BOYZ ‘N THE YARD: The Yard. ....

BOYZ ‘N THE YARD: The Yard. . . . It’s the place convicts go out to play, where they exchange gossip and relive their lives on the streets. . . . At the state’s newest prison in Lancaster, inmates gather in one of five exercise yards for a respite from the restless repetition of prison life. . . . Hollywood’s image of The Yard as a place where death and hatred stalk each day just isn’t true. . . . Here, rival gang members work out on the same weight equipment. . . . And new architecture has made The Yard a place that officials say can be as safe as a back-yard playground--convict-style (B1).

SINS OF THE FLESH: Dermatologists don’t have time to lie on the beach soaking up the UV rays this summer. . . . They are too busy cutting tumors out of people who do. . . . Despite all the publicity about the dangers of skin cancer from too much exposure to the sun, Valley skin doctors say they are seeing a wave of skin cancer patients. . . . There has been a particularly alarming increase in the most serious kind of cancer, melanoma. . . . Too many young people, doctors say, still think the ideal appearance is a copper-colored tan (B1).

LIFE WITH FATHER: While many mourned the death of Dodger Hall of Fame catcher Roy Campanella, none mourned more than John Campanella of Lancaster. . . . Adopted as a boy by the former baseball player, Campanella says his father taught him the value of family and showed him that a man in a wheelchair could hold his head higher than many men who could walk. Campanella remembers the time his father gave Jackie Robinson advice on child-rearing. There was nobody better at it, the younger Campanella believed (B5).

STREET SMART: Are you the type who would freeze out Susie? Plunk into a pothole or get sunk in Sun Valley? And what do geo-ducks have to do with cars that don’t get to go in Old Mexico? You can’t tell if you don’t read Street Smart, (B1) the weekly excursion for those caught in the car culture (and who isn’t?).