Table of contents

COVER
Deadly roads
With 19 traffic fatalities on Albemarle County roads this year, 2011 is the deadliest year for local drivers in recent memory, and the perilous holiday season is still to come. What caused these fatal wrecks, and what can you do to protect yourself and your family?

NEWS
Unlikely victims
Sexual assault against men may be rarer than that against women, but at least five UVA men have been victimized by a home intruder in the last six weeks, and police have few leads.

DISH
Pho sure
Ten chef Pei Chang brings the British concept of Pop-up restaurants to Charlottesville, and the results will likely please your palate and your wallet.

ON ARCHITECTURE
Shake off (cedar) booty
One more vestige of the pre-gentrification Downtown Mall is about to be cast off. Like several other Brady Bunch-era relics, that giant swath of cedar shakes that has long covered the front of Snooky's pawn shop could be coming down.

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Content omitted this week's slim 56-page issue:
- letters to the editor
- the back page essay

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Cover:
The image is entitled "Crash," for obvious reasons, and was shot in June in northeastern Spain.
–photo by Adria Jimenez