Cover: Spring Sting
After a long legal fight, the term 'spring water' has been redefined, and critics say it no longer means anything at all.

News: Nüz
It's not exactly John Grisham, but the city's court case against sit-in activists took some strange turns last week.

Bobsy Draper, 1941-2001: Local activist dies of cancer.

Bruce Bratton: The Santa Cruz City Club; nursing crisis; Cabrillo Music Festival reminder.

Work: Scandalous Code.

Cleavage Egregious: Two Bay Area artists lock horns over a giant ball of bras.

Cuban Invasion: Los Van Van adds some new blood for show at Palookaville.

Sights & Sounds: Lowdown, County Z and Carnivores wow the masses at free shows.

Inner Verse: In her new book, local author Patrice Vecchione offers advice for the writer within.

Serves You Right: It takes two to eat out: the waiter and the waited on. Both should understand the unwritten rules of good dining.

On Exhibit: 'River' treats Tobias Schneebaum as if he were the Wild Man of Borneo.

Weekly World Web: Where seldom is heard a discouraging word...

Nu, Bubeleh? Storyteller Erica Lann-Clark's new work, 'Once There Was a World,' draws on Yiddish folk tales, klezmer music and Jewish humor.