Cover: Green Days
Battle lines being drawn in bid to save rural heritage.

News: Usual Suspects
Pepper-spray lawsuit restored.

Salsa Savvy: Finding new ways to assess the sauce.

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

Crying Game: Author Jane Smiley on horse hearts, weeping at movies, and 'Return to Me.'

American Gladiator: The revival of the gladiator epic says as much about American politics as it does about ancient history.

Young Guns: 'The Filth and the Fury' evokes the anarchistic joy of the Sex Pistols.

Hit Woman: Ayesha Dharkar commands the screen as a fervent assassin in 'The Terrorist.'

Miles to Go: New Miles Davis/John Coltrane box set showcases two jazz giants.

Get Jazzed: Complete program notes on the San Francisco Jazz Festival's spring season.

SF Club Guide: Disco divas, hip-hop connoisseurs and salsa suaves to flannel-clad pinball players, jazz luminaries and more from the City by the Bay.

Artful Refuge: California art finds a home at the di Rosa Preserve.

Regarding Henry: Thoughtful 'Henry IV' makes history.

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