Views by the Bay

Imports arrive at San Francisco Bay Early in my senior year my postgraduate plans were set, so I was on the prowl for “gut” courses wher...

Return of the Prodigal Our collegian returned for spring break last weekend, but we haven’t had a chance to bond. He’s either out or incommu...

Watching Terry Schiavo starve to death is one of those moments where an horrific event is happening in front of our eyes, yet there’s nothin...

Front Street, St. Patrick's Day 2005 The St. Patrick's Day celebration outside Harrington's pre-dates cell phones and flash mo...

When I worked for one of the Big Eight accounting firms* in the ‘70’s, I spent two years in the Tax Department. For most problems I could g...

Vaillancourt Fountain It was a shirtsleeve morning, bright and warm, no fog. A couple more days like these and the Chron will shelve...

While she was shopping at a nearby market, an out-of-town relative lost her filling. She spied a dentist’s office across the street. The you...

Our subscription to Bloomberg Financial Services entitles us to unlimited training seminars at no additional cost. The sessions are held at...

Some pictures have been made available by NASA.

because I can talk to God from my laptop.

Yesterday my company laid off six people, hardly worth mentioning in a society where takeovers, shutdowns, liquidations, downsizings, “right...

Yesterday afternoon the youngster carefully inserted the picture of Giant’s first baseman J.T. Snow into a plastic bag and tucked the bag u...

Bank of America building , its top obscured by the rain last Tuesday. Campaigning against the moral failings of the previous Administ...

The dissonance between two cultures that rub up against each other is familiar enough to be cliche, but yesterday's experience left me b...

A toddler, after rolling on the grass in the front yard, enters the house, his legs covered with hives. His mother dabs gentian violet (not ...