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As pressure builds for Christine Blasey Ford to testify Monday about her sexual assault allegations against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, a burgeoning group of friends, neighbors and activists is supporting her either way. Whether she appears or not, a banner will still fly over her neighborhood on Thursday, saying "Thank you, Christine.
Christine Blasey Ford, 51, the woman who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, is a psychology professor at Palo Alto University. Christine Blasey Ford came forward Sunday as the woman who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her more than three decades ago, an allegation that threatens to derail his confirmation.
Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the third day of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill September 6, 2018 in Washington, DC. Kavanaugh was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the vacancy on the court left by retiring Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Aaron Persky faces a recall election Tuesday. He is the first California judge to face a recall vote in more than 80 years.
A local environmental watchdog group says it has reached a legal settlement with operators of the Newby Island Resource Recovery Park landfill to curb toxic runoff into local waterways. Erica Maharg, managing attorney for San Francisco Baykeeper, said in an interview last month that in the four years the organization monitored Newby Island starting in 2012, the facility consistently released excessive levels of pollutants into Coyote and Lower Penitencia creeks in violation of the Clean Water Act.
Authorities say a small plane has landed on the median of a Northern California highway but no injuries have been reported. Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor says the pilot reported engine trouble before bringing the plane down Sunday on a grassy strip dividing State Route 101 in Santa Clara County.
The pilot of a small plane made an emergency landing Sunday in the middle of a highway in Morgan Hill, officials said. The single-engine Piper PA-46 landed on a grassy strip dividing Highway 101 near San Martin Airport in Santa Clara County after reporting engine failure, said Ian Gregor, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration.
Bill and Melinda Gates, the world's foremost philanthropists, are rethinking their work in America as they confront their unsatisfactory track record, the country's growing inequity and a president they disagree with. A report by U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill finds that drugmakers with the biggest-selling opioid painkillers contributed $10 million over six years to outside groups that could help spread their message.
In this Feb. 6, 2017 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif. In different circumstances, Ginsburg might be on a valedictory tour in her final months on the Supreme Court.
In this Feb. 6, 2017 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg speaks at Stanford University in Stanford, Calif. In different circumstances, Ginsburg might be on a valedictory tour in her final months on the Supreme Court.
San Jose city officials and community leaders came together today at City Hall to emphasize their support for the immigrant community in Santa Clara County in response to recent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raid threats. Zulma Maciel, director of the city's Office of Immigrant Affairs, discussed resources available to undocumented immigrants in the area in light of rumors of widespread immigration raids planned across Northern California.
The announcement on Wednesday that Apple Inc. will bring $350 billion in cash parked overseas - that's billion with a B - home to the United States, to invest here and create as many as 20,000 new jobs, is likely to be the economic story of the year. Donald Trump , who made his boast that he would "make America great again" the centerpiece of his campaign for president, couldn't have designed this play better on a blackboard.
Palo Alto could be among five applicants FAA taps to test unmanned aerial systems; one idea is for delivery of emergency supplies at Stanford Matternet's autonomous M2 Drone is shown in a product image. The Menlo Park-based drone manufacturer has signed on for a possible partnership to deliver blood samples by drone to Stanford Hospital.
From phone banks to rallies, immigration activists this week are intensifying demands that Congress pass Dream Act legislation before the end of the year in order to protect the country's 800,000 DACA recipients from deportation. Thousands of immigrants and advocates rallied at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday calling on GOP lawmakers to pass bipartisan legislation that would provide protections for DACA recipients or “Dreamers” after President Donald Trump ended the program in September.
Abe Ankumah, Nyansa co-founder, is photographed at his headquarters in Palo Alto, California, on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. Nyansa is a network analytics software company.
Right after President Donald Trump took office, Mikey Dickerson traveled to Silicon Valley to make a pitch for the U.S. Digital Service, a program he'd run that's brought hundreds of technologists to Washington to improve the government's clunky computers and unsecured networks. As a political appointee, Dickerson's job ended in January, yet he volunteered to recruit for the program.
Rev. Nancy Palmer Jones, of the First Unitarian Church of San Jose, speaks during a press conference with public officials and faith leaders with the grassroots organization PACT at City Hall in San Jose, Calif., Friday, April 6, 2017. PACT will launch a county-wide "solidarity network" aimed at protecting and defending "immigrants who are living in fear under the threat of deportation."
US Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg participates in the courts official photo session on October 8, 2010 at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will share her personal reflections on Monday night at Stanford's Memorial Church, in conversation with The Rev. Professor Jane Shaw, dean for religious life, followed by questions from Stanford students.