2+ week, 6+ day ago   (935+ words) Palo Alto parent Tilli Bannett is a venture capitalist who invests in tech companies, but at a recent school board meeting, she challenged district leaders to remove most tech from classrooms. "I came here to ask of you, where is…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (223+ words) It's been a great summer for South Asian theater in the Bay Area. "Much Ado About Nothing": 7 p.m. Friday-Sunday, Aug. 13-14. Through Sept. 6. $32-$64. Sanborn County Park, 16055 Sanborn Road, Saratoga. www.svshakespeare.org In May, Berkeley Repertory Theatre premiered the musical adaptation of…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (754+ words) Gabriel Petersson’s childhood looked a lot like many Gen Z upbringings: collecting Pokemon cards and building worlds in Minecraft, while worries about college and careers sat somewhere in the distant future. But by high school, growing up in a small…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1823+ words) Billy Magnussen is serving in the server room.The actor, who is pantsless, is giving stressed out tech titan realness as he poses at Entertainment Weekly’s cover shoot for his new Silicon Valley drama The Audacity. The star occasionally wanders…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (355+ words) A driving force behind the show's popularity is that it managed to be funny while also providing a realistic portrayal of startup culture in Silicon Valley. In fact, the show resonated so heavily with the tech community that Bill Gates,…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (100+ words) Fans of the New England Patriots will see them play Super Bowl Sunday from Levi Stadium, in the heart of Silicon Valley. One of the first to plant roots in the area did so in an orchard, and today is…...

8+ mon, 5+ day ago   (223+ words) As The World Turns grad Billy Magnussen (ex-Casey) is becoming Hollywood's go-to leading man. The actor is gearing up to headline AMC’s highly anticipated new series The Audacity. The Jonathan Glatzer series, set against the backdrop of Silicon Valley, centers…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago   (42+ words) Local nonprofit Embarc Collective nurtures 141 member companies that have created over 1,200 jobs and $100 million in economic benefits. Local nonprofit Embarc Collective nurtures 141 member companies that have created over 1,200 jobs and $100 million in economic benefits....

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (816+ words) If Steve Jobs could write a single line of code, perhaps Silicon Valley would never exist.In 2014, Mike Judge, Dave Krinsky and John Altschuler unveiled their new HBO comedy that would become the defining sitcom of Big Tech. Silicon Valley,…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago   (832+ words) John Altschuler, the co-showrunner of Silicon Valley and King of the Hill, wants Europe to show more respect to writers. The scribe, part of a writing duo with Dave Krinsky, called this facet of the European production system the “biggest…...