Cover: Unplugged
Surviving offline in a wired world.

News: Sizing Up King
There was a lot more to Martin Luther King, Jr. than dreams.

Nüz: Developments at SCAN, Rural Bonny Doon Association and Santa Cruz County Labor Unions meetings.

Bruce Bratton: SCAN's annual endorsement meeting; this week's movies, books, art and music.

Water Logged: Kevin Spacey lives the life of a sad sack in Lasse Hallström's 'The Shipping News.'

Agua de Limbo: In the end, the rising tide of gore swamps the mood of Guillermo del Toro's 'The Devil's Backbone.'

Are Wu Experienced? The Wu-Tang Clan grows up and goes to war.

Lone Rangers: Calexico mixes indie and mariachi influences for a sound that could tame a bull.

Grill Power: The oak-fired specialties at Ostrich Grill just keep getting better.

Acting Out: Eight Tens @ Eight--you do the math.

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