Cover: Chasing Amy
Fiery South Bay Labor leader Amy Dean won't rest until economic justice materializes in Silicon Valley. And she's not tired yet.

News: Drive-In Reign
The Campbell City Council plans to plunk a giant R&D park on the site of the old Winchester Drive-In, but a group of citizens has a field of dreams.

Metropolis News Extras

• Cupertino: A gang may be behind burglaries in the West Valley.
  
• Willow Glen: River Glen Elementary teaches in Spanish despite Prop. 227.
  
• Alviso: Alviso's English-only master plan.
  
• South San Jose: Redevelopment Agency throws cash at Candescent Technologies.

Men at Work: Silicon Valley network of dads-at-home grows.

For Whom the Music Twangs: Son Volt, Whiskeytown and Golden Smog pursue new takes on classic Americana.

Korn Again: Korn and Ice Cube go through the motions at Family Values concert in Oakland.

Are We Not Geeks?: Devo and Beck enlivened the not-so-funky crowd at Silicon Planet.

Feast of Beats: Dr. Loco brings rhythm & blues to the barrio.

Audiofile: Review of the latest CD by Baby Fox.

Night of the Baby: Oprah Winfrey and Jonathan Demme's adaptation of Toni Morrison's Beloved is faithful to a fault.

My So-Called Habit: Permanent Midnight is the slight story of a narcissistic heroin addict.

Midnight Munch: Marina Wolf believes that the all night diner is a trusted friend. How to survive and thrive among pigs in blankets and Texas toast.

No Play Is an 'Island': A hard case learns to ease up in SJ Stage Company's King of City Island.

Critical Affairs: Boomers vie with Xers in Monogamist.

Rewired Western: Robert Coover's Ghost Town rides the frontier of our cowboy memories.