Views by the Bay

The fog-shrouded Golden Gate Bridge on the way to Angel Island Having friends who were athletes in high school has its disadvantages: ...

On Sunday we packed the van with his clothes, computer, and other Very Important Stuff and headed south. Destination: the campus apartments ...

Morning has broken, like the first morning Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird Praise for the singing, praise for the morning Prais...

After a busy week in the office I headed to SBC Park last night to watch the Giants beat the Padres. But the big event was Barry Bonds'...

Why do military personnel overwhelmingly support Republicans? If the Democratic Party is less likely to involve the armed forces in actions ...

The cell phone rang as I was driving home last night. “Dad, where’s the plunger for the toilet?” That’s a question I didn’t need to hear....

After Rachel Carson awoke us to the wonders of the oceans and before Boeing passenger jets transformed the face of Hawaii, my grandfather w...

Turtle exhibit at Sea Life Park About every four or five years I head Diamond Head (east) along the H-1 freeway to Sea Life Park , Hawaii’s ...

The KRON (Channel 4) news this evening had a short piece on corporate psychopaths [Update-9/8/04: the original link went down, so a link to...

When you ask my fashionable Mainland friends about their favorite Hawaiian island, many will champion Maui, others will name Kauai or Hawaii...

The apartments next door to my parents’ house were built before the War. The two-story buildings experienced the fate that befalls all woode...

The airlines, especially charter carriers who book extra flights during tourist season, love the 757-200 . Airbus still doesn’t have a dire...

I’ve hit one of those patches where things aren’t going as planned—nothing severe, mind, I can distinguish the trivial from the important—it...

Vietnam Vets Can Celebrate Side benefit of John Kerry’s nomination: at least until the election Hollywood won’t green-light more movies w...

The Vaillancourt fountain in Justin Herman Plaza is hard to love. After the 1989 earthquake destroyed the freeway off-ramp, the fountain’s c...