It's a very different side of the surf world, one that surf journalist Chas Smith writes about in his new book "Welcome to Paradise, Now Go to Hell." The North Shore of Oahu is a surfer's paradise.

Next weekend, Town Hall Theater will present “Welcome to Paradise,” Doug Anderson’s new musical — which he began writing in the 1990s — in its first performances. Anderson is better known for his ...

Billie Joe Armstrong’s mother gave him a 12-string acoustic guitar when he was a freshman in high school. He teamed up with Mike Pritchard, a friend since grade school, to form a band called Sweet ...

Cruising down Interstate 580, I swung my rented Dodge Charger off the exit ramp to Berkeley and downtown Oakland, Green Day’s 1994 album Dookie blaring from the stereo. One track in particular seemed ...