It's a bold move to address the harmful stereotypes that pervade culture and society. It's even bolder to openly protest them and then offer solutions to lessen their presence and power. That's just ...

When Gail Edwards, 72, better known as Danny Tanner's on-screen love interest Vicky Larson in Full House, showed up on set for her first week, she probably expected some sitcom small talk. Instead, ...

In the past few weeks, life felt pretty normal. A stroll on Stinson, Sunday hikes with friends, a few dinners at local restaurants. Things I’ve done throughout the decades I’ve lived here. You could ...

I didn’t watch it until last week, the video of the brutal and bloody arrest of 37-year-old Julio Jimenez Lopez last July in the Canal neighborhood. I watched it right after San Rafael city officials ...

There’s a house in the neighborhood that’s for sale, a three-bedroom, three-bath house that, by today’s standards, isn’t all that big — under 2,000-square feet. It’s listed at $1.8 million but ...

The struggle for workers’ rights and fair pay feels like an unending one, while the list of billionaires grows. Here’s Vicki Larson’s Perspective. I had a long-scheduled appointment at Kaiser just as ...

Cleaning out my closets recently, I came upon a junior high English project, an autobiography of sorts. At 14, I wrote how concerned I was about overpopulation, pollution and the Vietnam War, how ...

Vicki Larson shares her concerns about stepping into her new role as a mother-in-law. I have been called many things in my 68 years — daughter, sister, girlfriend, journalist, wife, mother, author, ...

One thing I never wanted to do when my kids were teens was go out of town. I knew what to expect — parties. And so I never did. Then one year all sorts of health stuff started happening to my parents ...

I was on the way to the dog park a few weeks ago, my typical morning routine, when a woman saw me coming down the pathway, waited and then stopped me. I’m being sexually trafficked, she told me, and I ...

Vicki Larson, courtesy of Kim Thompson Steel. How do you define a successful relationship? For Vicki Larson, it’s not just about a ring on your finger. We’re at the end of the so-called engagement ...

I am about to say something I ever thought I would say — I feel bad for Ted Cruz. The Texas Republican senator’s 14-year-old daughter was hospitalized with self-inflicted knife wounds last week that ...