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Jul. 19, 2006

Workingfor the Teenage Turnaround

Contra Costa Superior Court Commissioner Gary J. Silber prods youngsters to make positive changes in their lives.

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By Tim Hay
Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - In a nondescript, beige building behind the juvenile lock-up in Contra Costa County, a young man with dreadlocks pounds his fists on a table, then lays his head down in defeat. Deputies cuff him and lead him away.
      A girl too young to vote begins to cry because she's being separated from her baby daughter, while her own mother looks on wit... (continued)

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