed Peas. The cinema ThereturnofAmericanMavericks. near my hotel played all American films. Considering TheAmericanOrchestraSeries. that, the SFIAAFF is doing vitally important work.” HilaryHahn,LangLang,ItzhakPerlman, Next week: Get your Irish on. and many more. 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