Contra Costa Times

If you've reached your 20s without suffering from acne and think you've escaped the blemish, think again. According to acne.org, 50 percent of adult women and 25 percent of adult...

A man's home is his castle, especially for an Alamo, Calif., carpenter whose quirky home improvement project gives true meaning to the phrase. T.J. Baker may not be royalty, but...

Let's face it, today's political climate is a tad tense. These days, what starts as a healthy debate of current events at the dinner table or water cooler can easily...

Raiders receiver Randy Moss is "tired" of the frustration of playing for a losing team and is interested in being traded, he said on his weekly radio spot. "It's done...

Face it, today's political climate is a tad tense. These days, what starts as a healthy debate of current events at the dinner table or water cooler can easily turn...

Face it, today's political climate is a tad tense. These days, what starts as a healthy debate of current events at the dinner table or water cooler can easily turn...

As Janis Cooke Newman likes to tell it, Mary's story found her. It happened four years ago while the 51-year-old author was visiting Washington, D.C., with her then-7-year-old son, Alex....

Fill in the blank: Garages were built for ...? Most everyone knows the answer is cars (or whatever other vehicle you're driving). Yet across America, cars are relegated to the...

Every visit to London turns up new reasons to love that city. So with a nod to "The Sound of Music" -- opening in London's West End this summer --...

She's been a stand-up comedian, talk show host, actress, Emmy winner and a best-selling author, but for the past decade, we've known Joan Rivers best for cracking fashion-wise on the...