Barry Salberg

They called it "the world's greatest radio station," and back then, when AM radio really meant something, it very well might have been. From the late 1950s throughout the '60s, KSFO dominated the San Francisco radio market with a heavyweight mix of personality, style and swagger like none other. No,...

It might have been some kind of world record. Almost eight minutes into the press conference for the upcoming AT&T Pebble National Pro-Am before the name Tiger Woods was even mentioned. And it came not from one of the media members in the audience, but from the outgoing Chairman of...

It's one of the preeminent old-guard, upscale communities in the West, one-time home to the legendary Crockers and Hearsts, later Bing Crosby, and now the likes of Charles Schwab. Mid-way between San Francisco and the top end of Silicon Valley, Hillsborough is also home to the longest continuously running auto...

It was something right out Herb Caen -- or maybe one of Pat Steger's society columns. Yeah, I know, unless you're a San Franciscan, you're probably not going to know those names, so let me hip you, and then we can move on. Herb was the dean of San Francisco...

The summer mornings can be cold -- even in paradise. Drizzly gray skies and heavy coastal air can play havoc with touch and distance, and cause some mean stingers on miss-hits. Oh, don't get me wrong, it's nowhere near as bad as the bone chilling fog or torrential downpours of...

He was a shoo-in Hall-of-Famer, the greatest wide receiver of all time, and some say the best all around football player ever. But it's been the better part of decade since he last suited up in the NFL, and next week, at age 47, Jerry Rice makes his pro golf...

They called it "The Clambake" -- a week long swing-fest and celebration of the high-life, with an official PGA tour stop thrown in to give it a little credence. The Bing Crosby Pro-Am -- it was the grande dame of celebrity golf tournaments and everyone from Sam Snead to Frank...