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For the Week of
December 14-20, 2005

Cover: Made in the North Bay
Pampered Pets
Gene Hamm
Pet Sissy
Vitamin Planet/Vinyl Planet
Robert Hudson

News: Lock-Up Learning :
Higher education at prisons is making a comeback--and a difference.

The Byrne Report: Saving California.

Briefs: Napa in Pieces.

Rev: Gift ideas for the car lover.

Critic's Picks: A guide to the week's best arts, theater and music events.

Two Rode Together: 'Brokeback Mountain': Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger in a romance that'll frighten a few horses.

Magic Fingers: Six strings sizzle on jazz guitar box set.

Lessons Heard: What music taught me this year.

Pretty Pictures And Big Type: Holiday gift-giving is the excuse you've been looking for to buy those ridiculously glossy art books.

The Myth of Bread: Brick-oven builder Alan Scott understands the yeasty secrets.

Swirl 'n' Spit: Cheater's Guide.

News of the Food: Other Tables.

First Bite: Anatolia.

Real-Life Kitchen: Presto Pesto.