Views by the Bay

Friday night mass at Grace Cathedral It was a beautiful weekend in the Bay Area, and I spent it indoors. Every October members of 108 Epi...

Siri, Apple's artificial intelligence system for the iPhone 4S, is one of the final building blocks necessary to realization of Apple...

Bishop Marc made his biennial visit last Sunday, and the church was packed. Turnout was impressive, considering that at the same time the 4...

Last year's 46-page return. Gradually clearing the clutter of our financial affairs, I managed to reduce our 2010 tax return by thre...

Another reason to feel sanguine: after the two-week October rally, market indices and most balanced portfolios have climbed back to even f...

The Vaillancourt Fountain is going full blast. Water transforms the skeletal frame, infusing the plaza with life. On this fall morning on...

Despite wars, joblessness, and the crumbling of the global financial system, there is reason for optimism: Lions (5-0) to host 49ers (4-1) i...

...said a tech reporter on CNN last night. In my lifetime a businessman's death had never merited the above-the-fold headline in the n...

Under azure skies priests from our local Episcopal church performed the annual Blessing of the Animals at the Foster City Dog Park. The F...

Hale - home Nalu - 1) Disappeared, lost; 2) Waves, surf. One of the universal childhood experiences in Hawaii---at least when I was gr...

September 21st has suddenly become an important date in the family scrapbook. My baby brother tied the knot today. Congratulations, Rich and...

One of the drawbacks of getting older is the shrinking of body parts that we want to enlarge and the enlargement of those that we want to sh...

My Hawaii State ID card will expire in a few months, five years after I received it. Through no basis other than my incurable optimism I exp...

Red Fox Casino lavatory sign, Laytonville, California When you use a word that can be either noun or verb, make sure your meaning is ...

I saw it on TV, like almost everyone else. I shuffled to the kitchen table with my cup of coffee and pushed the remote. The TV was set to Ch...