Extremes exist, but policies shouldn't be driven by them.
Don't let the name fool you. Rumble is a lover, not a fighter!
How to spend Halloween once you're too old to trick-or-treat
Seventh-graders start out small, scared and immature. This is the time when they need your supervision the most.
A 14-year old's perspective on Steve Jobs's passing
In the face of tragedy, what really matters?
Four-pound Yorkie mix wants your time and attention.
You can always count on a mom to give you the real lowdown, even when preparing for a running event.
Free speech doesn’t make the actions of the Berkeley student group right.
Instructional days should be returned to students before top administration gets any kind of raise.
Why exercise? Why not?
You can learn in the darndest places!
One-year-old is looking for love.
What if 9/11 had caused us to unite under the banner of freedom rather than abandoning our principles?
Havanese mix is ready to go home with you.
A personal request for musical options for a 13-year-old saxophone and clarinet player.
It's impossible to run a successful business in today’s ever-changing market if you don’t make plans, strategize, line all your ducks up in a row, and stay ahead of the game.
Cher only weighs about five pounds, so she would be best suited to a home with gentle, older children or small dogs.
We may be squeezing blood out of a turnip when we ask that ALL students reach proficiency in reading and math.
A simple “I saw you running this morning” gives me the confirmation that I’m doing something good for myself, and reminding someone else to get out there and get moving too!
Women interested in cultivating their creativity through writing, painting, photography, digital art or other media are invited to participate in a very special group beginning in September.
Fig, the perfect family dog, is ready and waiting at Kritter Kamp Rescue.
A little communication can be a beautiful thing.
Coaching gets you from functional to fantastic.
Gardening and good soil are my family's legacy.
California ranks near the bottom among the 50 states in per-pupil education funding, but DonorsChoose.org can help lessen the inequities.
Twitter became the social 'wingman' I needed in order to get out there and meet new people.
I believe, like Thomas Jefferson did, that every student should have access to a free education. We need adequate funding from the state to make that happen.
Yet another new technology has entered my life. I'm not sure it's such a good thing. What do you think?
Don't tell them, but sometimes I think of my kids as little monkeys.
A church's message board suggests that "God" is necessary to govern correctly. Really?
Whatever happened to affordable colleges in California?
Don't assume having your kids stay in a single sex dorm room will deter them from having sex or drinking. It won’t.
Pick out a local event to train for to get you motivated and out the door this summer.
Every time there's progress in the fight to allow gay marriage, there are stories that show the progress isn't real. When will it end?
How the story of an undocumented Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist touched me as an American and as an immigrant
Thousands of our Elk Grove children play soccer every year. Yet my own soccer fanatic thinks it's too boring to watch on television. Why?
Teachers might only officially work 180 days a year, but does that mean the remainder of the year is "vacation"?
I learned at least one lesson from the death of Ryan Boyd, the 16-year-old killed in a car accident Saturday.
Perhaps the solution to the Alexandra Wallace controversy lies not in anger or in public condemnation but in open dialogue.