Views by the Bay

We stayed in a Waikiki hotel in 2012 The number of tourists to Hawaii hasn't recovered to 2019 levels, but total tourist spending of $1...

(Image from scitechdaily ) Much as UFO skeptics claim that there is no definitive evidence of alien life, so do most scientists believe th...

No Kings march on Market Street (Orbegozo/Chronicle) Hundreds of thousands of people joined "No Kings" rallies across the count...

Major league baseball (MLB) was the first sport I followed. That's not surprising, because baseball was by far the dominant sport in the...

My brother visited Yosemite last week The government shutdown has produced reports of lawless behavior at Yosemite National Park. The Inter...

Shelli Feder What does compassionate care look like at the end of life? What does it mean to have a “good death” today? Yale School of N...

GAF shingles We first became aware of solar shingles ( not solar panels) when we visited a Tesla showroom in 2017 . Tesla’s basic premise ...

(Portrait from Musei di Genoa ) Christopher Columbus is back. A Proclamation from President Trump: Today our Nation honors the legendary ...

Canterbury Cathedral, one of the most venerated houses of worship in Christendom, has plastered its interior with graffiti-style artwork. F...

The Blue Angels won't be here for Fleet Week due to the government shutdown. To the right is a 2003 picture of the Angels near Alcatraz...

It's easy to be skeptical about this week's peace agreement between Israel and Hamas. The recent history of the Middle East is fille...

What he's pointing at is a mystery (Macor/S.F. Chronicle) Father Junipero Serra is a major figure in California history. From 1769 to ...

" Remote-controlled amphibious device": beware the rubber duckie. Foster City announced the first steps in its Canada Goose Popu...

(Graphic from oregon.gov ) The San Andreas fault, which is responsible for the great San Francisco earthquake of 1906, is less destructive ...

(  Valentino/SFGATE) Guns and booze can be bought together at the Sportsman in Sonora. The Sportsman — the last standing business in Cali...