Cover: Future Kill
Decades ago, the world's top thinkers promised us a future of flying cars, robot servants and time travel, and their findings were confirmed by 'The Jetsons.' Boy, were they wrong! Or were they? Join the Metro Santa Cruz writers as they take a look at whether we really have 'tomorrow's technology' today.

Nüz: When Drugs Go Bad; Funny Bones.

Bruce Bratton: The revamped Del Mar Theatre wins another award; motorcycle noise pollution.

Timeless Nick: Douglas McGrath finds the morsels in Dickens' rambling classic 'Nicholas Nickleby.'

Phillips' Magna Vox: Yes, we get the irony of referencing a corporate trademark in a headline about old-school anarchist icon and master folk storyteller Utah Phillips. Thanks.

Thai Me Up: Providing palate pyrotechnics at its prime corner of Soquel and Ocean, Thai House keeps on spicing it up.

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