When Sydney met Frank

When Sydney met Frank, how friendship became a movie
DIRECTOR Sydney Pollack sure can do a lot on weekends. For a project he took up during his spare time for five years, he hasn't done too poorly with "Sketches of Frank Gehry.

Grief is father

Grief is father of invention: baby car seat
Some inventions are born out of hard work and analytical thinking. Others strike like a bolt of lightning. Janusz Liberkowski's most recent invention came from love -- and grief.

Naked Guy

`Naked Guy' apparently kills himselfAndrew Martinez, the South Bay man who gained national notoriety as the ``Naked Guy'' when he insisted on walking around nude in Berkeley in the early 1990s, has died, the apparent victim of suicide.

Bill

Bill addresses deportation appealsAs Congress weighs immigration reform, public attention has been fixed on whether to erect a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border and what to do about a guest-worker program.

Governor battered

Governor battered by border fightGov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is finding out just how hard it is to take a centrist view on the polarizing issue of sending National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. Post a Comment

North American box office

"Poseidon" sinks at North American box office
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The $160 million disaster film "Poseidon" capsized on its maiden voyage in North America, allowing Tom Cruise's struggling sequel "Mission: Impossible III" to retain the weekend box office crown.

School's in session

If school's in session, so is crime
In an effort to provide a better education to students, the Oakland Unified School District adopted a policy a few years ago of breaking up large, unwieldy high schools into smaller, more manageable campuses.

Schwarzenegger proposes more spending

Schwarzenegger proposes more spending -- and more saving
California's rich are getting richer -- and that's good news for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, teachers and those who would like to see the state show some fiscal restraint.

Cash's final

Cash's final song to appear on "American V"
NEW YORK (Billboard) - "Like the 309," the last song written by Johnny Cash before his death, will be included on "American V: A Hundred Highways."