San Francisco Chronicle

One family at Lake Tahoe recently reported that a black bear had walked through their sliding screen door as they were eating breakfast. The bear sat in a chair, put...

Since the Raiders won't hold a big sendoff for Tim Brown, who was released Wednesday, you at home will have to fete Brown's departure as you see fit. If you...

Note to fans: Saturday's Giants-Cubs game will be Milestone Day. Jason Schmidt goes for his 100th big-league win and Cubbie Greg Maddux shoots for No. 300. The first 50,000 fans...

Pigeon feeders beware: San Francisco cops may track you down. Feeding the city's feral pigeon population is illegal in all but a handful of parks in San Francisco, but enforcement...

Faster, higher, scarier: These are the watchwords of the new attractions being rolled out at Southern California's theme parks this season. Besides Revenge of the Mummy--The Ride at Universal (see...

We had such a problem with voles in the garden last summer that Noi'sie the farm cat wasn't able to keep up with the mice that nibbled their way into...

Part of the reason Larry Bird was so admired during his NBA career was the belief he was smarter than everybody else, blessed with better perception and better vision. You...

Forget sending a group of NBA stars to represent America at the Olympics. America needs more than a gold medal in basketball at the Olympics. We need a new look...

In the old days of the Olympics, Americans were the good guys. We didn't do steroids. We didn't cheat. We competed courageously against those who did. Our athletes were so...

Twenty feet up in the branches of a mossy oak, I'm living a young boy's idea of the good life. I'm dangling my legs off the porch of my super-ultra-swanky...