The battle between a yoga teacher and the city of San Diego is heating up.

Steve Hubbard, known as "NamaSteve," recently filed a third lawsuit alleging the city has violated his rights by citing him for teaching free public yoga classes.

And in a separate ongoing civil case, the city has issued nearly two dozen subpoenas seeking a broad array ...Read more

It’s tempting to ignore Megyn Kelly’s latest rant, given her long and storied history of inane rants.

From insisting back in 2013 that both Jesus and Santa are white (despite Jesus Christ being born in the Middle East and Santa being born in your imagination), to downplaying sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes because his victims were ...Read more

Dear Anna,

I’ve been messaging someone I met on a dating app for about three weeks, and we finally have our first date this weekend. We’ve had some really fun conversations, and I’m genuinely excited to meet her. The other night she mentioned that she’d been reading a book she loved, but her library hold expired before she could finish ...Read more

I'd like to congratulate Mel Brooks on making it to the age of 100, but I'm not sure I want to duplicate his achievement.

I try not to focus on aging, not that there's anything wrong with getting older. But sometimes I feel exhausted by the daily trials of modern living, and I'm not sure I can manage 27 more years of it.

I'm writing this ...Read more

When Superbells calibrachoas made their debut, no one could have imagined where we would be today, not only in colors but with the addition of double-flowered selections. Last year Superbells Double Vintage Coral made its debut with an incredible nostalgic look, but with a color that is ever so rare in the garden.

This year a tip of the hat ...Read more

About 10 years ago, when I was in the first few years of running my business, I was working out of a co-working space. A great place to get work done … and meet people. I remember very clearly when someone I met at the office asked if I’d like to have dinner. I thought it was a nice gesture, and I know how hard it is to muster up the courage...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Gen Xers watched dial-up phones shrink to pocket size; typewriters turn into touch screens; and appointment TV give way to streaming binges.

But Bicentennial babies are a special group of Xers. Born in 1976, they are celebrating a milestone birthday this year right along with the country. As America turns 250, they are turning ...Read more

When his father was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer in 2025, William Morrison immediately went into caregiving mode.

“We were in the hospital every day,” he said. “I was really playing the intermediary between the medical staff and our family and kind of helping have those conversations and push for those answers.”

One in 10 ...Read more

The morning of July 4th is so quiet around here, you might wonder if the entire subdivision entered the witness protection program.

But around 9, garage doors start rolling up. Bicycles, ride toys, wagons and strollers emerge as Operation Decoration begins. Red, white and blue streamers wrap handlebars, balloons are anchored to Big Wheels and ...Read more

Dear Kid Whisperer,

I came to see a parent workshop you did, and I used the strategies that you taught. It has changed my life and my relationship with my daughter. The problem is, I am divorced from her father, who has shared custody. He doesn’t have these strategies; he is mean, and he yells at her a lot. I try to tell him how to do what I ...Read more

Q. My son’s father and I separated eight months ago and it’s taken a while for us to get adjusted. One thing I have noticed is that my son is very unorganized around the house, and his teacher recently told me he is very unorganized at school. I have trouble getting him to settle down and do his homework. He’s also very forgetful and doesn...Read more

Every so often, when dirt, grime and mildew build up, a good power washing is in order. But it would be too messy, so I took a shower.

I had the house power-washed instead.

It had been a long time since our humble abode got such a thorough cleaning. Before that, it was the same mold story: I was responsible for getting the green gunk off the ...Read more

When former President Barack Obama addressed the massive, merry crowd at the Obama Presidential Center dedication ceremony on June 18, a few lines landed like a balm.

“For us to give up, for us to give in now, after all this country has been through, to cynicism and division would be a betrayal of our founding ideals, a betrayal of our faith....Read more

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- This time last year, Lee Carter was unemployed and unsure what a longtime barista fresh off a shattered dream could do with those skills.

He found the answer in a new St. Paul coffee shop that’s giving away its product in hopes of raising money to build a business tied to a bigger mission. The mission has become the name of...Read more

As a card-carrying member of the Sons of the Republic of Texas, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on the Shadowland Giant Lone Star hosta.

Shadowland Giant Lone Star has winner written all over it. It is large and has thick leaves. When 12 straight days of rain brought out a rainforest of slugs and other forest floor creatures, the bane of ...Read more

CHICAGO -- We all have scars. Some are more visible than others.

One recent afternoon on the Chicago's North Side, Ben Wahhh was in the process of removing a scar from the lower back of a 41-year-old woman named Ella Nelson.

Her scar was in the form of a name, seven letters — P-A-T-R-I-C-K — slightly faded since it was tattooed on her back...Read more

Dear Anna,

I’m a bi/pan woman who’s been married to my husband for 11 years. I’ve always known I wasn’t straight but never explored it much. I had one relationship with a woman early on, and that was it. I’m not looking to open my marriage or date other people. I just want to find ways to honor this part of myself that’s always been...Read more

CHICAGO -- Sparked by her deep passion for Harry Potter, Akshara Rajan’s interest in Latin expanded as she delved into the language at Walter Payton College Preparatory High School. She’d chosen the Near North Side-based high school in part because of its robust curriculum and extracurriculars dedicated to the ancient language.

As Rajan and...Read more

CHICAGO -- Maureen Cleary likens the love lives of the African penguins at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo to a soap opera. Pilchard and Maynard would probably be the couple starring in such a drama, said the zoological manager of birds.

The same-sex duo arrived in 2016 as additions to the zoo’s newly opened penguin habitat, Cleary said. Maynard, ...Read more

CHICAGO — When the painter Shane-Jahi Jackson was researching the employment records of Pullman porters and maids during his time as an artist-in-residence at the Newberry Library, he had no idea he would find a personal connection.

“I got down to the last two boxes, and I came across my family name,” he said. “And I know it was my ...Read more