The Bay Area seems to be teeming with singers. That may be a reflection of the presence of the San Francisco Opera, one of the largest houses in North America, and its cultivation of both singers and opera lovers, or it may be just a quirky feature of a population that loves stories, accepts artifice and applauds the wildly dramatic. Whatever the reason, in the Bay Area, Opera Rules. About the proposed dog park and the possibility of dog...

Jockeys apparently rode in later and cast their lot. The following is taken from A Dictionary of American Regional English. A 1939 entry explains “County Court day here is the second Monday of each month, and at this time every man in the county who can comes in to ‘Jockey Lot,’ to talk and trade? guns, watches, knives, harnesses, wagons, horses, mules and dogs? anything and everything that can be ‘swapped’ or sold...

“We don’t get a lot of denials,” said Ralph Demicco, owner of Riley’s Guns in Hooksett. “I know nationally, it’s reported there are thousands and thousands of them. We don’t see it. This is kind of neat in the sense that it a small step toward taking a bit of waste and re purposing it. The initial competition, the team has implemented several test installations to spread the word about its idea. As a...

The frontrunner here in the Android ecosystem is Samsung’s new Galaxy Tab S2. In terms of performance, this tablet is a strong contender. But the shining gem of this tablet is the gorgeous and unparalleled Super AMOLED display. Closing costs are a sliver of the typical, thousands of dollars needed for cash out mortgage refinancing, $99 at TD for application fee. But lenders often have other fees and conditions other than a strong credit...

Next, the company had to figure out how to produce the razor at the right price. “We had to say ‘How do we do this at ruthless cost?'” Carvalho said. P scrutinized the smallest details. With Harry Kane out via ankle injury, Dele Alli has instantly become the most ownable option from the Tottenham attack. He has three goals and an assist in his last three matches making him the fourth most form player in the goal game. Also,...