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Walters says Dons will rise
When Rex Walters suspended four USF Dons basketball players the other day, he saw his life pass before...
Review writing - the big reveal, or not
Dear great and wondrous Mick LaSalle: After we've seen a movie, my friends and I get to discuss the...
Bankers could take lobbying tips from dentists
America's bankers are badly in need of a lesson on how to lobby lawmakers. And the lesson is: Local is...
Sunday drive: Mines Road
What you'll see: Mines Road is one of the few Bay Area roads where you feel like you're in the "middle...
Saintly Obama gets priestly slam
He may be the Second Coming to many San Franciscans - but one local Catholic priest wants a popular...
Hard to see where jobs will come from
The White House says the nearly $800 billion stimulus bill will save or create about 3 million to 4...
Dons do more with less, still fall short of Zags
USF is learning to get by with its depleted roster in a top-heavy WCC, challenging No. 19 Gonzaga with a...
No turning back clock on steroids
If Sheriff Selig is going to rewrite Major League Baseball history to account for the humorously...
At Pebble, Murray is the people's choice
Let's just say, hypothetically, that the people who run the Pebble Beach AT&T; National Pro Am are faced...
Wrapped in cloth, Beecher's Flagship turns into Reserve
Kurt Beecher Dammeier launched Beecher's Handmade Cheese in Seattle only five years ago, but the...
Calif. budget process is ultimate backroom deal
Sacramento has become so dysfunctional that the framework for an entire fiscal year's budget was put...
Hearty reds $15 and less
Winter is halfway gone, so it's definitely time to get your braise on. Slowly cooked dishes like beef...
Colorado comes after California businesses
Rocky Mountain low in Valentine greeting? As a token of Colorado's affection for the Golden State, about...
Lambert Bridge Winery
As we pulled up to Lambert Bridge Winery, nestled on gently winding West Dry Creek Road just south of...
Dinner with all the trimmings
The recipes in this week's column were influenced by the research for my story on today's Food & Wine...
Making beautiful music together
There's something about them that feels right - this is clear to an outsider, but amazingly, it was also...
SAP OPEN TENNIS
Radek Stepanek crashed an American love-fest on Valentine's Day. Three of four players in the semifinals...
All Over Coffee
For more info on All Over Coffee events, go to: www.paulmadonna.com Paul Madonna Extras : Archive | Meet...
Stumped
1 Who is Stump, the spaniel? A: Official White House pooch B: Hero of Australian wildfires who ran for...
Hotel renovation derails Aruba honeymoon
Q: My fiance and I booked our honeymoon at the Westin Aruba through a travel agent. At the time we made...
Spicy currant a late-winter treat
Late winter in the Bay Area offers a surprising variety of choices to the ambitious gardener, and one of...
House is paid off, now where's my note
Q: In a recent column, you listed what should be done when a mortgage is paid in full. My mortgage was...
Basic strategies to save money on travel costs
By now you've probably seen dozens of tips about how to save money on travel. Given the lousy economy...
HOROSCOPE Q+A/MAILBAG
STARCAST Hold your breath as quixotic Mercury, loose cannon of the Cosmos, joins Mars, Neptune and the...
Pyongyang, North Korea
Traveler: Bryan Smith, San Francisco I went because: To get a glimpse at life north of the 38th parallel...
Bay Area puts its own spin on changing seasons
Everybody's talking about the weather these faux wintry days. There's not enough rain, and come summer...
Home buyers to be dinged with new fees
It's not what home buyers, sellers and refinancers want to hear, but what they need to know. Fannie Mae...
Taking care of the bees in your garden
Every edible garden or orchard is a partnership. We can plant, water, fertilize and weed, but without...
Four - it's your magic number for wineglasses
"So," asked one of my fellow scribes the other day, "how many types of wineglass do you need?" Not the...
Cocktails of the city
"Do you think you could create a new drink to commemorate the anniversary of The Chronicle?" my editor...
A critical consensus
An assessment of current motion pictures by major American film critics. Film criticism is rated on a...
STANFORD MEN
Stanford forward Lawrence Hill might have hit on the critical difference between Cal and Stanford when...
Can't change rent terms for disabled tenant
Q: One of my tenants injured herself and needs a special breathing machine for about six months. I have...
The City Exposed: Rosalie's Wigs
// // A recent Monday, 11:54 a.m.: Surrounded by a room full of plastic foam ladies born only to show...
Blow Up duo's hip spots to wind up or unwind
Jeffrey Paradise and Ava Berlin, who respectively DJ and photograph San Francisco's outrageous Blow Up...
Food and Wine Benefits
SMART brews A night of beer tastings and a brewing presentation on beer and food pairings by Thirsty...
A quick guide to men's fashion media
In the midst of the sky falling on print media, with magazines closing left and right - Men's Vogue, we...
Modern design goes local in Sacto
It's rare that designers can find a manufacturer that will give them lots of artistic freedom. But that...
Get a special, not smarmy Valentine's Day gift
VALENTINE'S DAY: It's hell on people without partners. It puts intense pressure on sweethearts who come...
Winging it with casual party fare
"Wings," a new cookbook from Debbie Moose, food columnist for the Raleigh News & Observer, serves up 50...
Poisonous oleander plant won't affect nearby rosemary
Q: My wife asked that I relocate a rosemary bush that had not been doing well on the side of the house...
Through the Lens: February 8 — February 14
Through the Lens The Bay Area in pictures for the week of February 8 — February 14 This gull might...
Cooking greens the chard way
Though referred to as Swiss chard in the United States, Switzerland has no particular claim to this...
Top shelf
Recommendations of recent books from the staffs of a rotating list of Bay Area independent bookstores...
Wheeled duffels are for adventure
Mother Lode wheeled duffels Some of us self-serious travelers feel about wheeled luggage the way...
Tourist Italian? No, thank you.
At the other end of the line, the phone rang and rang - or rather buzzed and buzzed, the sound Italian...
Family's favorite snack is a quesadilla like no other
If there's one thing Jose Lemus will not be cooking at home - or anywhere, ever again, if he can help it...
Nontoxic ways to control Argentine ants
Q: You mentioned in a previous column that you were going to write about Argentine ant control. What are...
