Carl Guardino

SAN JOSE (KCBS) – Under a new strategic plan unveiled by San Jose Unified School District, students would be required to take an internship in order to graduate from high school. If approved, the plan would make taking an internship with a major Silicon Valley company a requirement for graduation. The goal is to get students valuable work experience outside of the classroom, something not everyone is really thinking about. “I don’t really find it interesting, it’s just whatever,” said Lincoln...Read Full Story

[TNW United States] It is the time of the year, and point in the election cycle, when politicians are desperate for hard, cold, technology company cash. Yes, US politicians are flocking to the Valley with hands out. A recent Politico report has pointed out that many of the DC political elite are beating a worn path in the air over to the West Coast to meet and greet with companies like Facebook, Google, and Intel. Politicians from both sides of the aisle are making the pilgrimage in search of...Read Full Story

SAN JOSE (CBS SF) – Two major projects will be breaking ground in Silicon Valley in the month of April, providing a much needed shot in the arm to the hard-hit construction industry. The unemployment rate in the Silicon Valley construction trade stood at 30%. That may change after these two projects – which many thought would never happen – break ground. The BART extension to San Jose was slated to break ground in mid-April, and the billion-dollar-plus 49ers stadium project the following week...Read Full Story

SAN JOSE (KCBS) – More than 60 Silicon Valley CEO’s and public officials traveled to in Washington D.C. to discuss key legislative priorities Wednesday. One of the top issues is easing some of the stumbling blocks that companies in the Bay Area face. ”The highest priority for me on this trip is the United States Patent and Trademark Office, because San Jose’s got an application in for a branch office of the USPTO, and we want to talk to them about that and figure out how we can strengthen our...Read Full Story

Posted on 2012-02-19 in China Hotel News Click photo to enlarge California, hoping to hitch more of its fortunes to the world’s hottest economy across the Pacific, will open trade and investment offices in Shanghai and Beijing, Gov. Jerry Brown announced on Friday. The announcement came as Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping — believed to be China’s president-in-waiting — met with Brown and Vice President Joe Biden during his visit to Los Angeles, the last stop on his five-day tour of...Read Full Story