News Briefs

• by Patricia Lynn Henley

The Real Hep C Crisis

A mix of high-risk conditions and denial by officials is leaving California prisons ravaged by outbreak

First Bite

Rubix Restaurant

• by Ella Lawrence

In the Eye of the Potato

True confessions of a would-be spud baron

• by James Knight

Wine Tasting Room of the Week

Bartholomew Park Winery

• by Daedalus Howell

Car Culture

Tecnu Car: How that poison oak out on the trail can come home with you

• by Novella Carpenter

Aural Pleasures

Our annual All Music Guide helps to raise a joyful noise

• by Gretchen Giles

Camp Music

Kate Wolf Fest brings music close to fans

• by David Templeton

That's a Take

Local indie bands invade the studio

• by Gabe Meline

I Broke Up the Band

On going from band-fan to band-wife, and bidding goodbye to an era

• by Sara Bir

Weir Science

NORBAY lifetime achievement honoree Bob Weir's culture of community

• by Greg Cahill

Doobie Brother

Saluting Bruce Cohn's commitment to quality

Beautiful Notes

Jazz legend Charlie Haden's ongoing quest for discovery

• by Gabe Meline

Walking in the Sun

Earl Thomas enters his sweetest phrase yet

• by Gretchen Giles

Sitting Pretty

Eric Lindell's blue-eyed soul sparkles on new CD

• by Greg Cahill