Black students reflect on black, white college experiences
Two students reflect on their experiences at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) and Predominantly White Institutions (PWI).
Features
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Making baseball history, sportswriter Susan Slusser is in her own league
If there could be a queen of baseball beat reporting, Susan Slusser would be it. Over the past 16 seasons, the Oakland A’s beat reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle has covered over 2,500 regular season games.
SPECIAL REPORT: Climate change comes home
Climate change is happening and though local governments in the Bay Area have begun to recognize extreme weather events, sea level rise, prolonged heat waves and drought, are they doing enough?
Volunteers spruce up Palo Alto’s El Carmelo Elementary School
On May 17 and 18, Beautiful Day — an organization that puts on community service events in Santa Clara County — partnered with El Carmelo Elementary in Palo Alto for a weekend of cleanup and remodeling.
For realist painter William Wilkerson, art has been his means of expression
From Orange County, Calif., William Wilkerson has perfected his craft in realism. Art has been his means of expression for many years and when time allows, William paints beautiful realistic paintings.
Projects of passion: An exploration of golf course architecture
Few sports combine the intersection of athletic movement and nature as much as golf. Unlike other sports performed on the same field, no two golf courses on which a player competes are ever the same.
Sutro Baths: The essence of San Francisco
Nestled near the ocean, Sutro Baths still draws visitors nearly fifty years after the last swimmers used what used to be a privately owned swimming pool establishment in the late 19th century.
The ascent of competitive speed climber Will Roderick
Will Roderick — co-founder of the Stanford Competitive Climbing Club — began climbing at the age of 15, and has swiftly become one of the world’s best young competitive speed climbers.
Palo Alto teen basketball player preps for service in Israeli army
Miguel Frid, a student at Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto, is headed to Israel next year. His primary focus this year, however, is leading the Kehillah Rams varsity basketball team.