Cover: The Chairman of the Longboard
Surfrider Foundation co-chair and longtime Santa Cruz resident Boots McGhee is slowly but surely galvanizing--and humanizing--the surfing community's environmental group.
Asian Visions: Pacific Rim Film Festival unreels at local cinemas.
Love Kurts in Kurt & Courtney: Nick Broomfield's seedy documentary 'Kurt and Courtney' makes charges it can't back up.
Night Howl: Local venue puts on a host of shows to help pay the man.
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