NEWS

Feature
When the team's lease at McAfee Coliseum expires in 2010, will the Raiders follow the Athletics in the search for a new home?
Feature
One man's opinion: If the Raiders skip town it'll be good riddance.
Full Disclosure
A developer's plans for a huge housing development in Alameda could snarl traffic there and in Oakland or be costly for the city's taxpayers.
News
Computers at the anarchist collective were allegedly used to make threats against Cal employees — possibly in connection with animal-rights protesters.
Seven Days
And so does the interminable California budget crisis.
Apprehension
Violent crimes leave loved ones picking up the bloody pieces.
Raising the Bar
Policies that dismiss people's sincere religious beliefs benefit no one.
Your Words Here
The Avenue no longer looks how I remember it, but that isn't a bad thing.
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Letters
Readers sound off about the Outside Lands Festival, Savage Machiine, immigrant laborers, Rendez-Vous Café Bistro, and our best general practitioner.

MUSIC

Music
How some folkies in Vermont hooked up with one of alternative rock's pioneers.
Music
Seven years after a fortuitous no-show, Mo'Fone expands its repertoire.
Local Licks
This week, we review Pine and Battery, Solos in Stereo II compilation, the New Up, and Pat Wynn.
MUSIC LISTINGS
Be Witched
LIVE PREVIEWS

RESTAURANTS

Restaurant Review
Vo's cranks up the hip factor at its newly reopened downtown location.
Wineau
A "gotcha" moment reminds us to do our homework.
RESTAURANT LISTINGS
Chris Duffey
Pho Real
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ARTS & CULTURE

Culture Spy
Sins Invalid allows disabled performers to celebrate their bodies and talk about their lives. It's also pretty racy.
Events
Johnny Steele's variety show demands a semi-intelligent audience.
Theater
Gore Vidal holds forth as only he can in Aurora production of The Best Man.
Books
Melanie Saxer Johnston's new book preserves her father's memories of liberating Buchenwald.
Visual Arts
The personal is political, but not polemical.
Aquarium Age
For the week of September 3-9, 2008.
Savage Love
A couple decides to stay married for the kids, but agrees to open the marriage to other partners.
EVENT LISTINGS
Beauty and Sin
THEATER & DANCE
ART & MUSEUMS
LECTURES AND LIT

MOVIES

Movies
Trouble the Water goes into the eye of the Hurricane Katrina disaster that wiped out a community.
Aisle Seat
Rob Nilsson's 9 @ Night film series takes a walk on the improvised side.
One-Night Stands
Repertory film listings for September 4-10, 2008.
MOVIE LISTINGS
The Big Uneasy
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