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Many consumers worry that electric vehicles require frequent battery charges, but Palo Alto-based Tesla expects its Model S to travel 300 miles-per-charge, comparable to the distance cars travel on a tank of gas.
QuestBridge, a nonprofit in Silicon Valley acts as a matchmaking service connecting low-income students to top colleges. The organization has placed thousands of students since 1994.
For decades, the Williamson Act kept taxes low for property owners who protected open land from development. Now, as state faces budget crunch, some landowners must farm or see tax rates nearly double.
After learning that hypothermia is a leading cause of death for infants in rural India, Stanford graduate students invented a low-cost infant warmer to help solve the problem. The product makes its market debut in April.
California’s two coastal nuclear power plants are built to withstand ground accelerations worse than those that ravaged Japan.  But questions remain about how they would stand up to the unlikely tsunami.
Menlo School’s mock trial program teaches high school students to present arguments for fictitious court cases and be judged by real judges and trial lawyers. The school won the San Mateo County championship.
Following the magnitude 8.9 earthquake that struck last night off the eastern coast of Japan, locals gathered at Half Moon Bay beaches, hoping to catch glimpses of the expected tidal surge.
Menlo Park’s Clara-Mateo Alliance homeless shelter serves around 50 people, primarily families and veterans, each night. It is scheduled to close April 30 due to lack of operating funds.
Cooking is one of the most popular classes offered by Job Train, a Menlo Park program that teaches former inmates skills that will help them get jobs. However, the program lacks funding in tough economy.