Cover: Gotta Dance!
"Overage." "Overweight." "Physically impaired." Never mind the labels--when you gotta move, you gotta move.

News: School Daze
Parents charge San Rafael school board bias in principal transfer.

Editor's License: Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?

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.

Muy Caliente!: Cubanismo sparks a Cuban music revival.

Spins: Los Lobos band members spin off solo projects, plus Beth Orton and more.

Ye Olde XTC Swings: Beatlesesque Apple Venus, Vol. 1 is worth the seven-year wait.

Audiofile: Reviews of the latest CDs by Bryan Kelley, Danilo Perez and Dura-Delinquent.

Gender Bender: New film traces tragic tale of a Nebraska transgender teen.

Totally Thai: Petaluma's Thai Issan is hot stuff.

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

Airwave Amazons: A new book compares the "Tough Girls" of '70s pop culture with today's heroines.

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