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Faculty at the University of California, Berkeley, are crying foul about the millions of dollars in subsidies directed to the school's athletic department.
What goes well with Slim Jims and Slurpees? 7-Eleven wine, naturally.
Most college students put in a monster study session or two. Marina Levina's students get to spend sessions studying monsters.
Erik Adkins spends a lot of time on ice.
Quick, what pairs well with feminism, guns and The New York Times?
Everyone likes a wine with character. How about one with 140 of them?
Don't tell former Gourmet editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl this week's closing of the venerable food magazine reflects any sort of judgment on the food elite.
If you're still using plain old vanilla marshmallows at your campfire or in your cocoa, you're out of touch.
First came a moratorium on head shops. Then, neighbors turned out in force to support a new development that includes an upscale grocery store. And the local street fair banned open containers of alcohol.
The chilly economic climate is casting a shadow over this year's wine harvest, with some predicting expensive grapes will be a tough sell in a market that has developed a parsimonious palate.
Visitors should be prepared to have their pictures taken as they enter and leave this picturesque town of million-dollar views and homes along the San Francisco Bay.
The mystery of Amber Swartz-Garcia, a 7-year-old Northern California girl who disappeared after going to jump rope outside her home 21 years ago, has been solved, police said Monday.
State vendors and contractors could use their government-issued IOUs to pay state taxes, fees and liens under a bill approved by an Assembly committee.
You've heard of a ship in a bottle. How about a ship made of plastic bottles? That would be the Plastiki, designed to sail the Pacific on an 11,000-mile voyage highlighting the dangers of living in a throwaway world.
Like journalists everywhere, the staff of the San Quentin News cover news, sports and the local arts scene. But these reporters are pen men with a difference.
Trash collectors in San Francisco will soon be doing more than just gathering garbage: They'll be keeping an eye out for people who toss food scraps out with their rubbish.
The Napa Valley wine auction, an annual assembly of the affluent, scaled down the glitz and raised a little more than half of last year's total for charity. But the $5.7 million take was just fine with organizers.
Cal Dennison likes a nice cold glass of chardonnay. And he's man enough to admit it.
Cannabis advocates weren't just using their high holiday of April 20 to light up — they were throwing fundraisers for medical marijuana clubs and planning their next steps to legalize the herb for medicinal use.
The haunting strains of "Amazing Grace" ended the public funeral last week for four Oakland policemen killed in the line of duty. But the many families who have heard that music played for their own fallen officers know that the ordeal for survivors was just beginning.
Tucked into the crest of the Napa Valley, this historic hot springs resort may be better known for mud baths than merlot. But lately wine's been at the forefront of a fierce debate here: Who has the right to the Calistoga name?
Feelings are running high over efforts to tone down some of the wilder elements of San Francisco's annual Bay to Breakers race — famous for its odd floats and contestants in wacky costumes, or no costume at all.
Wild weather produced a lighter wine harvest in California last year, which analysts say could provide breathing room for an industry coping with the budget-tightening effects of recession.
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