Cover: Urbane Renewal?
The debate over urban growth boundaries rages on.

News: Over Easy
Critics say the Petaluma election-fraud case should hatch more charges.

The Scoop: Most Americans don't know Squanto.

Road-kill Runners: A day in the life of a freeway scooper-upper.

Climbing Up on Capitol Hill: Check up on the your Congressional Representatives and U.S. Senators--where they stand, how they voted.

Holiday Arts: What's new, what's cool, what rules this yule.

Spice It Up: Weird but true: In defense of the Spice Girls.

Hank for the Memories: A new generation of jazz players pays tribute to Hank Mobley.

Talking Pictures: Globetrotting author Bill Barich takes in the offbeat crime-drama Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.

Bad and Bland: Clint Eastwood's Midnight ... is swollen with exposition.

Nighthawk: Lovers are Happy Together at 3am.

Nice Box: Revisiting your parent's fridge is like coming home again.

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

Stone Boy: Larry's Party is a small, good thing.

Please don't forget to write! The Sonoma County Independent welcomes letters commenting on our coverage or other topics of local interest. Please keep all letters at 300 words or less (we reserve the right to edit them for length and style) and sign them (unsigned letters will not be published). A local phone number must be included for verification. Postal: Sonoma County Independent Letters, 540 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401. Fax: 707/527-1288. Email: [email protected]. Emailers, please include name, city of residence and phone number. Letters printed will list email address unless otherwise specified. Letters to the editor are not currently published in the online version of this paper.