San Francisco Chronicle

Squab, the richly flavored poultry delicacy, has made a significant comeback. Now this low-fat, low-cholesterol bird is being enjoyed for its dietary virtues as well as its taste and tender,...

A pro-girth movement is gaining momentum, reflecting a nationwide trend of changing attitudes toward the overweight. ''Being fat is certainly becoming more accepted,'' said Rosanna Radding of San Jose, Calif.,...

The name and telephone number were scribbled on a cocktail napkin and slipped into my pocket at a cocktail party. Yes, I was involved in something illegal. I was trying...

Kevin Mitchell`s tendinitis-ridden left knee has become enough of an ongoing problem that the San Francisco Giants outfielder will undergo a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination Friday in Palo Alto,...

Shimmering in the sun like a gigantic jukebox, a new landmark has risen on the San Francisco skyline, the Marriott Hotel, 39 stories of glass and glitz. The critics hate...

Eager to repeat its Proposition 103 success, the California consumer group that humbled the insurance industry in November is launching a second populist crusade, this one aimed at rewriting the...

Squab, the richly flavored poultry delicacy, has made a significant comeback. Now this low-fat, low-cholesterol bird is being enjoyed for its dietary virtues as well as its taste and tender,...

Squab, the richly flavored poultry delicacy, has made a significant comeback. Now this low-fat, low-cholesterol bird is being enjoyed for its dietary virtues as well as its taste and tender,...

Just for the record, Ashrita Furman holds more Guinness world marks than anyone. The native New Yorker had 14, and last week he set his 15th record by beating the...

George Lucas is all business. Compliment him on the rip-roaring third (and final) chapter of the ''Indiana Jones'' series, joke with him that you have a feeling it`s going to...