Dear Eric: I’ve been good friends with a woman for about five years now; we live abroad. However, I am not and never have been a huge fan…
Read more Asking Eric: Friend wants to ‘divorce’ friend’s boorish husbandDear Eric: I’m in my early 30s and seeing a really great guy. He checks a lot of boxes for me and I’m happy with him. My boyfriend…
Read more Asking Eric: Boyfriend says ‘I love you’ but won’t commitDear Eric: I have been taking dance classes from the same instructor for years. There are a number of us students who would like to see more technique,…
Read more Asking Eric: Dance student wants to advance without insulting instructorDear Eric: I’m 61, widowed, and still work full time as a registered nurse in a very busy hospice house. I lost my husband four years ago, and…
Read more Asking Eric: After years of moving, widow doesn’t know where to go in retirementMEXICO CITY — President Trump’s order of a partial blockade on oil tankers going to and from Venezuela and his claim that Caracas stole “oil, land other assets” from the…
Read more ‘We want it back’: Trump asserts U.S. claims to Venezuelan oil and landFor most American infants, the hepatitis B shot comes just before their first bath, in the blur of pokes, prods and pictures that attend a 21st century hospital…
Read more What the Trump administration’s hepatitis B vaccine rollback means for CaliforniaEVEN WEBSITES, WE SEARCH ONLINE. WE’RE ALL LEAVING BEHIND A DIGITAL FOOTPRINT TO CREATE THAT DATA. PRETTY EASY TO ERASE. IT CAN BE REALLY TOUGH, AND THAT TRAIL…
Read more Managing your digital footprint: Tips for online privacyBurmese pythons are expanding their territory north along Florida’s Gulf Coast, with sightings becoming more frequent in areas beyond the Everglades. Wade Gardener recently captured one of these…
Read more Burmese pythons expand their reach along Florida’s Gulf CoastOnce Thanksgiving is over, leftovers are the gifts that keep on giving. But before you reach for another plate, it’s important to know how long it’s actually safe…
Read more Read before you reheat: The real deadline for eating, storing Thanksgiving leftoversOnce Thanksgiving is over, leftovers are the gifts that keep on giving. But before you reach for another plate, it’s important to know how long it’s actually safe…
Read more Read before you reheat: The real deadline for eating, storing Thanksgiving leftoversDear Eric: I allowed the daughter of a cousin, with whom I am not close, to move in with me while she finishes college. When she moved in…
Read more Asking Eric: Messy housemate gives host silent treatmentDear Eric: The home next door is vacant. I think it is a rental property. There is a huge tree in the front yard that is coming over…
Read more Asking Eric: Neighbor’s vacant home threatens propertyDear Eric: My 40-year-old daughter and spouse live in an apartment with their children. Both were raised in clean, tidy homes. I know they have always paid the…
Read more Asking Eric: Daughter’s clutter keeps getting her kicked out of apartmentsDear Eric: My 35-year-old niece married a 45-year-old man with two teenage kids in a small ceremony. I have always been close with her. My sister and my…
Read more Asking Eric: Niece grows distant from family after weddingFor decades, rolling blackouts and urgent calls for energy conservation were part of life in California — a reluctant summer ritual almost as reliable as the heat waves…
Read more California made it through another summer without a Flex Alert. Thank batteries, experts sayDear Eric: I’m in my 60s and have a crippling disease that kept me housebound for nearly five years. My daughter moved back home around that time after…
Read more Asking Eric: After medical miracle, daughter is angry about mom’s travelDear Eric: I am the mother of a wild child. The other day, she ran into our house and asked for a Band-Aid because her friend scraped his…
Read more Asking Eric: Good Samaritan gets hefty reward for first aidDear Eric: I’m a 64-year-old male and I have a 59-year-old girlfriend of a couple years. My perception is that my girlfriend is constantly seeking attention from other…
Read more Asking Eric: Girlfriend loves whiskey and other menPresident Trump warned the country’s top ranking military officials Tuesday that they could be headed to “war” with U.S. citizens, signaling a major escalation in the ongoing legal…
Read more Trump wants to use U.S. cities as military ‘training grounds.’ Can judges stop him?Having your mouth taped shut is the stuff of nightmares — but some people are doing just that to themselves. And in an attempt to sleep better, no…
Read more Some people tape their mouths shut at night. Doctors wish they wouldn’t