Can you imagine if we permanently closed down our beach parks like Sandy Beach, Hanauma Bay or Pipeline because of liability concerns? They remain open despite an average of 65 drownings in the ocean ...

So this guy goes to the doctor for back pain and the diagnosis is pretty awful: The patient is going to need spinal surgery again, for the third time in three years. Charles Fleming photo: With Steve ...

Finally, it is not just a matter of tourists being attracted to the Stairs; a great many of our local people have climbed the Stairs or hope to do so. From the summit, there is a new appreciation of ...

I call Stan Schwartz a “stair-ologist.” But he prefers a warmer, cuddlier term. “I’m a nerd,” says the 52-year-old system analyst for the earthquake computer at Caltech. “I studied the staircase in ...

One stair-tread down and 163 to go. That's how Kevin Beck, Astoria's Parks and Community Services director, describes the stair-tread he brought to the City Council meeting Monday. He said it's an ...

I have been spending a lot of time this summer in a stairwell. The stairs in the Lancaster city parking garage I frequent are hot, a little smelly and only offer concrete walls as a view. That’s not a ...