San Francisco Chronicle

At an age when most of his generation are dead, Bill Wachter decided a little while ago that maybe it was time he trimmed his work week from six to...

As the new supercarrier Abraham Lincoln glided slowly toward the Golden Gate Bridge the other day, Lt. j.g. Eric Miller climbed a final ladder on his way up from the...

Lillian Rubin kept reading that the sexual revolution was dead, killed by a universal fear of AIDS, and that everybody had shifted back to a 1950s mentality: nice girls don`t,...

First we were told to limit eggs to four a week, then to limit wine to a glass or two a day. Now a study indicates we should draw the...

Jim Foster, a founding father of the gay movement, died Wednesday at his home in San Francisco of complications from AIDS. He was 55. Mr. Foster, a member of the...

How are we faring in our quest to eat healthier? Have our diets really changed for the better or are we confusing good intentions with actual improvements? Several recent surveys...

Is it possible? An egg substitute with an intact yolk that lets you eat sunnyside-up eggs without fear of cholesterol? Enter Egglite. Still trying to recoup dramatic 20-year losses in...

It was a confrontation that could happen only in the computer age: A tiny Silicon Valley software company shut down cosmetic giant Revlon Inc. 12 days ago with a simple...

With a lot of help from his friends, Humphrey the whale freed himself from a mud bank in San Francisco Bay near Candlestick Park Tuesday and headed for destinations unknown....

Tuesday was getting a little neurotic in her old age. As she became more threatened and insecure, she suddenly turned aggressive toward her housemates. Life can get difficult for a...