News Briefs

• by Patricia Lynn Henley

Pushing the Limits

Pax Sacramento is about to come crashing down in a political tug-of-war over defeat-proof districts

• by Paul Wagner

White Shark Autumn

Feared, loathed and hunted, the great white shark has long been man's worst friend. Now the object of adventure tourism, are we hounding it out of existence?

Diaspora

All-Stars make music, not war

• by Gabe Meline

Gorillas in the Midst

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum rock against rock

• by David Sason

Telling It Like It Is

Sebastopol venue revives age-old tradition of storytelling

Magic Kingdom Come

It's Disney's world—you just live in it

• by David Templeton

Hits and Miss

The problem with greatest hits

• by Sara Bir

Bring on the Funk

Honeycut's essentials: chops, attitude and sweat

• by Gabe Meline

Road Shows

SF Jewish Film Fest delivers fighters, mamas and comics

• by Richard von Busack

He's (Still) the Man

Scaling Leonard Cohen's tower of songs

• by Greg Cahill

Tough Row to Hoe

California farmers will get more out of this Farm Bill than ever before—but that's not saying much

News of the Food

Gehry in Napa

• by Gretchen Giles

SlowComa

• by Patricia Lynn Henley

Wine Tasting

The Ross Valley Winery & Pt. Reyes Vineyards

• by James Knight