Mountain View kicks off festival season
Mountain View’s A La Carte & Art festival transforms Castro Street into a sea of color and crafts, with more than 230 vendors filling downtown. This year’s event on May 3 and 4 kicked off the festival season.
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San Francisco Chronicle columnist Bruce Jenkins a ‘purist’ when it comes to sports coverage
Bruce Jenkins has been bodysurfing his entire life. Bodysurfing is often thought of as the purest form of surfing. Jenkins has brought this same sense of purity to his coverage of sports for 40-plus years.
‘Gloving’ light shows becoming more prevalent
Light shows have always been a feature of electronic music festivals. While glow sticks were once used dominantly for light shows, gloving has become much more common, both in music festivals and outside.
Minors lead Stanford movement band ‘Chocolate Heads’
The percussionist isn’t old enough to get a driver’s license, but the teenage members of the Chocolate Heads band can play almost any instrument you throw at them.
Silicon Valley roller derby team looks for new rink to practice
One of the main challenges the Silicon Valley Roller Girls face in 2014 isn’t in the rink — it’s the rink itself. San Jose Skate, the place where they currently practice, will close permanently on June 1.
Queer artist collective grapples with changing face of Bay Area arts scene
As costs of living continue to climb in San Francisco, many artists are finding the city to be an increasingly difficult place for them to live, work and create. Queer artist collective Feyboy recently moved to Oakland.
ESPN’s Michael Wilbon on childhood, sports and ‘Pardon the Interruption’
Michael Wilbon is a columnist for ESPN.com and co-host of ESPN’s “Pardon the Interruption.” His sportscasting talents may have began during lively family dinners during childhood on the South Side of Chicago.
‘Habla’ program empowers adult workers with English-language skills
A year ago, Stanford janitor Hugo Mendoza wasn’t able to speak a single word in English. However, his life has been transformed since he joined “Habla.”
Collective Roots promotes food justice in East Palo Alto for seventh year
In an area of the Peninsula where fast food chains outnumber grocery stores, food justice nonprofit Collective Roots organizes a weekly farmers’ market to encourage healthy and sustainable living.