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East Palo Alto, once the nation’s murder capital, has seen a drastic reduction in crime during Ronald Davis’s tenure as police chief. The city’s top cop is known for progressive strategies and resourcefulness.
Danny Bliss and Ben Canning, two third-year teachers at Sequoia High School, take much of what they learned as Stanford Teacher Education Program teachers with them to the halls of Sequoia.
Oakland artists Yvette Molina and Sarah Filley plan to build a giant terrarium that will float in the center of Oakland’s Lake Merritt in 2012.
Marijuana delivery services have spread throughout the Silicon Valley in the past year, but police doubt some of the services’ legitimacy.
The Palo Alto school district’s proposed new academic calendar, designed to alleviate stress among high school students, has met varying levels of support and resistance from the community.
Superintendent Kevin Skelley would like to see Palo Alto students at all grade levels start classes a week earlier, on Aug. 16. First-semester finals would be shifted to December to prevent high school students from spending their winter break studying for exams.
Over 50 U.S. cities, including East Palo Alto, now use gunshot detection and location technology in neighborhoods known for gun violence.
The 2009-2010 Stanford University club hockey players manage, fund and schedule their own team. Practicing at midnight and playing in front of only a handful of fans, the players clearly play for the love of the game.
Santa Clara District Attorney Dolores Carr’s work on the high-profile DeAnza rape case has made her both high-profile and controversial.