Weekly digest: Billy Berk’s San Jose, Cinequest Announcement, All Goode

News and Editorials

• 2010 Honda Insight adds respectable handling to hybrid market
• Rumor mill: Microsoft announcement Monday, launching ‘Office Web’?
• Loreto Bay: When more information is less information… by Al Graichen
• Watch out Microsoft: Google formally announces Chrome Operating System, turns up heat
• Intel to Lenovo and Samsung: No special pricing for you!
• San Francisco Chronicle goes wrinkle-free with new “high-definition” format
• Hermit crabs are the new pet rocks

All Things Wine

• Blooper reel: Wine country is not always so easy (or relaxed!)
• Karl Wente talks with StarkSilverCreek about winemaking, music and life in Livermore
• Sharp falloff in sales for wines over $25, social networking a partial solution?
• Murphy-Goode down to the top 10 finalists
• 2005 Chateau St. Jean Chardonnay Robert Young Vineyard Reserve (93 pts, $45)

Recipes from Loni’s California Kitchen

• “All’s well that ends well” Lemon Almond Chocolate-Dipped Biscotti

SF Bay Area

• Billy Berk’s, San Jose: Enormously delicious comfort food

The Arts

• Cinequest announces expansion into film production with Cinequest Maverick Studio
• Review: ‘Forbidden Broadway’, a rollercoaster of satire
• Forbidden Broadway opening night at the San Jose Rep
• Intel to Lenovo and Samsung: No special pricing for you!