Cover: Generation C
Called the Silent Epidemic, the blood-borne hepatitis C virus strikes at the heart of a generation.

News: Food Fight
FDA scientists warn of bioengineered-food risk.

Feast for the Eyes: New Santa Rosa restaurant is a winner.

On the Farm: Acre Cafe chef/owner Britt Galler is nurturing the local food community.

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

Clutter Clatter: Eye-opening holiday gifts for people who don't want (or need) more stuff.

Holiday Giving: Charity starts at home--nine agencies that need your help.

Like an Arrow: David Lynch plays it straight in new film, 'The Straight Story.'

Animist Art: 'Princess Mononoke' stirs the imagination.

Phoenix Rising--Again: Final thoughts on theater's salvation.

Box-Set Boogie: New jazz, rock, and folk CD collections.

Golden Throats: Chanticleer's music director thinks his a cappella group speaks for itself.

Recording the Future: Kool Keith forges the music of the next millennium.

Audiofile: Reviews of new CDs by The High Llamas, Foo Fighters, Third Eye Blind and Metallica.

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.

Insectuous: 'Nabokov's Blues' asserts the rigor of the author's butterfly writings

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