Views by the Bay

Monday morning in Foster City. The sun broke through this morning after last week's storms. We only have a few hours to get in our natu...

The stimulus package’s tax rebate has gotten the publicity, but many in the Bay Area are eyeing another provision more intently: the tentat...

Tyler Cowen has a post on a phenomenon that I’ve been pondering: As the primary elections are coming up it is interesting to note that so m...

...in this market. Despite the Federal Reserve's 3/4-percent rate cut, the highest since 1982 , the Dow is more than 100 points lower as...

23-year-old Honolulu Advertiser reporter Kim Fassler blogs about moving out of her parents’ house: even if monthly rent makes a significant ...

Despite the gloomy near-term prospects for the economy, one glimmer of hope is that venture capital investments in U.S. startups climbed to ...

Yesterday the sun sparkled in Marin County when over 300 of us said goodbye to Linda Pei at Tiburon Presbyterian. I met both Linda and her ...

Tatiana on Flickr by MumbleyJoe When the kids were small, we were members of the San Francisco Zoological Society . Our monthly v...

At the stroke of midnight I poured a sip of “champagne” for everyone. The bottle was Costco’s Kirkland brand and cost $20. It was the though...

Over the years the needle on my bathroom scale has risen faster than my investment portfolio (not a high standard, to be sure). The nagging ...

Yesterday’s assassination of Benazir Bhutto was an extremely high-value “kill” for Islamic terrorists. Her death not only sets back the demo...

For all my objections to its ideologues (and I don’t use the word lightly) in leadership positions, I have never found any Episcopal parish...

"Those of us who grew up wanting to be writers and are now in the financial markets don't get to scratch that itch very often,...

Serra Convalescent, Millbrae USA Today says that Christmas caroling is a vanishing tradition . Perhaps so, but the residents of thre...

Eileen, Curt, and Wing: Curt roasts some retirees. As predicted , this year’s holiday party shrunk to about 60 revelers. We showe...