President Donald Trump’s draconian family separation policy has prompted some South Bay leaders to cut ties with the Republican Party.

Congresswoman Anna Eshoo grilled her constituent, Mark Zuckerberg, over his company’s stewardship of Americans’ personal information.

The Facebook data breach has policymakers debating about how to police what’s become the most powerful industry on the planet.

For years, media outlets desperately chased the clicks promised by Facebook; now the social media giant threatens to destroy them.

The valley’s well-to-do tech bros hope to outlive most of us—and how they’re investing their time and money speaks volumes.

Maybe we can start this over again? Or return it like a holiday present we didn’t need? Yes, 2016 was the gift that kept on giving.

While Silicon Valley philanthropists have stepped up charitable giving, a tiny fraction of it goes to local nonprofits and local needs.

President Obama dropped by Stanford University Friday to talk tech, business and polities at the seventh annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit.

Facebook has offered to speed up San Jose's free wi-fi with a new technology called Terragraph. The test run is set to launch later this year.

A year in review is rarely pretty, and 2015 was no exception. Here’s a brief list of the some of the biggest stories that made it a year to remember, and soon leave behind.

Santa Clara County Board of Education trustee Joseph DiSalvo examines how Silicon Valley's public schools routinely fail to secure grant funding for STEM education.

Two years ago I wrote an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg, asking him to consider supporting public education by giving money closer to home. His latest pledge appears to answer that request.

Much like the early partnership of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, which transformed the manner in which we use technology, three pairs of individuals are at the forefront of improving education for Silicon Valley’s students. These innovators and provocateurs work to challenge the status quo, and their goal is equitable, high quality education opportunities for all children.

Dear Mr. Zuckerberg: I humbly write to you today as one elected trustee of the Santa Clara County Board of Education. Yes, I know this is one extraordinary week in your life, and the time to read this blog is most likely very limited. However, I thought I would attempt to connect with you anyway. Please forgive the brazen request I’m about to make, but we need your generosity here and now.

Two weeks before Mark Zuckerberg was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year,” The Mercury News reported on Zuckerberg’s intention to donate much of his wealth to charity. I’d like to offer the following suggestions to Mark, and to any other billionaires looking for charity investment ideas.