Santa Clara University News

In December 2009, Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa Jr. flew into the San Diego airport, rented a Grand Marquis and headed to a marina Marriott for a five-day taxpayer-funded trip.

Runners cross the starting line at the Bay to Breakers race on Sunday morning. Photo: Will Kane, San Francisco Chronicle Participants take part in the 2013 Bay to Breakers on Howard Street in San Francisco, Calif.

The $600 million prize is the largest in the multi-state game's history, beating out last November's $587.6 million jackpot.

At the end of his freshman year at Overfelt High, Torres had six F's and one D. He went downhill from there.

For most students, the pinnacle achievement in the classroom is getting an A. For the law students at Santa Clara University's Northern California Innocence Project, the goal is beyond academic: It's setting the wrongly convicted free.

More than 100 teachers from Catholic schools run by the Diocese of San Jose will participate in a year of professional development to earn a certificate in blended learning in an effort to improve educational outcomes for students.

The Alhambra Police Department is the first law-enforcement agency in Southern California to fully implement Predictive Policing, a cloud-based software that forecasts areas where crimes are likely to be committed.

Puente de la Costa Sur and Pescadero High School will host the Second Annual Career Night from 6-9pm Friday, May 17, at the Pescadero High School Gym for local students and their families.

Muskingum University granted master's degrees at its graduate commencement exercises, held May 9 in Brown Chapel on the campus.

The three-day conference - expected to be the largest of its kind ever in North America - comes amid continuing criticism of one of the event's organizers, Pashaura Singh, the chairman of Sikh and Punjabi studies at UCR.

Thelma Boac, 63, was sworn in May 6 as the newest member to the Berryessa Union School District Board of Trustees before jumping in to the business at hand during that evening's meeting.

SF State student and Panetta Congressional Internship Program winner Margaux Curcuru in the San Francisco Public Library on Friday, April 29, 2013.

How do you want to be in the world? What kind of person do you want to be? How do you want to be remembered? These are the questions that I so frequently ask my college and post-graduate students as well as my clinical patients? All of our decisions in life help in answering these very important and revealing questions.

About this sponsorship: In honor of the 60 th anniversary of Sir Edmund Hillary's historic ascent of Mount Everest, Patch and Grape-Nuts are teaming up to highlight those who inspire people around them to climb their own mountains.

Patent demands are taking a big toll on technology companies, with results that range from forcing companies to tweak their products to exiting their business altogether, according to a study from the Santa Clara University School of Law.

Gabe Meyers takes in the stillness in a sprawling field in Napa. The tractors and other heavy machinery have been shut down for the day.

When Laura Beach first heard about ukulele master Ben Kaili hosting a workshop at Hula School of Santa Cruz, she knew she had to check it out.

Gold, that mythical commodity used as a symbol of love, wealth and power by ancient pharaohs, modern-day rappers and untold couples, suddenly plunged in value in recent weeks, tarnishing its luster for businesses, collectors and speculators.

A new survey of in-house lawyers is adding some heft to the claim that patent attacks, especially by so-called "trolls," are hurting the economy.

While 17 universities hold adidas accountable for poor treatment of workers in Indonesia, AD Dan Guerrero and Chancellor Gene Block are nowhere to be found.