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The free-agency period had been open for a few days in early August, and Trent Baalke, the San Francisco 49ers' first-year general manager, was being hammered on all fronts.

A superstar broke through at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on Sunday, but not the one everyone had anticipated.

Many golfers hit tons of range balls in an attempt to improve, but once you have your swing down it's time to develop shot making skills.

Johnny Lomanto's house on Valley View Road is like any other house. It has a living room, a kitchen and a cement walkway. It's normal.

Every once in a while my sweet tooth will get the best of me and I will crave a dessert without really being able to put my finger on it. Last weekend, I wanted to bake something so a friend suggested I find something to use the Grand Marnier he had bought recently. But when I looked up a few recipes, there were lots of them for complicated soufflés or cakes that required special equipment that he did not have in his basic baking supply arsenal. We decided against baking something and settled instead at picking up a few sweet things at a bakery in Santa Clara.

It doesn't take much in a scary movie to make me jump, which is probably why I don't watch too many scary movies. And a well-crafted scary movie doesn't need a lot of gory moments to be scary. Some of the best movies I've seen are the ones that keep me on the edge of my seat - and guessing about the twists and turns - without the blood. One of the scary movies to hit the screen recently is reminiscent of such movies as "The Others" and "The Haunting."

Santa Barbara Bank & Trust, which has branches in Hollister and San Juan Bautista, has raised its service fees and changed some of its account terms and conditions.