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

Though I often work on and even build desktop computers, I haven’t had much occasion to work on laptops, even though I own three of them.

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

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.

Hey, readers: Where do you recycle your batteries?

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.

After 14 years of construction and more than $30 million, Daryl Sattui’s dream, Castello di Amorosa winery, is open for tours and tasting in Calistoga by appointment.

Some say that your life is the sum of all your experiences. I buy that.