California Senate offers 24-hour rides for lawmakers too drunk to drive
California Senate officials earlier this year hired two part-time employees to provide late-night and early-morning rides for members while they are in …
State schools chief Tom Torlakson touts experience in tight re-election battle
Gov. Jerry Brown was late, and the children in the audience were not the only ones growing restless. In the back of …
State schools chief challenger Marshall Tuck wants to change Sacramento, if he can get there
Marshall Tuck is an optimist. He must be to talk so confidently about when – not if – he becomes California’s next …
University of California steps up out-of-state recruiting
Last spring, representatives from the University of California, Davis, made 20 trips to China to encourage admitted students to accept their offer …
Bill would allow underage winemakers to sip and spit
The family business brought Holly Reynolds from a grape farm in Kansas to the renowned viticulture and enology department at the University …
‘Tobacco wars’ senators take aim at energy drinks
They are all “veterans of the tobacco wars,” as Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois put it. Over the years, they have …
Squeezed by the foreclosure crisis and booming Silicon Valley real estate, East Palo Alto confronts gentrification
In a region proudly defined by its tech industry and a network of millionaire entrepreneurs, East Palo Alto has always been outside …
Portola Valley artist’s giant sculptures shine at Google campus and across the country [VIDEO]
We tend to think of creating art as a private endeavor. The mind flashes to the lone painter on a hill, taking …
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Alexei Koseff is a multimedia journalist from Palo Alto, Calif. He attended Stanford University, where he majored in American Studies and minored …