Dear Abby: Relationship with MIL a minefield

When I asked her to leave, she started crying and said, “I’m so disappointed that my first-born married such an awful human ...

Dear Abby: Relations with my MiL are at a new low

Dear Abby: My relationship with my mother-in-law has been rocky for the nine years I’ve been married to her daughter. She has ...

Dear Abby: Family rift forms after great-grandparent misses special moment

In today’s Dear Abby, a great-grandparent says they’ll never forgive themselves after missing the birth of their ...

Dear Abby: I forgot that a baby can be born early, and I made a big mistake

DEAR ABBY: When I was invited to see the birth of my great-grandchild, I said yes.

Dear Abby: Relationship with mother-in-law plunges to new low

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA ...

Asking Eric: How do I deal with a mother-in-law who thinks we’re too rich?

This friend was like a sister to me, and I was crushed with her ghosting and punishment of me and my family, who also loved ...

Two-bedroom home sells for $1.2 million in Pleasanton

The property in the 1900 block of Rheem Drive in Pleasanton was sold on Sept. 9, 2025 for $1,150,000, or $778 per square foot ...

East Bay shooting wounds 9-year-old boy; 17-year-old arrested

Gunfire in Antioch hospitalized a 9-year-old boy Sunday, and officers arrested a 17-year-old on suspicion of the shooting, police said.

Death of Setti Warren prompts outpouring from local politicians, leaders: ‘Massachusetts lost a light’

Setti Warren was my mayor, my friend, and an exemplar to everyone of public service," Representative Jake Auchincloss wrote.