Cover: Pigments of Their Imaginations
Splatters matter in fantasy paintball war games.

Beauties and the Beasts: Paintball and the X chromosome.

News: A Bad Case of Rental Illness
Some landlords use the competition for rentals as an opportunity to pad their pocketbooks and infringe upon tenants' rights.

Our High-Rent Haven: Has Santa Cruz become "Malibu North"?

Night Howl: What is Art? gets Womonly, dancing gets beneficial and fashion gets experimental.

Notes From the Underground: Spikes and chains show up for the harmonic What-Nots.

Talking Pictures: David Templeton chats with psychedelic folk-singing Buddhist, Peter Rowan, about Seven Years in Tibet.

Winetasting Wisdom: Combat tasting room phobias with these handy tips.

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