Views by the Bay

The old filter (right) and its replacement. We hadn't visited our friend in the Central Valley for 1½ years, i.e., since the beginning ...

For at least a decade feral chickens have been annoying Oahu residents. Despite programs to capture them, the problem persists . One reaso...

My brother in Orange County and I take turns flying to Hawaii to visit Mom. In October he put in some new plants by the front walkway. W...

Gerald Ford's pleas to Whip Inflation Now failed, as did his 1976 election campaign. ( Ad Age ) As predictable as the sun rising in the...

It's been 40+ years of trial and error, and it bore fruit in yesterday's turkey. Think of all the possibilities: Fresh or frozen? ...

Later today we'll have November's biggest meal, but I can already say that the best meal I had this month was at the Yakiniku Kore...

Last-minute Thanksgiving shoppers could find everything in stock at Costco today. In fact there's a surfeit, glut, abundance, plethora...

The recent upward blip in interest rates resulted in Citibank adding 8 cents, more than double the usual, to my largely inactive savings ac...

WSJ illustration: blue dots show where Bay Area ex-residents are resettling. In April we commented on a Chronicle editorial that decried t...

The Ala Wai Golf Course Two Fridays ago our part of the city was in the high 70's with a light breeze, cool by Honolulu standards. It...

On Tuesday I put on the standard-issue wired headphones (see following post) and embarked on a 4-mile stroll around Ala Moana. Skipping Wai...

iPhone + factory headphones Inexpensive, old-fashioned, hard-wired headphones are cool : Fashionable young celebrities including Bella Hadi...

(Photo from Star Tribune ) /td> Last week we opined that Zillow's house-flipping business failed because it placed too much faith ...

Mom's assisted living facility serves healthy, balanced meals chopped fine to reduce the risk of choking in the elderly residents. They...

When I was 8 years old, I did a lot of walking. Back then it was to pocket the 10 cents(!) that my parents gave me for bus fare. Now I wal...