Views by the Bay

Flannery Associates has published drawings of the new city it plans to build in Solano County. As others have noted, the new city seems p...

Dr. Nirao Shah Stanford researchers have found the specific cells in the brains of male mice that activate sexual desire . They were able t...

Presidio Wall courts near Pacific Heights (Chron) First world problem: the exploding popularity of pickleball has caused some San Francisco...

School Chromebooks awaiting repair in NYC (WSJ) In 2020 I bought an Acer Chromebook for web-surfing at public WiFi spots. In 2022 I found...

CDC tweet From the age of 4 to 17 I always had one or more pet turtles and/or tortoises in the house. Somehow I made it to adulthood withou...

(WSJ illustration) We have lamented before the diminishment of organizations , e.g., Elks, Kiwanis, Freemasons, where people can mingle wit...

I drive by the Hawaiian Rent-All sign nearly every day when I go back to the Islands. On the corner of Beretania and McCully, it's on t...

(WSJ map) Seven weeks ago we posted our take on the mysterious Flannery Associates that had bought 52,000 acres near Travis Air Force Base....

Costco members buck the trend toward last-minute purchasing. Easter and Halloween products go on sale 1-2 months in advance, and the cust...

Diana, 44, seems to like being hosed down . After nearly 50 years of living in the Bay Area I visited the Oakland Zoo for the first time. ...

LA pilot Luis Rios likes to be grounded Mainlanders are finally catching up to what Hawaii residents have always known: Stand Outside Bare...

Unlike last year , our church did not set up a booth at the Summer Days festival (August 18-20) in Foster City. I did reserve a space with...

Today was the last Sunday for our long-time organist, Frank Saunders, and choir director, Maureen Fromme. Frank is slowing down a little ph...

( Images of class action lawsuits against HE) After its 2019 bankruptcy resulting from wildfire liabilities, PG&E enacted procedures ...

Whatever one's views on abortion, there's no question that its reduced availability has made it riskier to be an obstetrician gyneco...