Cover: You've Got Spam
From Internet debris to ads in public restrooms, is no space sacred?

News: Racial Backlash
Employees of NEC say they were promised protection from management when they lodged a discrimination complaint, but payback time came anyway.

Metropolis News Extras

• Sunnyvale: Suburban trailblazers.
  
• Los Gatos: Brazil recognizes Randy Attaway.
  
• Cupertino: Lincoln celebrates fundraising effort with new playground equipment.

Public Eye: Napoli refuses to react to Calpine plant. Mercury News moves customer service to Miami. House of Blues coming to SJ?

Beauteous Swoop: England's Gomez slightly twists a wide range of musical sources.

Brute Force: Magnum Brutes swing at Fuel.

Aural Fixation: SoFA Sounds--from the Cactus to the Usual on downtown's day of rock & roll.

Audiofile: Reviews of new CDs by The Lonely Kings, Filter and OuttaLine.

Serial Snooze: Even a mass poisoner looks boring in the staid new serial-killer film 'The Minus Man.'

Scar Tissue: 'Regret to Inform,' a wrenching documentary, examines the Vietnam War from a new angle.

Madcap Ménage: A threesome frolics in 'Splendor.'

The Cross and the Pear Tree: Victor Perera takes readers across borders.

Cartoonland: Corpcult and the death of Dilbert.

How Now, Tao Tao: Sunnyvale's Tao Tao--after 25 years--still reigns as a fun and thriving spot for great Cantonese.