About 200 Stanford graduates staged a walkout during Sundar Pichai’s commencement address, protesting Google's Project Nimbus ties.

Milpitas Unified reassigned long-time Pomeroy principal Nichol Klein in March; Klein has filed a retaliation claim and parents and staff are pressing the district for answers.

A court‑approved second distribution from the $725M Facebook privacy settlement is set for June; some claimants who cashed earlier payments may receive extra money.

A Willow Glen dog owner says a coyote snapped inches from her dog, prompting an advisory from Santa Clara Vector Control and renewed caution in the neighborhood.

San Mateo County’s Jan. 29 count found 2,240 people experiencing homelessness; shelter placements rose while unsheltered totals held steady. The county says shelter capacity has expanded and hundreds moved into permanent housing since 2024.

A blind East Bay pastor says rideshare drivers repeatedly canceled when they saw his guide dog, leaving him stranded and prompting calls for better training.

Alum Rock trustees approved an 18‑month study to explore rebuilding the burned MACSA youth center in East San Jose. Community advocates rallied, but funding is the main hurdle.

Foster City's rebuilt Community Center is entering its final testing phase after PG&E connected permanent power. Vendor applications and council approvals are on the summer calendar.

Mountain View's SentinelOne will cut roughly 8% of its staff and take a one‑time charge as it pivots investment toward AI, cloud and data.

Clarence B. Jones, Martin Luther King Jr.’s lawyer and speech co‑writer, died May 22 in Cupertino at 95. He co‑founded USF’s Institute for Nonviolence and earned a Presidential Medal of Freedom.

The state’s new HOPE program seeds $3,000 trust accounts for eligible foster youth and children who lost a caregiver to COVID. Applications and pilot sign‑ups are rolling out this spring.

A longtime Broadcom engineer says she was labeled "difficult" and fired after 26 years; she filed suit in Santa Clara County alleging gender-based harassment and reputational harm.

A split over noise and access heads to Tuesday’s Parks & Rec meeting as Palo Alto weighs converting tennis courts at Mitchell Park into more pickleball courts. The debate has drawn strong letters from neighbors and a funding offer from the local pickleball club.