Area therapist gives tips on how to help your teen transition into this big step -- and how YOU can turn this time into VERY useful dialogue
Deals abound, with one store offering a complete set of glasses--lenses and frames--for just $29.
As kids head to school, something worse than homework and detention awaits many of them. Did you know "selfies" can spread lice?
Hiker warning: Study reveals mysterious pathogen in high concentrations in trailside ticks in the Bay Area - from Sonoma to Santa Cruz.
Remember--kids can trade or toss stuff they don't like, so make sure your children actually like the food you're sending to school.
Children are heading back-to-school across California, so in your own neighborhood and where you commute to work--be safe!
Under California law, children must be fully immunized before starting school.
Researchers say getting more sleep improves academic performance. But is it feasible to push back middle and high school start times?
Getting more sleep improves academic performance, but is it feasible to push back middle and high school start times?
Here are several questions all students should consider before applying for Early Decision to colleges and universities.
There are about three times the complaints in comparison to the 1980s, yet roughly half the staff to handle the complaints.
Got an idea for technology related to therapeutics, consumer health, medical devices or diagnostics? Money is available.
For many, the pressure to do it all -- and do it all well -- is taking its toll. Simple changes can be key, researchers report.
A new study by a financial advice company may surprise you.
Funding for the raises is coming from the state.
"This is the right thing to do -- for our workers and their families," UC President Janet Napolitano said.
#PlutoFly - An instrument designed by Stanford researchers is on board NASA's New Horizons.
Law students from Stanford offer analysis on the issue if voters do approve ballot measures in 2016.
The truth is the "hazard" on our coasts has dropped by 91 percent since 1950, says a Stanford study. Unless you surf in the fall ...
The message at the Silicon Valley ceremony resounded beyond those headed to kindergarten. We, all, need to be reminded of what's important.
San Luis Obispo and San Jose State are included in the project.
"Rapid, greatly intensified efforts" aimed at reversing habitat loss and climate change needed so we don't go the way of the dinosaurs.
The funding will support health-related career curriculum after high school.
The scholarships are offered to CA residents by the National Federation of Republican Women.
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A Stanford economist is creating a customer-level water demand model that can be used to design tiered water rate schedules in California.
UC's base tuition will remain at $12,192 through 2016-17.
New research indicates that stress can make us stronger, smarter AND ... happier – if we learn how to open our minds to it.
The money goes toward college! It's all part of the "Leaders Save Lives" program with the American Red Cross.
You have less than a month to make your submission.
California to shift from a school quality measure based solely on exam results to one that would include other factors.
California has experienced more frequent drought years in the last two decades than it has in the past several centuries, Stanford reports.
It's more than exercise. Children thrive, feel safer and engage better in class, but the recess program must be well-organized, study says.
Dominican Hospital and Thousands of Dignity Health Employees and Physicians Participating.
Stanford scientists use ocean waves to monitor offshore oil and gas fields.
Students across the state must submit their entries by March 31.
One exclusive agency had accreditation role statewide, but found "irresponsible." Now, competition is welcomed.
As proposed, a bachelor's degree will cost about $10K; check the list of degrees to be offered, including at Foothill in Los Altos Hills.
Kohl’s Cares® Scholarship Program nominations for youth, ages 6 to 18, begin Jan. 30.
Is your home a battleground on weeknights? Stanford researchers find "busy work, by its very nature, discourages learning."