Some things are just hard to forget
Some things are just hard to forget
Every decade has its moments or objects that are better off forgotten. I’ll have to take someone else’s word on what was ridicule-worthy in the pre-World War II years, but plenty of things have qualified since then.
‘Game of Shadows’: Bonds became a pariah except in San Francisco
(02-27) 04:00 PST Editor’s Note: This is an afterword to the paperback edition of the book “Game of Shadows” covering developments related to the BALCO case since the book by Chronicle staff writers Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams was first published…
Barton takes on new job
CEDAR CITY - D. Mark Barton isn’t ready to retire. At least not yet. After five years as Southern Utah University’s vice president for advancement and regional services, Barton will step down and become a special assistant to President Michael T. Benson, beginning July 1.
Museum hosts exhibition on Irving College
Linda Humes can only imagine what it must have been like the sweet sound of piano music caught up in a summer breeze blowing through downtown Mechanicsburg.
Bronstein of ‘SF Chron’ Comes to Aid of Former Rival Roberts
NEW YORK When Jerry Roberts left the San Francisco Chronicle five years ago after it was bought by Hearst Newspapers and effectively merged with the staff of Hearst’s San Francisco Examiner, it was no secret that disagreements with new editor Phil Bronstein had led, at least in part, to Roberts’ departure.
1909 baseball card sells for $2.35 million
LOS ANGELES - The ‘’Holy Grail of baseball cards,'’ a 1909 Honus Wagner tobacco card once owned by Wayne Gretzky, has been sold for $2,350,000.
Governor Wants Expanded Deposit Law
ALBANY, N.Y. Recycling advocates from across the state headed to Albany Tuesday to support Governor Eliot Spitzer’s bottle deposit proposal. They will lobby state lawmakers to agree with Spitzer’s plan, which would expand the state’s returnable bottle law.