Cover: Urbane Renewal?
The debate over urban growth boundaries rages on.

News: Over Easy
Critics say the Petaluma election-fraud case should hatch more charges.

The Scoop: Most Americans don't know Squanto.

Road-kill Runners: A day in the life of a freeway scooper-upper.

Climbing Up on Capitol Hill: Check up on the your Congressional Representatives and U.S. Senators--where they stand, how they voted.

Holiday Arts: What's new, what's cool, what rules this yule.

Spice It Up: Weird but true: In defense of the Spice Girls.

Hank for the Memories: A new generation of jazz players pays tribute to Hank Mobley.

Talking Pictures: Globetrotting author Bill Barich takes in the offbeat crime-drama Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

Bad and Bland: Clint Eastwood's Midnight ... is swollen with exposition.

Nighthawk: Lovers are Happy Together at 3am.

Nice Box: Revisiting your parent's fridge is like coming home again.

Heard It Through the Grapevine: Get to the root of all things wine.

Stone Boy: Larry's Party is a small, good thing.