Cover: Greens Storm
Elkhorn Slough will soon share its northern borders with hackers and homesites.

Power Play: How Duke Energy's power-plant expansion plans will affect Moss Landing.

News: Nüz
A motorist and a cyclist tangle at an anti-Bush rally, and the police call it just an accident.

Bruce Bratton: Navigating the streets of Santa Cruz during a rolling blackout; religion, politics and the new presidential administration; Watsonville wetlands and water fluoridation.

Work: Microsoft's random acts of weirdness.

Woody Guthrie Never Wore Khakis: The first full-scale museum exhibit about the balladeer reveals a painter, poet and writer.

Sights & Sounds: Rock & roll magnesium deposits discovered at old Rio Theatre.

Good-Natured Poise: Seabright Brewery attracts a neighborhood following with hearty home-cooked meals.

Go West, Young Croissants: Kelly's French Pastries departs downtown and heads for the West Side.

Weekly World Web: A few adventurous artists are making molehills out of molecules.

Time Machine: The plays come fast and furious at Actor's Theater 10-Minute Play Festival.

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