Cover: Troubled Waters
Environmentalists are sending out an SOS as a new wave of luxury liners gets set to anchor in the Monterey Bay Sanctuary.

Built to Spill: Even when the cruise industry plays by the rules, critics say its effects on our waters can be nasty business.

Nüz: "Bush is waging a straightforward war on women," says City Councilmember Cynthia Mathews.

Bruce Bratton: A new documentary about Iraq; the Cathcart and Pacific apartment building.

Domestic Demons: Julianne Moore reads Virginia Woolf as she fears the emotional wolves at the door in 'The Hours.'

Grumpy Old Man: 'About Schmidt' delivers Midwestern angst lite.

Sleeping Beauty: Pedro Almodóvar strikes again with the beautifully weird romance 'Talk to Her.'

Timeless Nick: Douglas McGrath finds the morsels in Dickens' rambling classic 'Nicholas Nickleby.'

The Rock Show: Santa Cruz rocks to free the West Memphis Three.

Italian Landscape: Full-bodied Mediterranean cookery surfs some big waves at Carniglia's on the Santa Cruz Wharf.