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Making Morgan Hill

After decades of fits and starts in the effort to revitalize the small South County city, Morgan Hill is on the rise again. And the city has much bigger plans for the future. Can it finally pull them off?

moviesBest of Silicon Valley Readers Poll 2008
Once again, Silicon Valley's leading alternative weekly presents the original Best of Silicon Valley readers poll. Winners revealed in our Sept. 17 issue.



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For the Glory
A new album and opening for Coldplay help Picture Atlantic set sail

Music Picks
The Misfits, Jo Dee Messina and Extreme

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Movie Review: 'Elegy'
Philip Roth's novel gets lost in the shuffle of film adaptation

Movie Review: 'Mirrors'
Horror-movie director Alexandre Aja stays one step ahead of his fans

Movie Review: 'The Rocker'
ete Best Syndrome strikes second-chance drummer Rainn Wilson

DVD Review
'Tyrone Power: Matinee Idol'

DVD Review
'Joy House'

DVD Review
'Long Dream'

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Arts

Stage Preview: 'Grey Gardens'
TheatreWorks stages the first post-Broadway production of oddball musical

Stage review: 'My Strange Nation'
Theatre Q puts the gay-themed music of Susan Werner into a revue format

Book Review
'This Land Is Their Land,' by Barbara Ehrenreich, reviewed by Molly Zapp

Book Review
'Postcards From the Russian Revolution and the Trenches,' reviewed by Michael S. Gant

Restaurants

Ripe Here, Ripe Now
The love apple is the New World's gift to everybody else

Live Feed
We Need More Hippies

5 Things to Love
Great Vacation Drinks

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Obama's Strike Force
Palo Alto volunteers built an unorthodox campaign office, but its success capturing Silicon Valley votes and money has it playing a key role in battleground states

The Fly
Pay the Man | Multilevel Housing | Due South

Feinstein's fury
Up against the big media spin machine.

Dianne Feinstein: A Question of Ethics
Senator Feinstein influenced defense projects worth billions to her husband's firms.

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August 20 - 26, 2008