As sole proprietor of his subscription email newsletter, the East Bay News Service, Handa prided himself on holding elected officials accountable and strictly obeying the anti-secrecy mandates in government law. He called himself a journalist but crossed the line of traditional...

Back in September, Atty. Gen. Kamala D. Harris killed the proposed takeover of a struggling Victorville hospital by a nonprofit arm of Prime Healthcare Corp., saying it was “not in the public interest.” Her ruling was anything but casual. Basing the decision on what she said...

  While much that’s sold by Silicon Valley companies is built elsewhere, six-year-old LumaSense Technologies has pursued a different path to profitability. The privately held company makes most of what it sells at its Santa Clara headquarters. That includes thermal imaging cameras...

Poshmark is the latest venture for Manish Chandra, of Fremont, the founder and former CEO of the Kaboodle social shopping website. Share...

Anand Sundaram, hurt by the rules, didn’t think they were fair. So the 36-year-old San Jose tech worker boarded a plane, flew to Washington, D.C., and began knocking on doors inside the U.S. Capitol. Sundaram is not a professional lobbyist. He can’t even vote. But in a feat that...

This is the story of an international courtship, one extremely patient woman, and a refund that didn’t land in a traveler’s bank account until more than a year later. And as we found out, regulations governing refunds for air travel are practically nonexistent.   Share...

Following his international breakout with 2009′s “Slumdog Millionaire,” the actor continued his crossover success with appearances in Fox’s ’24.’ Now, with a plum role in the Tom Cruise tentpole, his international profile is about to reach the next level. With...

Fresno police said Mitchell Dufur, 26, stabbed the Sikh man in his 50s in the upper torso Sunday evening near the security checkpoint. No words were exchanged before the attack. The man was standing with his translator when the attack occurred.   via Police identify man who stabbed Sikh...

A Bay Area playwright, humorist, and lawyer, Mr. Ali, 31, also happens to be a consummate foodie. He is a self-styled expert on the best chai, fish masala, and gulabjamun in town, and if his taste buds are to be believed, this godforsaken stretch is where to find them: within a two-block...