For Kira Halpern, swimming in the Bay is a form of therapy.

Beth Touchette finds the story of her Fairfax neighborhood in its trees.

Les Bloch shares his parenting secret for how not to raise a jackass.

Thanks to generous new benefits, Tom Epstein says there has never been a better time to enroll in a community college. 

Joan Steinau Lester says her faith in the electorate has been restored by Kansans' rejection of a ban on abortion rights.

She may be a diehard Giants' fan, but Debbie Duncan pays tribute to long-time Dodger announcer Vin Scully.

Michael Ellis looks at seabirds who fly astounding distances.

Stephen Lavezzo gratefully remembers all his dying mother has taught him.

When Donovan Tong took up the bassoon he had no idea the possibilities that would open up to him

Pablo Quintanilla says the ghosts of racial deed restrictions haunt Bay Area home ownership to this day.