Cover: Suddenly Summer
Our annual guide to all the season's sizzling events.

News: Forest Follies
Pacific Lumber chain saws roar at Headwaters--again.

Understanding Gun Violence: Join Together Online, a project of the Boston University of Public Health, provides community resources for those trying to make sense out school shootings.

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.

Guitar Wars: The battle rages to bring bootleg sheet music to the 'Net.

The Transglobal Underground Sound: Electronic music's new internationalism.

Gifts of the Ages: In search of religious epiphanies--and the world's tackiest souvenirs.

Born Luger: In which reporter Janet Wells learns to embrace road rash.

Play Ball! Sonoma County Crushers set to defend WBL championship.

Green Grill: The simple pleasures of meatless BBQing.

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

Sex and Science: Actors' Theatre scores a hit with Tom Stoppard's 'Arcadia.'

Summer Movie Preview: Richard von Busack picks the season's 12 best bets.

Web of the Phantom: A complete guide to our online coverage of 'The Phantom Menace.'

Talking Pictures: Author Terry Brooks on 'Star Wars,' fairy tales, and the modern decline of imagination.

Mummy's the Word: David Templeton goes to the source--the Rosicrucian Museum in San Jose--for some straight talk about 'The Mummy.'

State of the Arts: Behind the county's $100 million arts boom.

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