Fear of failure held me back from being a DIYer for many years, especially after a few early attempts at home improvement projects went awry.

We have seen across all genders a very healthy increase in home improvement projects, particularly those geared toward the inside of the home.

Cleaning cat litter is an unpleasant daily chore for me, but the DuraScoop makes it much less unpleasant.

My idea of a traditional holiday - the right way to do it - goes back to the days when gift-giving meant sharing homemade things: hand-knit sweaters, carved wooden toys, smoked meats and the like.

For a city our size, we probably do more capital improvement projects than any other city in California. If you look at all the designs and construction, it's a tremendous amount of work.

We are going to identify any capital improvement projects that need to be done to keep our buildings safe.