Cover: Oracle Fixation
Santa Cruz is the star of Real Astrologer Rob Brezsny's new novel, 'The Televisionary Oracle.'

News: Nüz
Million Mom March on Washington and Watsonville to demand get-tough gun laws.

Depot's New Home: Bruce Bratton visits the proposed site of the giant new Home Depot.

Work: How to put on the marketers.

Radio Rebel: Ira Glass of 'This American Life' fame talks about how he has rewritten the rules of radio broadcasting.

Do You Still Think They're Sexy? Raunchy party band Poison scores with overdue 'Crack a Smile' album.

Moments Without Memory: Electronic-music innovations from MIT's Media Lab lacked emotional impact at UCSC's April in Santa Cruz concert.

Sights & Sounds: Like true indie-rock heroes, Sin in Space fires all of its guns at a Catalyst show.

Put a Saga in It: Jeffrey Lent's epic novel 'In the Fall' gives Faulkner a run for his literary money.

The Shadow Knows: Dining out at Shadowbrook is as much about the view as the food.

A La Carte: Fast sushi rushes into Capitola; new TV show spotlights local chefs.

Bombs Away: Kevin Pollak makes an unlikely leader in the less-than-explosive 'Deterrence.'

Wilting Drama: Anglo-Irish aristos face 'The Last September' with stiff upper lips.

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