This Week's Best of NorCal Blogs

-Compiled by Genevieve Bookwalter and the NorCal Patch Community Editors

Welcome to this week’s Northern California Patch blog roundup! We have some stars from around the San Francisco Bay Area and down to Santa Cruz. Read on to catch up on what other Patch fans are sharing.

What do martial arts and surfing have in common? Check out this Santa Cruz Patch blog to find out. 

You've read the news stories about Web cams gone wrong. Find out how you can avoid being a victim with these tips from James Nelsonon Newark Patch. 

These North Bay local business supporters "cash mobbed" a flower shop, much to the owners delight. Read more about it on Novato Patch.

Auditioning for a show? This Belmont Patch blogger's advice:breathe.

Walnut Creek Patch's own David Mills rants in his blog this week about technology: they just don't make it like they used to.

This photo blog on Benicia Patch will make you want to wander the streets of Benicia and give the town a fresh look. 

Want to learn more or start your own blog? E-mail jbdavis@patch.com.