and designating days and months to honor the people and things we hold dear. So it's fitting that we recognize our love for the sweet, creamy frozen concoction with a month of its own. ...more

July 19, 2009

It's here: Christmas creep. Halloween is barely on the minds of schoolchildren, but retailers across the Bay area have begun putting up Christmas displays and piling decorations and other inventory onto the shelves. In some shops, prices on Halloween items already have been cut, and the ghosts and goblins play second fiddle to Christmas trees and Santa hats. ...more

October 6, 2008

WHO: Richard Racine CLAIM TO FAME: Overcoming physical disabilities, he dedicated 21 years to the call center at Bisk Education before retiring at 75. ...more

January 14, 2008