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Style

Who needs a calendar? It’s the shopping season

NEW YORK — Got calendar confusion? The date says it’s officially summer, but vacations are over and kids are headed back to school. — and, yes, that is Halloween candy…

Lanvin is H&M’s newest partner

NEW YORK — Lanvin will be the next high-fashion house to become a partner of fast-fashion retailer H&M. The joint collection, featuring womenswear and menswear, will go on sale Nov….

Levi’s new Curve ID line aims to give women the feel and look of custom-designed jeans

For the past 18 months, the folks at Levi Strauss & Co. have studied women around the world, conducting thousands of interviews and looking at 60,000 body scans of females…

Those with goals are turning more often to coaching professionals to achieve them

If you want to plant a garden, cook what you grow, find a husband, be a better husband, get a baby to sleep, get along with a teenager, get that…

Politics

SF Supreme Court Set To Hear Calif. Furlough Case

The California Supreme Court is set to grapple at a hearing in San Francisco Wednesday with whether the governor has the power to furlough tens of thousands of state workers…

Obama Calling For More Infrastructure Spending

President Barack Obama is asking Congress to approve at least $50 billion in long-term investments in the nation’s roads, railways and runways in a pre-election effort to show he’s trying…

Obama Assails GOP, Promotes New Jobs Program

A combative President Barack Obama rolled out a long-term jobs program Monday that would exceed $50 billion to rebuild roads, railways and runways, and coupled it with a blunt campaign-season…


Editorials

‘Skyscraperman’ Dan Goodwin Arrested After Climbing Millennium Tower

​Update, 6:30 p.m.: Police have identified today’s Millennium Tower climber as Dan Goodwin. See below for more details. The San Francisco Police Department confirmed that a climber calling …

Food & Wine

Labor Day cooking

Fire up the grill for this collection of al fresco fare. With recipes for grilled meats and vegetables, plus accompanying sides, these summer dishes will step up Labor Day barbecue….

Arts & Entertainment

Explore The Evolution Of Oprah

With the one-year countdown to the end of Oprah Winfrey’s talk show beginning this week, let’s take a look back at how the media giant has evolved her image over…

Health

Some states suing Obama administration also claim health subsidies

WASHINGTON — More than half a dozen states suing to overturn President Barack Obama’s health care law also are claiming its subsidies for covering retired state government employees, according to…

Startups

Free-range Friday: tablets, Yahoo on your TV, Vox

• Tablet watch: More competitors to Apple’s iPad are rolling out, including Samsung’s Galaxy Tab, announced yesterday, and the Toshiba Folio, announced today. Both tablets run on the Android OS.The…


Living Green

Green tips: Use, recharge, use again

Use, recharge, use again According to Keen for Green, we Americans throw out nearly 180,000 tons of batteries each year. Only 14,000 tons are rechargeable batteries; the rest are single-use….

Crime

Police Seek Suspects In Pacifica Home Invasion

The Pacifica Police Department is seeking three suspects in connection with a home invasion and robbery that occurred Sunday night. The victims of the robbery were not injured during the…

Baseball

A’s Beat: Vin Mazzaro sent to Triple-A

Seldom are players demoted in September – rosters have expanded, so such a move looks like a slap in the face. When the A’s sent down right-hander Vin Mazzaro on…

Basketball

U.S. grinds out a win against gritty Slovenia

An arena that was nearly covered in Slovenian green grew louder with every U.S. miss. Playing a rare early game, the United States had stalled after a quick start, and…

Football

49er rookies gear up for Seattle’s sound and fury

Crank up artificial crowd noise from loud speakers on the practice field. Call an audible just as a Southwest Airlines flight to Albuquerque roars overhead from the airport next door….