Cover: Taking Care
'Home Wellness Handbook' offers do-it-yourself advice.

News: Arundo Roundup
Sonoma Ecology Center embroiled in chemical controversy.

King Fling: Martin Luther King Day has become a feel-good lie.

Fat Chance: Americans embrace controversial stomach-stapling surgery.

Critic's Picks: A guide to the week's best arts, theater and music events.

Napa Valley Mustard Festival: Annual arts and dining celebration.

Crimson Tide: Rising level of gore swamps the mood of 'The Devil's Backbone.'

Fatal Beauty: War is stylish hell in 'Black Hawk Down.'

Pop! Boink! Wow! Arranger Juan Garcia Esquivel quietly signs off.

SiFT: Disco divas, hip-hop connoisseurs and salsa suaves to flannel-clad pinball players, jazz luminaries and more from the City by the Bay.

The Sin of Zin: Can America's populist wine survive success?

Hard Laughter: A long, winding conversation with comic Bobcat Goldthwait.

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