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December 13, 2025

Getting Out: Mt. Tamalpais mini-challenge

Where on earth can you stand and from a single spot see Mt. Diablo, Mt. Hamilton, the Farallon Islands, and Tomales Bay by Pt. Reyes National Seashore? Of all the great views from the Bay Area's summit peaks, the panorama from the top of Mt. Tamalpais takes the cake. In addition to those far-flung spots, Angel Island, the San Francisco skyline, and the entire expanse of the north Bay Area lay beneath you as if you are seeing them from the window of a jet airliner.

Love wine? This is the man you must meet

During the last several years of writing this column and meeting with the local wine community, one person's name always comes up in conversation. In revered tones, people ask me, “Have you heard of Steve Beck?” or “You really need to meet Steve Beck!”

Saying goodbye to a dog named Pumpkin

I vividly remember the day she adopted me, me driving home with her 5-month-old paws on the dashboard, face tilted downward and pressed against the windshield. I remember wondering if I had made the right decision: Was I ready to take on a dog? We’d had family dogs when I was young, but I was an adult now, living on my own. She would be all mine.

Backed-up Toilets are no Match for Woman Armed With Plunger

There's nothing like having your plumbing back up to teach you

The TCAL/MBL carousel

Round and round we go with the latest relalignment involving the

Renewed Focus on Simple Things Follows a Trip to Italy

On a recent trip to Italy, I picked up some Italian, especially since I look more like an Italian expatriate than an American of Italian descent. That must be the case, because everywhere I went, Italians kept approaching me and speaking rapidly in Italian or, in other cases, like in the grocery store, when I put my fruit directly in the basket as we do in the U.S. without weighing it and pricing it first, yelling at me.

The dark side of ‘peanut power’

Today, a conundrum. What do you do when this likeable little fellow you’ve known your whole entire life turns out to be something … well, frankly, sinister?

Reaching Up

Director Oliver Stone's 'World Trade Center,' in theaters now,

A dark day when the pufferfish attacked

Just before Christmas, I had one of those days. You know those

Coyote Valley wildlife corridor

As humankind has expanded its reach, wildlife and the natural world have retreated. Only recently have we realized our power to exhaust the resources of a world we once thought limitless. What we had previously struggled to conquer, now needs to be saved.

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