San Francisco Chronicle

Kathy Holmgren is house hunting again. So are Margie Green and Linda Snyder. Uprooting her life at a moment`s notice, whether she wants to or not, is second nature to...

First it was zero population growth. Stop the human explosion. Then came the birth dearth. There were even predictions that one-quarter of Baby Boomers would never have kids at all,...

KGO Radio`s newest man-on-the-street reporter is really on the street. He`s homeless. His name is Harry Swets, but he`s known around the Tenderloin district as ''Hooks.'' That`s because he lost...

A California woman who gave her $50,000 collection of fur coats and jackets to an animal rights group says she feels spiritually liberated by her expensive decision. ''I feel great-cold...

Faced with an ever-increasing cash shortage, California Gov. Pete Wilson called on the Legislature to return to the Capitol before the end of the year to cut welfare benefits, abolish...

It seemed simple enough at the time. A group of baseball-loving parents and kids would turn a rundown corner of a junior high school into a playing field for the...

David H. LeRoy, the Bush administration`s chief nuclear waste negotiator, tried to sell Native American leaders on a controversial deal to set aside tribal lands for federal storage of spent...

A major but little-noticed epidemic is raging among women in the United States. It is taking a huge toll in human pain, infertility and death and is costing the nation...

A nightclub fire-eater showcased his act for a jury to convince them that the kerosene he spits for a living-not drinking alcohol-was the cause for a drunken driving arrest. Performer...

You say margarine. I say butter. You sift. I scoop. You improvise. I follow instructions to the letter. Small wonder the same recipe tastes different in the hands of different...