San Francisco Chronicle

When his morning ride arrives at 8:30, Andre Tchelistcheff jumps from the breakfast table like a high schooler eager to flee the house. He is not allowed to leave until...

I have in my hands a reproduction of Jay Leno`s high school graduation photo. Andover High School in Andover, Mass., 1968. The picture is accompanied only by a line about...

The volcanic ash in the air over the Philippines will bring enough rain this winter to end California`s drought, a physicist predicts. His colleagues, however, insist that, although it may...

''Kyle,'' ''Rob,'' ''Sarah,'' ''Danny'' and ''Kristie'' are high school students talking about how their parents` divorces hurt them. Kristie was 5 when her parents separated. ''I took it really bad...

For three seasons Brian Bosworth was a linebacker for the Seattle Seahawks under an $11 million contract-one of the most lucrative rookie deals in pro football history. ''The Boz'' had...

Somewhere in nuclear-free Berkeley lives a radioactive cat. Health workers and police are searching the city for a person they think illegally used Iodine 131 to treat a feline whose...

United Airlines has spent millions of dollars this year to locate and remove allegedly substandard bolts the airline purchased from an aerospace parts distributor and installed on passenger jets. Company...

The red Magic Marker scrawl across the door of the cafe`s unisex bathroom reads: ''I`m head over heels in love. Does anyone think that love can last forever?'' Beneath it,...

While Saddam Hussein remains hunkered down in Baghdad, his 269-foot yacht, the Quadissiyat Saddam, is waiting for him in Danish waters. The yacht, which Hussein acquired in 1988, is kept...

More than a dozen network series sustained huge ratings losses this season, while only a handful of returning series registered gains. Those big losers, shows with rating declines of 20...