A royal pain

Months after Proposition B passed, the battle over the state’s dog-breeding regulations continues.

In 1952, an incredulous reporter asked movie star Ava Gardner what she saw in Frank Sinatra. “He’s just a 119-pound has-been!” the reporter said. Yes, said Gardner, but 19 pounds of that…

Eureka’s canid center stares down challenges on the verge of its 40th year.

Author Eric Jay Dolin reveals how we built this city on fur.

The Evening Whirl takes old-school crime fighting into a new era.

Lee Sandlin’s new book about life on the Mississippi in the early 19th century is more fun than ought to be legal. Back then, much of it wasn’t. The author talks about riparian theft. And orgies.

As Berry eats cake, let’s take a minute to remember when he started scaring the squares.

Jonathan Safran Foer, who will give a free lecture and book-signing at Washington University in St. Louis tonight, talks to SLM about his latest book, “Eating Animals.”