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Liam Kane-Grade

Liam Kane-Grade

Liam Kane-Grade is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he majored in journalism, English with a creative writing emphasis, and Classics. Throughout his undergraduate education, he worked as a reporter for the Sauk Prairie Star, covering the environment, technology and municipal governments. In 2012, Liam was an editorial intern with Wisconsin People & Ideas, the magazine of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters. At the University of Wisconsin, Liam received the School of Journalism and Mass Communication’s Outstanding Senior Award, an honorable mention in the campus-wide senior thesis competition, and the creative writing program’s Charles M. Hart Writers of Promise Award. In addition, he co-taught a University of Wisconsin course for undergraduate transfer students and served on the university’s Letters & Science Faculty Honors Committee, which oversees honors program curricula and administers student and faculty grants and awards.

CultureJune 18, 2015<June 19, 2015

Cinema for the ears: Bruno Ruviaro expands the audio field

Almost 90 years after the first film with full sound was released, music composer and performer Bruno Ruviaro is advancing a different idea: movies without video.

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CultureMay 14, 2015<May 20, 2015

Uncovering feminist roots in punk rock

Three feminist punk rock icons sat down with Peninsula Press to tell stories they say the mainstream tends to forget.

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Business, Data Hub, Housing + DevelopmentMay 6, 2015<May 14, 2015

In Silicon Valley, it’s good to be Airbnb — for now

Across the Peninsula, most cities’ local laws don’t address how to deal with Airbnb and other short-term rental companies. But that might change with the upcoming 2016 Super Bowl.

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Business, PoliticsFebruary 14, 2015<March 2, 2015

Goodbye mag-stripes, hello tokens, say payment security panelists

The number of payment options customers have today has created further opportunities for cyber hackers, leading companies to figure out how to solve the payment security problem.

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NewsFebruary 6, 2015<February 7, 2015

GoPro earnings surpass forecasts after introduction of new cameras, but Q1 expectations low

Fourth quarter earnings for GoPro exceeded expectations after the company released a new lineup of powerful action cameras, but its lower forecast for first quarter earnings concerned analysts.

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Business, EducationFebruary 6, 2015<March 2, 2015

John Hennessy calls for universal preschool, education reform

In a fireside chat, Stanford President John Hennessy discussed issues surrounding education reform in Silicon Valley and the broader country.

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EnvironmentJanuary 6, 2015<February 27, 2015

Santa Clara County residents may have to cut water use further — for the fish

Californians may have felt the pinch of the ongoing drought. But native fish species face a bigger crisis: as waterways grow drier, the fish could die off from local rivers and creeks as a result.

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TransportationDecember 18, 2014<December 19, 2014

Peninsula residents irked by Surf Air jet noise overhead homes

Surf Air planes flying overhead Atherton, North Fair Oaks and Menlo Park homes toward San Carlos Airport has some residents not happy with plane noise.

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EnvironmentDecember 2, 2014<December 10, 2014

Water conservation could mean fewer redwood trees

It might sound counterintuitive: doing something seemingly good is causing something bad? Turns out, the high salinity of recycled water is having a deadly effect on redwood trees in the Bay Area.

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EnvironmentNovember 6, 2014<November 13, 2014

Drought leads to pressure on Palo Alto to halt dumping water for basements

California’s drought has led some Palo Alto residents to press for a ban on the dumping of millions of gallons of groundwater into storm drains, a result of some basement construction.

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