Contra Costa Times

If Barack Obama's ascension to the White House means change has come to America, isn't it only fitting that change come to the art of skewering the news? Comedians David...

One carry. That's all he wanted. One play even. Just put me in, Coach, I'm ready to play. It wasn't to be. Day after day, practice after practice, running back...

The intention is not there, but Seth Gray is often late. He rarely anticipates traffic. He makes multiple stops on his way to meet family for dinner. And, when the...

Will he suffer a bloody death? Will he land in prison? Will he get off scot-free? The same tantalizing questions we were asking about Tony Soprano just over a year...

As a girl growing up in Brooklyn, Rina Mimoun was a big fan of the blockbuster television hit "Dallas," with its opulent settings and its incredibly outsize main character, J.R....

The intention is not there, but Seth Gray is often late. He rarely anticipates traffic. He makes multiple stops on his way to meet family for dinner. And, when the...

The intention is not there, but Seth Gray is often late. He rarely anticipates traffic. He makes multiple stops on his way to meet family for dinner. And, when the...

The intention is not there, but Seth Gray is often late. He rarely anticipates traffic. He makes multiple stops on his way to meet family for dinner. And, when the...

We were on the Sterling Highway, gliding along the Kenai River, which reflected the gray of the overcast sky. I'd been on the lookout from the back seat since we'd...

The narrow road, flanked by endless open hills and towering trees, sharply darts from one bend to the next. It rises, as if without end, to the turrets only partially...