A Week of Change in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley is all about change, and there was plenty of it in the tech world this week. Hewlett-Packard announced it's replacing CEO Leo Apotheker with Meg Whitman. And Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg rolled out huge changes to the world's largest social networking site.
The Life and Legacy of Cruz Reynoso
For the past two decades, the California Supreme Court has been a model of racial and gender diversity. But it wasn't always that way. In 1982, Cruz Reynoso, the son of farmworkers, became the court's first Latino justice. Reynoso was later recalled by voters in a campaign aimed mostly at Chief Justice Rose Bird. His life is the subject of a new documentary by filmmaker Abby Ginzberg.
Celebrating 20 Years of the New Century Chamber Orchestra
San Francisco's New Century Chamber Orchestra doesn't have nearly the profile of the city's renowned symphony or opera. But, under current music director and firebrand violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, New Century is becoming known as much for its visual style as its sound.
The Science of Skipping Stones
There's something about lakes and rivers that makes picking up a rock and skipping it along the surface almost irresistible. Reporter Catherine Stifter visited the Yuba River looking for the perfect stone -- and along the way she learned some lessons about the environment and hydrodynamics.