Karen Breslau

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  • Hoover Tower looms over Stanford campusSuccess

    Stanford becomes latest elite school to require SAT or ACT for admission, saying they predict academic performance

    By Karen Breslau and Bloomberg
  • SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – MAY 30: An aerial view of the San Francisco skyline on May 30, 2023 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Brandon Sloter/Getty Images)Tech

    Silicon Valley elites want to build a new city outside San Francisco—and have invested nearly $1 billion into a project acquiring land

    By Karen Breslau, Tom Giles, and others
  • SAN FRANCISCO, CA – JUNE 29: Mayor London N. Breed speaks during a rally for the Housing for All process reform legislation in advance of the San Francisco Planning Commission vote outside of the City Hall in San Francisco, California, United States on June 29, 2023. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Tech

    ‘No one can be above the rules’: San Francisco’s mayor is at war with Elon Musk and it’s getting heated

    By Aisha Counts, Eliyahu Kamisher, and others
  • Los Angeles, California-Sept. 22, 2022-Kamilah Moore is chair of the California Reparations Task Force, left, and Dr. Amos C. Brown right, vice-chair. California Reparations Task Force listen to public input on reparations at the California Science Center in Los Angeles on Sept. 22, 2022. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Finance

    California’s plans to pay reparations for slavery’s legacy could include payments of up to $1.2m per person

    By Karen Breslau and Bloomberg
  • Gavin NewsomFinance

    The SVB fallout is showing the world’s 5th-largest economy (California) is flailing as easy money goes extinct

    By John Gittelsohn, Karen Breslau, and others
  • SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 01: California Gov. Gavin Newsom looks on during a press conference on February 01, 2023 in Sacramento, California. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, state Attorney General Rob Bonta, state Senator Anthony Portantino (D-Burbank) and other state leaders announced SB2 – a new gun safety legislation that would establish stricter standards for Concealed Carry Weapon (CCW) permits to carry a firearm in public. The bill designates “sensitive areas,” like bars, amusement parks and child daycare centers where guns would not be allowed. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Politics

    ‘We’re done’: The governor of California says the state won’t do business with Walgreens after it stopped selling abortion pills in 20 states

    By Karen Breslau and Bloomberg