Cover: The Last Train Out
High-speed rail is the answer to California's clogged roads and airports, but will the politicians get it?

News: Pelican Grief
Competition between endangered brown pelicans and anglers reaches crisis level at the Santa Cruz Wharf

Notes from NYC: Can we talk about something else?

Uncomfortably Numb: Everybody reacts to tragedy differently. Just ask the volunteers at the Centre for Living with Dying.

Public Eye: Council takes a bite out of mayor's power. Cohn loses key staffer. KPIG gets sold.

Solid: A Beat poet finds his groove and swings to it

Wolf Runners: 'Ginger Snaps' illuminates werewolf genre with keen sense of the feminine

Dawg Days: A daughter's loving documentary smoothes over some missed notes from a legendary collaboration

Porridge Power: Stephen Frears' 'Liam' shows a fondness for the British working class

Aural Fixation: Soaring temps couldn't hold down the crowd at 10th and final street fair

All Shook Down: Will music ever feel right again?

Piscine Scene: An offshoot of the Fish Market reels in customers with great service, and spawns its own innovative menu