Bonnie Tsui

The underwater filmmaker Ron Elliott describes what he’s learned from his encounters with sharks near the Farallon Islands.

Two picture books and a graphic novel treat swimming as an expansive state of being, slippery with promise.

Sachi Cunningham is one of the few photographers who shoots surfers at Mavericks while swimming. “You don’t want to get the same shots as everyone else on the boat,” she said.

A weekend at a family hostel in a light station on the California coast is filled with tide-pooling, stargazing and marking time by the beacon’s flash.

In this locker room, the arc of fitness is long.

A life lived between generations keeps us looking forward and back — caring for those who came before us, anticipating the care of those to come.

For some travelers, the big draw in a destination is not a hot new restaurant or high-end hotel. It’s the grocery store, swimming pool or kitchenware shop, where they can dip into the stream of local life.

Pam Muñoz Ryan’s “El Niño” combines magical realism, climate fiction and coming-of-age sports tales.

Our muscles, ourselves.

This fall, the museum opens a rave-themed show, highlighting work by women and queer artists of the West Asian diaspora.