Cover: Winged Victory?
A proposed parking lot divides a growing church and butterfly-boosting neighbors on the West Side.

News: Nüz
Agricultural interests in Santa Cruz County rally the troops against an invasion of the glassy-winged sharpshooter.

Bruce Bratton: The Girl Scouts need a new product; Video Video buys AAA Video titles; educational workshop trains citizens.

Work: A crazed software engineer creates the final killer app.

State of Art: An exhibit at MAH shows why the early 20th century was an artistic boom-time for California painters.

String Theory: An eight-string guitar is only one of the things that are unique about Jack West and Curvature.

Sights & Sounds: After a few changes in the lineup, Wishcraft is casting good spells.

Masterpiece Theater: It didn't take long for Convivio Trattoria to become one of the top dining rooms in Santa Cruz County.

Word of Mouth: The newest kid on the West Side, Almar Grill, is serving up a Mediterranean-inspired menu.

Sweet Dreams Are Made of This: Food has replaced sex as the repression-busting vice of choice in movies like 'Chocolat.'

Weekly World Web: Bearded and pregnant, that's the way we like 'em.

Moving Company: UCSC brings San Francisco's ODC to town for a weekend of dance challenges.