While there is still much hard work ahead, we are pleased with the early progress we are making in addressing read more

While there is still much hard work ahead, we are pleased with the early progress we are making in addressing in-stock levels, customer service and store traffic, ... Nearly all of our vendors have resumed shipments to us and in-stock levels in the stores have improved.

What we do here also affects the county -- and vice versa.

What we do here also affects the county -- and vice versa.

We're looking for a relatively good year in 2006, given that wages are up and the labor market is fairly read more

We're looking for a relatively good year in 2006, given that wages are up and the labor market is fairly tight.

Guys were in the right spot, my job is to hit them and find them in the right spot. It's read more

Guys were in the right spot, my job is to hit them and find them in the right spot. It's easy to play with guys when they put the ball in the basket.

The proximity of the Bay Area's 7 million residents places our local parks under intense pressure from residential development on read more

The proximity of the Bay Area's 7 million residents places our local parks under intense pressure from residential development on their boundaries. Such development disrupts the natural rhythm of the forest.

We wanted him to play. We thought we had a chance to have a decent team, and we knew he read more

We wanted him to play. We thought we had a chance to have a decent team, and we knew he was a big part of it.

Rulers do not reduce taxes to be kind. Expediency and greed create high taxation, and normally it takes an impending read more

Rulers do not reduce taxes to be kind. Expediency and greed create high taxation, and normally it takes an impending catastrophe to bring it down.

You definitely have to respect this place, as we learned in the past with my father and my grandfather – read more

You definitely have to respect this place, as we learned in the past with my father and my grandfather – both had a lot of unfortunate luck here.

And the shadows of tree-trunks and shadows of leaves Interlace with low voices and footsteps and sunlight To divide us read more

And the shadows of tree-trunks and shadows of leaves Interlace with low voices and footsteps and sunlight To divide us forever.