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Events celebrate ‘Christmas spirit’

The holiday shopping season has certainly begun, judging from the decorations seen in local stores and the sales being advertised. However, this is not the “Christmas season” itself because, according to the traditional Christian calendar, that begins on Dec. 25 and continues through Jan. 5 (the famous “12 Days of Christmas”).

There’s money to be made in scooping poop

As our local economy comes out of its recent recession, some

BASEBALL: Casilla settles into Giants’ closer role

SAN FRANCISCO – Without a jet-black beard or open jersey flapping in the wind, Santiago Casilla looks tame trotting in to pitch the ninth inning compared to the man he's replaced.

Going cartless adds up

It was a personal triumph of sorts for me. I recently made it

No Good Reason to Sully a Wonderful Project

Ben Anderson is a columnist who is not held to the same

Not into camping, but glad family is

Not so long ago I wrote a column that, among other things,

Bat debate: impossible to ignore and harder to solve

It seems every few years, after a pitcher is injured as a result

New font could change the world

The other day it occurred to me that I could solve the world’s problems with one invention. I’m talking ALL of the world’s problems. OK, maybe not every single one. Possibly, we can exclude world hunger from the list of things I can solve. And world peace may be too lofty a goal for me. And I may not cure any diseases. But trust me when I say, I can move mountains by inventing one thing: The sarcasm font.

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