Everyone has a customer service horror story to tell. Fewer can recollect a positive customer service experience.

People come up to me on the street and ask how I manage to maintain my figure.

In rapid succession we’ve had two stories with implications for how the Information Age is advancing. Last week saw Viacom launch its copyright infringement suit against YouTube.

It was with great sadness that I read about the closing of Vallerga’s market on First Street this past week.

Home repair and maintenance can sometimes be a rough and time-consuming ride. Here’s an example.

Bamboo has been used in Chinese gardens since 2000 B.C. The Japanese, who started trading with China around A.D. 1000, used bamboo to enhance temple gardens or the gardens of wealthy traders. Bamboos were chosen to symbolize a human relationship with nature.

Tell me, O Octopus, I begs

Welcome once again to the Senior Corner.

How old do rockfish get? According to biologists working on a huge 60-pound Shortrake Rockfish that was caught by a trawler in the Bering Sea, this fish is between 90 and 115 years old.

We’ve talked about celebrities who put their names on wine labels — the latest is the former butler to Princess Diana, Paul Burrell.

Some people find it hard to get away for a night or two because they have invalid parents, neurotic cats or rambunctious dogs that can't be left behind.

Dear Len & Rosie,

Let’s see if I understand this right. The rate for staying at a Napa County farmworker housing camp may jump a whole quarter to $11.75 a day, and this includes three meals a day.

Whether it is a high interest trust deed, sub-prime loans, or just a loan to a relative, beware. There are unscrupulous individuals who would love to get your hard-earned money. You say it can’t happen. Not here, or not to me? Don’t be so sure.