Best of Bay Area Blogs: Alzheimer's Around the Holidays, Traffic Solutions and More

Our Northern California bloggers had a lot to say this week, from holidays to humor and self-driving cars to recovering from alcoholism. Check out some of our favorites below. 

Do you have a loved one with Alzheimer's or dementia? The holidays can be particularly challenging for that person, and this blog from San Bruno Patch will help you and the rest of the family keep things comfortable. 

This blogger on San Rafael Patch is looking at futuristic ways to deal with the Bay Area's traffic problems, including Google's self-driving car and more. 

Who is responsible for bed bug problems? Cities? Landlords? This Concord Patch blogger takes a look. It's not for the squeamish. 

It might be a mental illness, or it might be just stress. This Walnut Creek Patch blogger talks about how changing the definition can change the treatment, and a patient's attitude. 

Los Gatos Patch blogger Jim Van Camp talks about his recovery from alcoholism in Parts I and II of his ongoing series. It's a moving read, just in time for Thanksgiving (Van Camp also is the father of Los Gatos Patch editor Sheila Sanchez). 

This Campbell Patch blogger discusses our age of overabundance and how an inheritance of dishes and figurines isn't worth what it once was.