Skybox Imaging co-founders Dan Berkenstock and Julian Mann share their start-up story. The pair and two other founders started a satellite company after a class assignment at Stanford.

In his State of the City Speech at Tesla Motors, Greg Scharff, Palo Alto’s new mayor, suggested that Palo Alto needs to invest in fiber in order to become the “Leading Digital City of the Future.”

Synaptics’ new building purchase in San Jose mirrors growing trend in Silicon Valley: big tech companies investing in new headquarters.

Challenges of cost and scale make businesses less likely to jump on board California’s push for solar energy.

Entrepreneurs and established Silicon Valley businesses are cautiously hopeful about the benefits of a new U.S. Patent Office, scheduled to open here this spring. View the Video.