The 9 types of Facebook friends
Peter Hartlaub, Chronicle Pop Culture Critic
Like just about everyone who joins Facebook, I started an account two months ago hoping to reconnect with old friends, network within my chosen profession and find out which people from my high school are still hot....

ReadyMade magazine faces makeover in Iowa
Joe Garofoli, Chronicle Staff Writer
The story of ReadyMade magazine's employees finding themselves out of work is more than just another sad, changing media landscape story. After all, editors of the Berkeley do-it-yourself magazine said the 8-year-old...

The Buzz: Siebel to fashion own maternity style
As the torrential rains finally died down, fashion went into overdrive with rebellious '80s looks dominating the New York runways and Oscar apparel speculation heating up. Of note closer to home: -- The Chron's City...

Couple united in their longtime activism
Louise Rafkin, Special to The Chronicle
This partnership screams "Obama-time." Beatrice Cardenas-Duncan, now 62, and her husband of 42 years, Joe (Vernon) Duncan, now 71, share a decadeslong history of labor organizing, campaigning in legislative elections...

Struttin' down the catwalk
This week Contra Costa Midrasha Benefit KGO's John Rothmann speaks at this event, which raises funds for Contra Costa Midrasha's program for Jewish teens. Includes speeches from students and a gourmet appetizer and...

Parties
The Emigre Community Gala raised funds for Jewish Family and Children's Services, which works to provide financial assistance, scholarships and internships for youths; care for frail seniors and support for victims of...

Glam notes, sexy textures rule N.Y. runways
Style asked a few fashion-obsessed San Franciscans who were attending New York Fashion Week - the twice-yearly see-and-be-seen event that paves the way to London, Milan and Paris - to share a few thoughts about the...

Nice Collective takes on New York Fashion Week
Franklin Melendez, Special to The Chronicle
After more than a decade avoiding the fashion fray, Ian Hannula and Joe Haller, the creative team behind cutting-edge label Nice Collective, finally took on the mainstream with their Fashion Week debut on Tuesday. Even...