Beginning Jan. 13, it will cost $2 to park at the Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill BART stations, and those at Pittsburg/Bay Point, Lafayette, Orinda and Rockridge. Parking lot usage is evaluated every six months. “If the lot at a station is full, then the daily parking fee may increase by 50 cents. If the lot is less than 95 percent full, then the fee may decrease by 50 cents,” according to a BART news release. BART’s parking fee policy includes a $3 parking fee cap, except at West Oakland. Single-day, monthly and airport/long-term reserved permits that were purchased in advance are covered by this policy.

The (indie) Mouse that roared: Thousands of fans will watch Modest Mouse perform at the BottleRock Napa Valley festival this weekend, But if you are not heading to the festival, don’t fret, The band is playing its own headlining show at The Masonic in San Francisco on May 27, It should be a great night of alt-rock, delivered by one of the best bands in the business, Mattress is also on the bill, Details: 8 p.m.; $39.50-$59.50; www.livenation.com.— Jim Harrington, Staff, Food, glorious food: Don’t feel like lighting up the grill this holiday weekend? Not to worry, there are lots of food festivals scheduled, In Morgan Hill, the 38th annual Mushroom Mardi Gras will celebrate the savory ‘shroom with food and music (free; 10 a.m.-7 p.m, May 27, 10 a.m.-6 p.m, May 28; www.mhmmg.org/), In the East Bay, the Burger & Brew Festival will return to Fremont with a new event, a burger throwdown, (free; 11 a.m.-6 p.m, May 27; www.burgerandbrewfest.com), And San Jose’s got the Taco Festival of Innovation on May 27 followed by the Baconland festival May 28 (both 11 a.m.-5 p.m, ballet slippers day tote bag ballerina shoes dance teacher dancer custom embroidered + free name at History Park; ticket details, www.mvblfeast.com), Details: Find details on more fairs and festivals at www.mercurynews.com/entertainment.— Linda Zavoral, Staff..

Film: “Brother”: This 1997 American-style gangster film became a cult classic for its cinematically inventive way of depicting the lawlessness of criminal undergrounds following the fall of the Soviet Union. (Stream or rent on Amazon). Book: “The New Tsar”: What does Putin want? Stephen Lee Meyers offers up some possible answers in this comprehensive biography of the one-time KGB agent who first became president in 2000 and was re-elected for a third time in 2012. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2016).

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BELMONT — This is the new look of high school sex ed: A roomful of teens, 14-year-olds mostly, is told that a girl and boy meet at a school dance. The boy drives her home. They kiss. What happens next, over the girl’s protests, leaves him confused and her crying, no longer a virgin. “Raise your hands if you think this was rape,” health educator Justin Balido asks the Carlmont High School freshmen, drawing them into a debate that has preoccupied college administrators, lawmakers and the courts.