Going Out, Staying In Tips

Want to get out and make a night of it? Or just stay home and chill out? Whatever your plans, here are a few tips from The Chronicle's Datebook staff on what to do with your evening, from a great new movie to see to an...

Relative calls for witnesses to step forward to identify suspects on surveillance tape in Theater District slaying

REVERE -- A relative of the Army veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan who was fatally shot last month in Boston’s Theater District urged people today to contact police if they know the young men whose images were captured by a surveillance camera fleeing the area. Andrea Marston, 42, a cousin of the father of the victim, Stephen Perez, 22, said today outside the family home that anyone who can help ...

Three iMessage tips you need to know

These tricks will help you get the most out of Apple's messaging service. Originally posted at How To

Tips for 'techorating' -- blending technology and decorating

Long, long ago — say, back in the ’90s — style dictated hiding our bulky TV sets behind doors.

Inside the List

Toni Morrison, whose novel “Home” enters the hardcover fiction list at No. 9 this week, remembers being confronted by a stark image of race relations as a freshman at Howard University.