Brian Dea

Keep on rucking; exercise trend is packing in hiking aficionados There are a number of beautiful spots to go hiking in the Bay Area but for some, just walking the trails is not enough. "You could ruck on a dog walk, you can ruck in between your kid's baseball games, you can ruck with a friend," is how Bria Ruben described her workout routine. Ruben is part of Ruck Evolution, a group that offers training sessions while enjoying the outdoors.

A man who began working as a ballboy for the Warriors when the franchise moved to San Francisco from Philadelphia in 1962 still has a front-row seat six decades later as the team's longtime clock operator. It was the chance of a lifetime when 13-year-old Jim Maher got a job with the new basketball team in town, even though most San Francisco sports fans' interest was elsewhere. "It was bad timing.