Teachers across the Bay area turned over their classrooms Wednesday to hundreds of parents and volunteers who talked about what they do, what they love and the role education has played in their lives. ...more

November 19, 2009

The shrill din of teenage shrieks filling the Florida Strawberry Festival stadium Sunday night didn't sound much different from the one that might greet the Jonas Brothers. But the cheers were for Taylor Swift, and they were less adulation and more identification. ...more

March 2, 2009

What Rodel Laborte could not forget was the screaming of fellow passengers. ...more

June 25, 2008

In 1969, on my first day as a graduate student at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, I heard as I strolled across campus a noise I could not decipher. ...more

January 6, 2008

Debbie Kelley woke up Wednesday morning to the shrieks of a desperate woman. ...more

November 29, 2007

Most people see Thanksgiving as a day set aside to muse on the blessings in their life, but not me. ...more

November 22, 2007

From the sound of the shrieks, Christmas will no doubt pale in comparison to Monday's Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus concert for many of the youngsters in attendance. ...more

November 20, 2007