From The Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO — Surf’s up again at Mavericks, the demanding big wave zone where 24 of the world’s top riders will once again vie for glory, cash and bragging rights in the annual contest.

From The Associated Press

From The Associated Press

The first week of May figures to be exciting, emotional and memorable for Gina Muratori.

NOTES AND QUOTES for a Tuesday in the Napa Valley:

From Register Staff

From Register Staff

DETROIT — The Pittsburgh Steelers owned the easy road to the Super Bowl all those years they squandered home-field advantage, all those years coach Bill Cowher’s teams couldn’t stand up to the pressure, the moment, the challenge.

* Smith River

We are fortunate to have some first-class boat launches paid for by our own boating tax excise money. There are launches at Kennedy Park and Cuttings Wharf, and private launches at Sea Ranch, the Napa Valley Marina and the Napa Yacht Club. Beautiful new launches at the wharf in Vallejo and Suisun make it look very inviting, but beware.

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, Mont. -- The slow and steady ring of steel on steel cracked winter's silence, hammer rising and falling as Rick Yates drove the great spike straight through a frozen beaver.

SPOKANE, Wash. -- In the ancient struggle between man and fish, man has a new weapon.