Rushing from school to soccer practice to piano lessons to science club meetings is no new thing for many Bay area parents. But there is a new wave of research that many might find surprising. Two studies into the lives of middle-class children buck conventional wisdom and conclude that they are not the overscheduled, frazzled generation that many believe them to be. In fact, it might be the parents who are overloaded, one researcher suggests. ...more

October 7, 2008

that would be the mid 1970s, when Bill Gates founded Microsoft and Steve Jobs assembled the first Apple computer - people started talking about the end of newspapers, and libraries without walls. ...more

October 5, 2008

John McCain is on course to lose the presidential election to Barack Obama. Can he turn it around, and surge to victory? ...more

September 30, 2008

Dishing out advice on financial staples in times of crisis used to involve three servings: precious metals, U.S. Treasury bills and real estate. ...more

September 30, 2008

FOOTBALL Though Ridgewood (2-0) lost 28 seniors from last year's school-record 9-2 squad, the Rams' hopes of reaching the state playoffs begin tonight at 7:30 p.m. in the 4A-8 opener at Central High's Bears' Den. ...more

September 26, 2008

Calvin and Hobbes? Dennis and Ruff? - set up a stand for selling apples. The price is exorbitant, maybe $100 an apple. ...more

September 17, 2008

With everything so new about the Lightning as they enter training camp, there are bound to be many questions that need to be answered as the season progresses. ...more

September 16, 2008

As illuminating juxtapositions go, this one was hard to miss. Inside the Alice Hall Community Center, nerve center for the city of pure water's election day activities, the action was as cool as the refrigerated air. Fewer than 100 yards away, lifelong friends lounged in the steamy shade cast by a blue awning while tots splashed in water park spray, both generations utterly indifferent to the day's electoral possibilities or implications. ...more

August 27, 2008

Last year, Cypress Gardens Adventure Park suffered the dry spells of early fall when as few as 50 to 200 visitors attended on weekdays. ...more

July 29, 2008

Long hair is a younger woman's domain, but apparently Salma Hayek didn't get the memo. ...more

July 24, 2008