Cover: Sunset Serenade
From show-biz hillbillies to singing cowboys-- the secret history of country music in California.

News: Walk This Way
Making Sonoma County's communities foot-friendly.

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.

Jazzmatazz: Who is killing America's great jazz artists?

The Whine List: Foil-wrapped butter patties send a food writer over the edge.

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

A Tidy Affair: Talking Pix guest Ciji Ware visits Notting Hill.

French Kiss: San Rafael Film Center fetes François Truffaut.

Shagadelic, Baby!: Austin Powers returns in The Spy Who Shagged Me.

'Elephant' Walk: Child soldiers benefit from The Elephant's Child.

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