Shooting Stars: Dee Dee Bridgewater leads a loaded MJF touring lineup that includes Christian McBride and Ambrose Akinmusire.
Mind Games: Oscar buzz has already started for Joaquin Phoenix (left), playing the disenfranchised World War II vet to Phillip Seymour Hoffman…
Is Paul Thomas Anderson’s hauntingly intimate epic The Master about Scientology? That’s been the focus of attention for many with only periphe…
Puff Daddies: The Soft White Sixties recently returned from the group’s first national tour, 25 shows - including a couple in New York City - …
After three years, a full-length album is still at the top of the Soft White Sixties to-do list.
Magic Dust: After graduating a year early in 2005, Esperanza Spalding became Berklee College of Music’s youngest-ever instructor at the age of 20.
House Projects: Seventy-five Salinas homeowners, alleging construction defects, settled with Creekbridge in 2011 after suing for $100,000 each…
Lists of alleged construction defects leave no brick unturned. From faulty soil compaction to plumbing and electrical flaws to damaged stucco,…
Blocked Artery: Deputies clogged the Fort Ord entrance in Marina Sept. 16, anticipating a protest that never came.
Last Sunday morning, as bikers and hikers set out for romps on the former Fort Ord, four cop cars converged at the popular access point at 8th…