Cover: Upwardly Mobile
Why seniors at an oceanfront mobile-home park are fighting to preserve rent control.

News: Supe's On
Mark Primack takes Pat Pfremmer's spot in District 3 race.

Bruce Bratton: Supervisor's race heats up; this week's movies and television.

Heads or Tails: Games for the twisted of mind and short of cash.

Executive Action: Stockard Channing works twice as hard to make 'The Business of Strangers' succeed.

Pairing of Opposites: Estradasphere dazzles, New Music Works digresses in collaborative performance.

Sights & Sounds: Outstanding albums by Fugazi, the Broke, Ozomatli and Hedwig lead the pack.

See Scallops: At the end of the wharf, Stagnaro's quietly turns seafood into poetry.

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