Cover: Mixed Company
Why do straights go to gay clubs? Writers Traci Hukill, Jenn Shreve and Cecily Barnes go to find out.

News: Jail Baiting
How California's shocking record of prison killings went unchecked by Attorney General Dan Lungren.

Metropolis News Extras

• Los Altos: "Angels" help entrepreneurs.
  
• Campbell: No police vehicles in political ads.
  
• San Jose: New carpool vans for city employees.
  
• Willow Glen: Trick-or-treating kills business.

Ghostbuster Redux: A special kind of cleaning for that occasional nagging spirit in the house.

Campaigns R Us: With Winning Directions, a full-blown election campaign is just a few bucks away.

Public Eye: .

Election '98: Metro's Endorsements

• Santa Clara County offices and charter amendments.
• California governor and propositions.
• United States senator.

Scare Tactics: A look at the valley's Halloween haunts.

Icon Provider: David Bowie is more than a rock legend--these days he's an Internet Service Provider riding the cutting edge of boutique Web sites.

Into the Mystic: Seyed Alavi tries to see the unseeable in Canticles of Ecstasy installations.

Student Uprising: Corruption runs two ways in Apt Pupil.

Chaste Scenes: Danish Celebration forgoes technical tricks.

Hooked on the Blues: John Lee Hooker's Best Friends celebrate his place in musical history.

Still Cool, Still Blue: San Jose's Nitecry returns with new members and a renewed blues beat.

Audiofile: Reviews of the latest CDs by Judy Wright, Rialto and various artists.

Far East Feast: Cupertino's Kingswood combines three Japanese specialties under one mall roof--teppan, shabu-shabu and sushi.

In a 'Mikado' Mood: Hot Mikado sets Gilbert & Sullivan swinging.

Mirror, Mirror: Side Show reflects society's obsession with our differences.