Just like today, optimistic predictions and phony cures accompanied the Spanish flu as the pandemic made its deadly sweep through the region.

Businesses, entrepreneurs and innovators in the tech sector seem to be driven as much by the need to contribute as by future profit.

The owner claims she couldn’t afford to make the front staircase accessible to disabled customers. So, she shut the place down.

Carol Hoffman, a local businesswoman, is running against self-described political strategist Sergio Lopez for the open seat.

Alejandro Manrique, who now lives in Los Altos, was booked on suspicion of public drunkenness and released the next morning.

A Stanford coach, tech execs and several Mid-Peninsula families are among the dozens implicated in the nationwide bribery scheme.

In true Silicon Valley fashion, Emily Parker launched her leather studio out of her garage before opening a storefront in Menlo Park.

Yemeni-American activists called on Councilman Johnny Khamis to reconsider his support for Saudi investment in San Jose.

Adherents of a spiritual movement called the Falun Gong accuse Cisco of aiding and abetting their systematic oppression in China.

Silicon Valley prides itself on innovation, but the industry’s growth in the Bay Area perpetuates suburban sprawl and drawn-out commutes.