DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have an ongoing debate with my hubby over how to eat popcorn. Although I know this could be considered a subject of little importance and there might not be anything official to say about this, it has become a small "bone of contention" in our family.  

The Oakland-based school expects enrollment to double after new building opens in Fall 2009  

AFTER six hours of uninterrupted standing, an almost painful smile plastered to my face, I begin to feel the throbbing in my shoulders and calves.  

From the beginning, Hillary Clinton has campaigned as if the Democratic nomination were hers by divine right. That's why she is falling short — and that's why she should be persuaded to quit now, rather than later, before her majestic sense of entitlement splits the party along racial lines.  

n Local businesses encouraged to display peace symbol  

HAYWARD — After dropping the opening game of the best-of-3 series, the Chabot College baseball team had its back against the wall against a determined Modesto club.