Cover: The Chip Files
Are 'they' implanting thoughts into your head? Worried guinea pigs tell all.

News: Sea Change
Clinton brings big promises to Monterey.

At Close Range: A random witness to random violence.

Hot-Weather Happenings: A complete guide to this summer's cultural, recreational and phantasmagorical fun.

Night Howl: Santa Cruz's chorus of gay and lesbian crooners mix imagination, performance and the love of a good tune.

Notes From the Underground: For ex-Santa Cruz ska-punkers, Timing is Everything.

Bulworth Jack: Warren Beatty's Jay Billingston Bulworth experiences a political rebirth.

No Heart of Gold: The Opposite of Sex smolders in sorrow.

No Fear: Author Nicolas Baker (who penned Vox, the book that Kenneth Starr says implicates Monica Lewinsky in the Clinton scandal) joins Talking Pictures at Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Ahead in the Clouds: Lindsey's at the Summit serves up flavor pizazz and a long-overdue excuse to escape the commute at the crest of Highway 17.

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