Music, Arts and Entertainment

Crass and talented teens win Slam Dance Audience Award for Bindlestiffs
Punchlines and laughs galore in this offbeat coming of age story.
Food and Drink
The top 10 activities and restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area
A real concierge weighs in
Tanino ristorante bar
A beautifully designed Italian restaurant and top-shelf bar. It’s perfect for dinner for two, dinner for the family or in this case, a quick escape while my co-worker goes shopping for a new outfit across the street.
Life in the West

Endearing time-travel comedy impresses at Sundance
Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly discuss Safety Not Guaranteed with Blast.

Reporting live from the Sundance Film Festival
Check in during the festival for interviews and updates

Criminals to heroes: California penal system trains inmates to be firefighters
Fire camps teach the incarcerated real life skills and gives them a new lease on life.

Protests continue on UC Davis campus
Protests continue on campus with diverse viewpoints on what needs to change.
Local News
Gordon Ramsay to open steakhouse in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — World-renowned chef, Gordon Ramsay, will be opening his first Las Vegas restaurant, Gordon Ramsay Steakhouse, in the Paris Las Vegas Resort in Spring 2012. The restaurant, which will be replacing Les Artistes Steakhouse, will add to Ramsay’s string of restaurants around the globe. Ramsay, who has hosted television, shows such as “Hells [...]
Solyndra requests approval for $500,000 in bonuses despite bankruptcy filing
FREMONT, Calif. — After filing for bankruptcy on Sept. 6, the California solar panel manufacturer Solyndra LCC is now asking a Delaware judge to approve approximately $500,000 in employee bonuses. The Huffington Post reported the potential bonuses would be distributed to nine equipment engineers, six general business and finance employees, four facilities workers and two [...]






