This past weekend my parents and some other retired people I know received letters from the Social Security Administration stating that this coming year their benefits were going to be cut. ...more

February 7, 2010

The calendar may say it's the end of the Christmas season, but the shopping isn't over yet. ...more

December 26, 2009

Civilian Mounted Patrol was seen regularly during the bulk of the Christmas shopping season. ...more

December 22, 2009

Gifts for the men in your life. ...more

December 21, 2009

Easy ways to entertain this holiday season ...more

December 17, 2009

Lisa Westerman got her first taste of Black Friday 2009 shortly after midnight. That's when she got to Toys R Us at The Grove at Wesley Chapel shopping center. ...more

November 28, 2009

Black Friday kicked off holiday shopping with a bang across the Bay area as retailers bent over backward to help shoppers navigate deals (even while they stood in line) and small stores emulated the big boys by opening even earlier. ...more

November 28, 2009

The phrase "sleep when you're dead" can easily apply to Black Friday shoppers. ...more

November 28, 2009

The flocks of eager shoppers flooding through the front doors before the crack of dawn is a sight best suited for the big box stores. ...more

November 27, 2009

Black Friday started with a bang across the Bay area as retailers reached out to pre-dawn shoppers, helping them navigate deals even while they stood in line and taking their cue from big-box stores and mall anchors to open earlier than ever. ...more

November 27, 2009