Power Up

• by Leilani Clark

Grisly Gallows

A burglary, a murder, a lost skeleton and Napa's last public hanging

Hospital Heartbeat

While posting record revenues, why is Sutter Health negotiating to lower benefits and cut staff?

• by Leilani Clark

Happy KOWS

Halloween Ball to benefit Occidental radio

• by Anna Freeman

Cthulhu Calling

Ross Lockhart's monstrous anthology

• by David Templeton

Major Mollusks

'Oyster Culture' captures farming, shucking history

• by Leilani Clark

Storm Warning

Michael Shannon plays stressed-out dad in 'Take Shelter'

• by Richard von Busack

Hyde the Bugs!

Two chilling fall plays at Spreckels

• by David Templeton

Breaking 'Bad'

Tom Waits' new album

• by Gabe Meline

Hot on the Grill

Southern Pacific Smokehouse a strip-mall treasure

• by Stett Holbrook

Small Bites

• by Stett Holbrook

Transylvanian Tipples

• by James Knight

Spread the Word

To Richard Busse, ordinary action is heroic

• by Juliane Poirier

Kindling Aflame

Amazon's new tablet-reader

• by Daedalus Howell

Why We Occupy

A collective hope for true democracy