Free as a Bird Now
East Bay gliding enthusiasts call their sport the closest you can get to actual flying.
By Michael Rosen-Molina
Our Fifth Annual Guide to Outdoor Recreation
From car shows to brutal hikes to high-speed bike races through East Bay city streets, the season’s highlights.
Compiled by Michael Rosen-Molina
On the Grid
Solar power finally took off once it plugged into the larger electrical system.
By Laura Counts
The Market Makers
For local entrepreneurs, farmers’ markets are launchpads to food-industry stardom.
By Lauren Gard
Our Fifth Annual Guide to Outdoor Dining
Places to enjoy your food in the summer.
Compiled by Michael Rosen-Molina
South Side Story
Profiling your own neighborhood onstage is more challenging, and potentially risky, than it might seem.
By Sam Hurwitt
This Time, It’s Personal
In the summer’s best new books, it’s what you are, not what you do, that counts now.
By Anneli Rufus
Ten Bands for Ten Weeks
Local chartbusters, rhyme busters, and paradigm busters vie for our summer entertainment funds.
By David Downs
Get Inside!
Your three-month forecast of the summer’s top movies.
By Jordan Harper, Melissa Levine, Luke Y. Thompson and Robert Wilonsky