Teaching is one of the most humanitarian, transformative careers. One good teacher can positively influence thousands of lives over the course of his/her career, but on the same token, one bad teacher can do a lot of damage. In the statewide lawsuit, Vergara v. California, students have banned together to strike down the state laws …

Erin Carlyle at Forbes has put together a gallery of the most outrageously-priced home sales of 2013, and first up is one in Woodside, California. This year kicked off with the news of a record-breaker home sale price: $117.5 million for a nine-acre Woodside, Calif., estate purchased by billionaire and Softbank chief Masayoshi Son, Japan’s …

There’s a certain type of traveler who can never be too careful, and just to get those spanking new swim trunks into even more of a bundle, the Santa Cruz Sentinel published a map of California’s shark attacks dating back to 1851 from www.SharkAttackSurvivors.com. The locations were pinpointed using the best available data, but represent close …

  The impoverished and/or homeless in California have long been entitled to free cellphones but they will now be getting upgraded services to include 250 free minutes and 250 free texts. For those with an income under about $15k annually, this is an awesome idea and very humane! “Having a phone means being able to …