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The jiffy perplex

You know that thing that happens sometimes with words? No, I don't mean novels. Although they fit the...

Options for those losing Cobra coverage

After Monday, many Americans will start paying a lot more for health insurance when their 15-month...

The Suns do Bay Area proud

As soon as Steve Nash grabbed his broken nose and tried to jiggle it back into place Sunday night, his...

Time for Sharks' Blake to move upstairs?

The word from Sharks Intergalactic Headquarters on Wednesday was not designed to be orbit-warping, and...

A's leading off

Must-eat at Camden Yards: It's the crabcake, from local waters (or as natives say, "werters.") It's $12...

The friendly gesture of many fingers

Regan McMahon , who was at the May 17 celebration of Jim Marshall 's life at the Great American Music...

The Green mantra: Bill, baby, bill

President Obama spoke in the unfinished hull of a new factory built by solar-panel manufacturer Solyndra...

Parkmerced owners say they'll survive loan woes

The commercial real estate meltdown has caught up with one of the largest apartment complexes in the...

It's a Plum pick: Jeremy Fox named as chef

Daniel Patterson 's restaurant family just keeps getting shinier. The chef-owner of San Francisco's...

Surveillance Caricatures

by Michael Capozzola | Archive

11 Things: Getting around

Since storytelling began, people have imagined ways of travel, some plausible and others imagined. In...

Dry Creek Garden to Jordan Pond: Hayward walk

In the East Bay hills, two interconnected parks offer 25 miles of hiking trails that range from wild to...

U2 postpones tour, Aguilera delays summer dates

U2 has postponed all the dates on this year's "360°" world tour, including a June 16 concert at the...

California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco

At the California Academy of Sciences, spend the day observing creatures that inhabit four of the world...

Essentials: This weekend's live music picks

Here are The Chronicle's picks for nightclub happenings this weekend. Compiled by Kimberly Chun, Justin...

Surveillance Caricatures

by Michael Capozzola | Archive

Casual, communal Calafia serves a mixed batch

You won't be surprised that Charlie Ayers, chef and owner of Calafia Cafe in Palo Alto's Town and...

Life is Good

by Sacha Eckes | Archive

Piatti Ristorante & Bar, Mill Valley

This Cal-Italian restaurant, one of six locations in Northern California, has been a fixture beside...

A wintry start to the Memorial Day weekend

This year's Memorial Day holiday outlook is testimony to the Year of Global Unwarming in Northern...

Morty's Delicatessen, S.F.

Sandwiches are seeing a major revival right now. Top chefs are tarting them up with homemade condiments...

(Th)ink

by Keith Knight | Archive

Pavin's startling comments about Woods

Set aside, momentarily, Elin Nordegren 's reported request for $750 million in the divorce settlement...

HOROSCOPE for Thursday, 05/27/2010

ARIES (March 20-April 18): Uranus, the planet of revolution and change, enters your sign today. Get...

Freeing nonviolent lifers drives Stanford group

The first time I met Mark, I did not know what to expect. In 1997, a judge decided Mark would never...

Nodzzz's surf-rock rolls in to S.F.

We're high on Nodzzz's rattled surf-rock. Sans bass guitar, this S.F. trio's music has a bouncy...

7-card stud variants can enliven a home game

With Memorial Day weekend kicking off the unofficial start to summer, it's time you jazzed up your home...

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