Views by the Bay

We loaded up the car with used clothing, kitchen equipment, and unopened pet items and took them down to PARCA in Redwood City. (Like the...

Still working on Christmas cards and thank-you notes, I cast a jaundiced eye on the Valentine's display at a San Jose Safeway. Valenti...

(Below is an idiosyncratic view by your humble blogger, who is not a tax lawyer.) One used to be able to deduce much of tax law by knowing...

(NBC-LA story here ) Californians pride themselves on their technological prowess, efficiency, accuracy, and ability to "work smart...

Both installments were paid this month. Note: redacting was a real power trip. I see why bureaucrats like it. "...for solving my ca...

Our next-door neighbor gave us a nice Christmas gift bag, filled with candy and fruit. At the bottom, we found three new bottles of multivi...

Celebrating midnight mass in Foster City... A little girl danced in the aisle when the choir began singing. In the church when I grew up ...

In the late 1990's my former employer could draw on a talent pool of more than 200 people to put together a decent holiday choir. The gr...

"President Donald Trump signed a sweeping tax overhaul bill into law in the Oval Office on Friday morning." As Joe Biden said on...

No reservations necessary On the Friday before Christmas And all through the gym Not a creature was working To look fit and trim ...

iPhone 6: still trucking. As I scribbled in October , I am still using an iPhone 6, which Apple sold in the U.S. through 2016. I am hol...

In 1999 I doubt anyone foresaw this: Sex robot expo in venue switch after 'terror threat from OFFENDED Islamic extremists' Takeaw...

At the car service center yesterday were two immaculate cars in the showroom: the first, a sporty model with a big red ribbon on top (some...

At the Valley Fair Mall in Santa Clara. Apple Microsoft

Jill moved to Sonora in 2016 but returns to the Peninsula every December. Her calling--creating "stocking stuffer" bags for...