Cover Story: 2004 Gift Guide:
Our guide to the valley in winter, just in time for the holidays.

News: Pumping Poison
The governor goes girlie man when it comes to clamping down on teenage dietary supplement abuse.

The Fly: This week's political bites.

Biter: Need a hockey fix? Puck up.

Techsploits: Annalee Newitz explains how to avoid surveillance while on the Internet.

Rev: The Big Con: My whiskey bottle had been drained the night before, and I had a headache the size of an iceberg, pre-global warming.

Original Cine: The International Latino Film Festival brings new and vintage features and documentaries to San Jose.

Blues Power: 'Lightning in a Bottle' salutes blues greats.

So Your Kid Likes Avril: All is not lost! Avril Lavigne is the gateway drug of the new generation!

The World Isn't Ready: From Sri Lanka to London to your headphones, meet M.I.A.

Remembering Iris Chang: Local author Iris Chang, 1968�2004, spoke with passion and force about unspeakable incidents.

Take Two: Kuleto's Italian Restaurant turns over a new leaf.

Live Feed: Resistance Diet: Part II.

5 Places to Love: Seasonal 'shrooms.

Club Life: Splash in San Jose.

Pirates in the Valley: Choreographer Daryl Gray talks about Ballet San Jose Silicon Valley's splashy new take on 'Pirates of Penzance.'