Cover Story: BBQ: The Taste of America:
Mountain View's Uncle Frank is the pit master of America's true culinary art.

News: Learning Curve:
De Anza's Brian Murphy is shaking up higher education.

The Fly: Measure C Déjà Vu?

Silicon Alleys: Infidels and Other Subversives.

Techsploits: Glamorous Disease.

Rev: Berzerkley: Now, Berkeley has announced that it is following the Kyoto Protocol to reduce greenhouse emissions.

Hall of History: From daring cyclists to Dictaphones and panoramic views of the old days, the new City Hall features slices of the valley's past.

Far Future, Old West: 'Serenity' boasts space outlaws, space Apaches and the best space captain since Shatner shed his velours.

Men With Guns: David Cronenberg's 'A History of Violence' shocks an Indiana family out of their peaceful lives.

Forever Amber: Frodo goes on a quirky odyssey to the Old Country in 'Everything Is Illuminated.'

Beer Bust: Elijah Wood teaches the football louts how to sing the 'Star-Spangled Banner' in 'Green Street Hooligans.'

Jingles Jangle: Julianne Moore plays a '50s housewife on a winning streak in Defiance, Ohio.

No More Drama: With Digable Planets a not-so distant memory, Ladybug Mecca looks to the future.

In Flames: Mexican rockers Molotov boast of cajones as big as grapefruits.

Book Box: 'The Algebraist' by Iain M. Banks; 'The Root of Wild Madder: Chasing the History, Mystery and Lore of the Persian Carpet' by Brian Murphy.

Have Fun Storming The Castle!: Two Mediterranean restaurants provide a bastion of culinary refuge in a high-tech landscape.

Live Feed: Food Critic Secrets.

5 Things to Love: Good Korean Restaurants.

The Proof Is in the Play: David Auburn's family math adds up in City Lights production.

Fogged In: San Jose Stage Company goes to sea for ghostly 'Tenders in the Fog.'