Cover: Subdivided We Stand
Metro goes in search of the valley's earliest subdivision and finds that the much-maligned suburban experiment of the 1950s and '60s has not failed here. Quite the contrary.

News: Wheel Annoying
Those shopping carts are not personal caravans, laundry carts or toys! Retailers revolt with a slew of shopping cart protection devices.

Metropolis News Extras

• Willow Glen: Local 'Vampire-Slayer' fans dismayed at network decision to cancel finale.
  
• Saratoga: Highway 85's noise becomes a topic again at transit meetings.
  
• Los Gatos: Rinconada Pharmacy receives notice to vacate the premises.

A Journalist in Full: Tom Wolfe forgets his contempt for 'mangy collection of humanity' for an evening.

Jumpin' Jack Smash: On its second album, 'Retro Lounge,' San Jose's Smash mouth beats the jinx and gets better.

Aural Fixation: Sebastian Bach returns with solo CD.

The 'Son' Also Rises: Cuban music flourishes in Wim Wenders' new film,'Buena Vista Social Club.'

Irish Springs: A man tracks his family's roots in 'This Is My Father.'

Push Stop, Please: 'The Thirteenth Floor' sinks to cyber lows.

In the Kitchen: Rosa Maria Escalante evokes an entire community in 'Rosita's Jalapeño Kitchen.'

Poetic Flowering: Latino lit takes center stage at Floricanto Festival.

Migration Manga: Rare rediscovered Japanese comic chronicles an immigrant saga.

Eating At Her: Reviewer Christina Waters identifies a forkful of atrocities that annoy her when she's out for a fine dining experience.

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