Photos: Courtesy of Bear Music Festival PINECREST, Calif. — As afternoon light dapples through the evergreens, Chuck Prophet & The Mission Express launch into an 18-song, two-hour set. The venue is a poolside stage at Bear Music Festival, a unique family-friendly mashup of summer camp, house party and larger (and…

Photos: Ché Holts When the operators of a U.C. Berkeley alumni campground first contacted the Bay Area’s Strong Brew and One Foot Productions about hosting a music festival in the Stanislaus National Forest near Pinecrest, the producers dreamt of a much larger project. The U.S. Forest Service shuttered their hopes of a Burning Man-esque…