Sam Liccardo
San Jose mayor’s City Council colleagues suggest the city align mayoral elections with those for U.S. president to boost turnout, a move which if the council and voters agree would add two years to the second term he easily won in June.
Vinod Khosla
The Silicon Valley billionaire is dealt a major setback when the U.S. Supreme Court refused his appeal in a long-running battle over public access to Martins Beach through his oceanfront property in San Mateo County.
Public Schools
Statewide standardized test scores are up for the second year in a row at California’s public schools, but big gaps remain between white and Asian and black and Latino students.