Cover: Down the Hatch
Grab a seat at the counter and enjoy some of the hardiest road food Sonoma County has to offer.

News: Heavy-Metal Thunder
Abandoned mercury mines tainting local waterways.

Forgetting Is So Long: Remembering Chile's tortured past.

The Scoop: Disney rescues us from The Rescuers.

Up to the Task?: See how your kids' school did in the state Standardized Testing and Reporting program.

Climbing Up on Capitol Hill: Check up on the your Congressional Representatives and U.S. Senators--where they stand, how they voted.

Pop and Circumstance: New Europop bands challenge American guitar rock.

Say, Amen!: MCA issues a divine five-CD Peacock gospel collection.

In Good Company: John Lee Hooker trades riffs with his 'boogie chillun.'

Blending In: Talking Pix guest says Stepmom delivers us from stereotypes.

Tinseltown Tender: In A Simple Plan and You've Got Mail, Hollywood figures that money is just too much of an obligation for simple folk to bear.

Ride the 'Hi-Lo Country': The Western myth gets a complex makeover in Stephen Frear's latest film. Plus, Richard von Busack interviews Frears about his latest film.

Too Much!: When eating bigger ain't eating better.

Heard It Through the Grapevine: Get to the root of all things wine.

Moore or Less: Author Lorrie Moore's latest thrills, depresses millions.