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Santa Cruz Restaurants: The SantaCruz-
California.com Dining Guide
For the Week ofSeptember 24-October 1, 2003
Cover Story: Housemates of Horror
Nüz: De Anza Mobile Estates seniors fight for rent control; WTO negotiations end in a stalemate; Santa Cruz says no to Prop. 54.
Top Billing: Bill Murray gives an exquisitely funny and moving performance as a man 'Lost in Translation.'
Royal Taj: The shaman of the blues, Taj Mahal, returns to Santa Cruz.
The Rock Show: The Violent Femmes; the Serendipity Project's freestyle competition.
Just in time for back to school, we present all-too-true tales of the monsters among us.
Now Moore Than Ever: UCSC Arts & Lectures kicks off its season with Santa Cruz favorite Michael Moore.
Nothing Else: Woody Allen's comic instincts are petrified in romantic comedy 'Anything Else.'
Slime Time: The Austin Lounge Lizards rally around UCSC sports with 'The Banana Slug Fight Song.'
A Prairie Home-Style Companion: Summer in the bratwurst belt can bring close encounters with friendly folks in the Land of the Fried.
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