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A few words about our brave troops

The phrase "support our troops" has a reasonably complicated subtext for such a bland and apparently...

Going got tough, Newsom got outta here

The tough call for Gavin Newsom would be to stick around as mayor of San Francisco. It would be...

State's cash for appliances to start April 22

California has pushed back the start of its cash for appliances program to April 22, but based on what...

Closet door opens just a bit

Ohio State's Jim Tressel ripped up a stereotype recently. A football coach who wears sweater vests and...

String music in Curry's workouts

Stephen Curry is the Phantom of the Opera. He even brings his own music. Late at night, 10 or 11 o'clock...

Over at Rainbow, blue cheese flies

Your nose may have been buried in Marcel Proust , Jane Austen , James Patterson or Danielle Steel . My...

Meg Whitman can manage but can she govern?

It took me five months to get my first interview with former eBay CEO and GOP gubernatorial hopeful Meg...

Service time can influence call-up time

Lots of reasons to follow Jason Heyward. He was considered the top player in the minor leagues last...

For S.F. tourism, no blue sky in sight

Forecast for San Francisco's all-important tourist industry this year: Cloudy. At best, it shouldn't be...

Michael Mina to make a 2nd splash at Aqua

Call it kismet. Restaurateur Michael Mina is coming home. Less than a month after Bacchus management...

Surveillance Caricatures

by Michael Capozzola | Archive

11 Things: The F-Words

We're talking female and funny. Considering the wholesale infiltration of comedians into indie music...

The Pac is back, but either way, Cal is in

The rallying cry for this week's Pac-10 tournament in Los Angeles comes courtesy of Cal coach Mike...

Filoli, Caņada Road, Woodside

Filoli, Caņada Road, Woodside: The emerald-hued pastures bordering its extensive driveway offer only a...

Essentials: This weekend's live music picks

Here are The Chronicle's picks for nightclub happenings this weekend. Compiled by Michelle Broder Van...

Women find liberation on two wheels

"I think (bicycling) has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a...

Surveillance Caricatures

by Michael Capozzola | Archive

Changes are for the better at Incanto

Incanto chef Chris Cosentino announced, blogged and Twittered about the remodel of his restaurant...

SANTA CLARA FIRE

Instead of being recycled, a heap of computer and electronic parts in Santa Clara burned and melted...

Life is Good

by Sacha Eckes | Archive

Donato Enoteca, Redwood City

The bartenders at Donato Enoteca are as versed in current cinema as they are wine. Because much of their...

Lakeside cabins offer great spring getaway

Can you imagine a warm spring day when you have a cabin with a lake view? There are few better ways to...

Points South, Novato

At this Novato restaurant, customers often ask other guests at neighboring tables what they're eating...

(Th)ink

by Keith Knight | Archive

The Fishing Report

Phone rang. Loudly, which was bad, since I was dying. I don't recall how we turned those first computers...

HOROSCOPE for Thursday, 03/11/2010

ARIES (March 20-April 18): Postpone big investments or expenditures until after the 25th. You don't want...

School construction could yield jobs, only if ...

"Jobs, jobs, jobs" was the call from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in his State of the State message. No...

Makeing Tents: New S.F. trio makes own rules

Only 3 months old, this trio says they formed after "road trippin' through the desert." The name came to...

March Madness: Wager on, revel in annual hoopla

Julius Caesar was once warned to "beware the Ides of March," but for those of us who enjoy betting on...

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