A good cup of coffee starts with a good roast.

Student artwork will be showcased during the fourth annual Gilbert Artfest in downtown's Heritage District.

A recent stop at SoZo Coffee, on the southwest corner of Alma School Road and Warner roads in Chandler, revealed something unexpected: The coffeehouse that’s drawing crowds for live music by night is popular with mommies during the day.

Gold Bar Espresso first opened its doors in the Valley in 1994, but it’s this week that the independent coffeehouse is celebrating its 10th anniversary.

Under normal circumstances, Sam Clark would hesitate to want the term “mob” associated with his upstart downtown Mesa coffeehouse.

Under normal circumstances, Sam Clark would hesitate to want the term “mob” associated with his upstart downtown Mesa coffeehouse.

Did you catch Sunday’s unveiling of the Best of East Valley 2012 award winners?

Did you catch Sunday’s unveiling of the Best of East Valley 2012 award winners?

Here it is: The Best of East Valley awards celebrating what is best about living, working and playing on our side of the Valley.

Here it is: The Best of East Valley awards celebrating what is best about living, working and playing on our side of the Valley.

Here it is: The Best of East Valley awards celebrating what is best about living, working and playing on our side of the Valley.

Here it is: The Best of East Valley awards celebrating what is best about living, working and playing on our side of the Valley.

Here it is: The Best of East Valley awards celebrating what is best about living, working and playing on our side of the Valley.

Here it is: The Best of East Valley awards celebrating what is best about living, working and playing on our side of the Valley.

Urban Legend’s Pizzaworks serves more than a great slice of pizza. The Gilbert restaurant also serves the local community by creating the town’s newest hangout and simultaneously funding a youth center.

Each time customers buy a cup of coffee at SoZo Coffeehouse in Chandler, they have the opportunity to actually make the world a better place. That’s why SoZo’s tagline is “coffee with a cause.”

Keep warm — and wired — while you’re out and about doing holiday shopping or errands

The tremendous growth in sales of energy drinks -- half of which are consumed by young adults or children -- has prompted a backlash from U.S. pediatricians and public health leaders. The latest warning, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, concludes that energy drinks at best fail to live up to their hype and at worst present risks to children with heart conditions and other health problems.

Comic books often begin with an extraordinary substance that turns ordinary people into superheroes.

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