4+ hour, 15+ min ago   (791+ words) Dear Eric: I’ve been married for four years, and I recently learned that some of my husband’s stories about his past are lies. I had his mom bring old pictures of him to his birthday party I put together. I…...

3+ day, 28+ min ago   (595+ words) From a free concert by a Bay Area blues great to a Native American comedy show and the launch of the new San Francisco Opera season, there’s a lot of great stuff to catch on Bay Area stages this weekend…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (481+ words) If people need another reason to understand why Dolly Parton was so beloved in American culture, the entertainer, who died Aug. 25 at age 80, was known for being genuinely kind and generous to the people who worked for her. That includes…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (564+ words) DEAR HARRIETTE: I’m dating someone new, but we’re having a hard time finding things we want to do together. I don’t mean to sound posh, but I do enjoy getting dressed up and going to shows, nice dinners, live performances…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (889+ words) For Sue Clanton, every painting begins long before the brush touches paper. It starts with a conversation, a journey, a fleeting expression or a cultural tradition that she feels deserves to be remembered. The Discovery Bay watercolor artist has spent…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (598+ words) Swimming teacher Lynette Bellin had been swimming for three-quarters of a mile along Lake Tahoe’s picturesque rocky northern shoreline this week when something that felt like a pair of hands grabbed her leg and yanked her underwater. “I thought it…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (281+ words) “Out of sorts” actor Jaime Pressly was reportedly asked to leave a California hotel days before missing her GalaxyCon appearance in San Jose. The 49-year-old “My Name is Earl” star created a stir Thursday by loudly hurling obscenities into her…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1133+ words) By REBECCA BOONE, Associated Press BOISE, Idaho — When kitchen burnout hits, figuring out what to make for dinner every day can feel like an impossible task. Eating out or relying on convenience foods are increasingly difficult solutions for many American…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (707+ words) In her blistering feminist satire, Fillinger imagines a team of seven exhausted women managing the everyday political chaos and one catastrophe after another for America’s commander-in-chief. Inspired by the realities of today’s polarized government, “POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass…...

2+ week, 1+ min ago   (208+ words) The fourth annual Kristi Yamaguchi’s Family Literacy Festival, set for Sept. 5 at the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose, will feature celebrity and author story readings, hands-on literacy activities, art projects and family-friendly entertainment. Visitors to the Winchester Mystery House…...