POLITICO • 28th December 2025

No deal, no defiance: UC's Trump fight grinds on, leaving UCLA in limbo

School officials and the Trump administration have been at a standstill for months over $584 million in research grants.

POLITICO • 17th October 2025

'For better or worse': How California’s antisemitism bill became a proxy for the war in Gaza

The controversial bill forced a no-win choice on lawmakers: Fight antisemitism or protect classroom freedoms.

POLITICO • 12th September 2025

California's sex abuse law caused a ‘feeding frenzy.’ Lawmakers can't find a fix.

Signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2019, the law has cost school districts and counties billions of dollars.

POLITICO • 20th April 2025

This high school course is dividing districts across California

The fight over ethnic studies is creating a quiet headache for Gov. Gavin Newsom.

POLITICO • 22nd August 2024

‘Nobody Ever Stood Up for Her’: Kamala Harris’ Early Skill in Sex Crimes Cases Defined Her Career

As a young prosecutor, Harris was given unusual responsibility over some of the most difficult cases.

POLITICO • 4th September 2023

An effort to ban caste discrimination in California has touched a nerve

California would be the first state to explicitly ban the practice, but the process has been divisive.

Patch • 13th August 2021

'Not Just A Language': The Fight To Save Cantonese At Stanford

Stanford didn't renew the contract of its only Cantonese lecturer, so students and alumni started a movement to preserve the language there.

Patch • 6th July 2021

Amid Rise In Anti-Asian Hate, KTSF Keeps The Bay Area Informed

KTSF, the Bay Area's Chinese-language news station, is uniquely positioned to cover the recent rise in anti-Asian hate.

Patch • 9th March 2021

South Bay School District Copes With Recall, Frustrated Parents

Some Cupertino parents unhappy over a slow reopening plan in the high-performing school district have taken matters into their own hands.

Los Altos Town Crier • 5th February 2021

‘I was just really scared’: Draeger’s Market employees sound alarm on COVID-19 outbreak

Draeger’s Market in Los Altos was found to have violated safety protocols and failed to protect its employees against the spread of COVID-19, which may have led to a major outbreak last summer that included transmission among employees.

Los Altos Town Crier • 19th August 2020

Los Altos developer approved for major housing projects facing multiple lawsuits

A Los Altos-based luxury real estate developer recently approved by the city to build two housing complexes faces multiple lawsuits alleging breach of contract on construction projects and a failure to return payments to investors.

Palo Alto Weekly • 10th August 2018

Former Palo Altans trade Silicon Valley lifestyle for better 'quality of life' elsewhere

Reasons that attract people to city could be same reasons why they flee.

Palo Alto Weekly • 9th March 2018

Startups that are beating the odds

How Palo Alto's fastest-growing startups went from pipe dreams to success.

Palo Alto Weekly • 18th July 2017

How Silicon Valley is inventing the future of cars

With the advent of self-driving cars, has Silicon Valley, and especially the Palo Alto area, become the new Detroit?

POLITICO Pro • 10th September 2025

California lawmaker holds controversial bill on financial toll of sex assault claims

The measure faced late opposition from victims' rights groups.

POLITICO Pro • 4th September 2025

Bill to regulate some California charter schools stalls after talks break down

The measure was met with strong backlash from charter school advocates.

POLITICO Pro • 4th September 2025

California lawmakers consider major changes to bill addressing antisemitism in schools

The proposal still faces several hurdles ahead of Sept. 12 deadline.

POLITICO • 7th May 2025

California lawmakers are bracing for a $10B-plus budget hole — without federal cuts

Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders are now flying blind into budget crunch time, as tariffs and a lack of tax receipts are stoking financial uncertainty.

POLITICO • 10th April 2025

Trump administration begins interviewing UC faculty as part of antisemitism probe

The outreach is happening after the university complied with a subpoena for employees’ personal information.

POLITICO • 4th December 2025

The University of California says it wants justice for messy rollout of pension system. Contractors call it revenge.

The university sued contractors it hired to overhaul one of the largest pension plans in the country.

POLITICO • 11th November 2025

Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point closes tour at UC Berkeley, testing free speech roots

The event, which was marked by protests, was the final stop on the conservative group’s national tour.

POLITICO Pro • 6th November 2025

UC union goes on attack over hospital projects amid layoffs and contract talks

University Professional and Technical Employees, which represents thousands of workers, is currently threatening to strike.

POLITICO Playbook • 21st October 2025

Faculty union targets Jewish political money

Jewish advocacy groups and politicians in California are raising alarms over what they say is a growing effort by some on the left to exclude prominent Jewish donors from contributing to candidates for public office.

POLITICO • 20th September 2025

‘It’s a capitulation’: Berkeley grieves as its university bends to Trump

Berkeley is in upheaval after Trump turned his attention from East Coast universities to the West.

POLITICO Playbook • 7th August 2025

Why California gave a private arts school $20 million

Even in good times, California typically isn’t in the business of subsidizing private schools. So, it was odd when earlier this year, as a yawning deficit was blowing a hole in the state’s budget, Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers gifted a small private arts college in San Francisco a $20 million lifeline it may not have even needed.

POLITICO • 11th July 2025

Deferral or default? In budget deal, California universities left to wait and hope

Lawmakers are deferring funds, offering only a pledge to make the universities whole in 2026.

POLITICO • 25th June 2025

California Democrats wage internal war over Gavin Newsom's late push to build more housing

Governor is drawing heavy resistance to his housing development proposal.

POLITICO Playbook • 12th May 2025

The Trump factor in the state budget

Gov. Gavin Newsom and other California Democrats have been quick to blame this year’s anticipated budget woes on the blanket tariffs President Donald Trump has imposed and his administration’s funding cuts to safety net programs.

POLITICO • 13th April 2025

How bad is California’s housing crisis? A first-in-the-nation bill would let students live in cars.

The Democratic proposal comes as the party looks to focus on cost-of-living issues.

POLITICO • 26th August 2024

California Dems want to help undocumented immigrants buy homes – during presidential race

The proposal may get caught up in the political crossfires of the presidential election.

POLITICO • 20th July 2024

California Democrats are rallying around Donald Trump for this reason

A proposal in the California State Legislature would allow candidates and lawmakers to spend more on personal security.

POLITICO Playbook • 25th June 2024

Why the ACLU is fighting automatic voter registration

It’s not often the ACLU finds itself at odds with like-minded grassroots advocacy groups on the topic of expanding voter registration.

POLITICO • 22nd April 2024

Airport security line cutters are target of first-in-the-nation California bill

A proposed law would go after the expedited security screening company CLEAR.

POLITICO Playbook • 7th March 2024

Why a Dem signed onto a GOP bill

State. Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil is in her first term and the Democrat from Jackson keeps finding ways to break with her party. Alvarado-Gil — who voted with Republicans last year against gun legislation and Gov. Gavin Newsom’s effort to cap oil industry profits — is now bucking her colleagues on homelessness.

Los Angeles Daily News • 14th October 2022

LA City Council heads into weekend under cloud of scandal-fueled uncertainty

The Los Angeles City Council enters the weekend in a state of unprecedented uncertainty, with fallout from the City Hall racism scandal continuing.