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Spotlight on athletic achievement at second annual Highlander Awards
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (117+ words) Girls Team of the Year was awarded to the PHS Girls Basketball team The Piedmont and Millennium High School athletic communities came out to celebrate student athletic achievement at a ceremony in Alan Harvey Theater on May 14. Winners at the…...
Review: Marin Theatre's "Pictures from Home' reveals every family's tragicomedy
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (163+ words) David Allen via Bay City News L-R, Jean (Susan Koozin) and Irving (Victor Talmadge) chat with their son Larry (Daniel Cantor) in Marin Theatre's "Pictures from Home" onstage in Mill Valley through May 31. "It's like he's investigating us," growls Larry's…...
Swimming | PHS shines at NCS, advances to CIF state championships
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (441+ words) 200 medley relay team. L-R: Connor Carnazzo, Nik Costello, Asher Takazawa, and Cole Carnazzo. The Piedmont High School swim team delivered an impressive performance at the North Coast Section Championships, with standout individual swims, relay success, and a strong showing against…...
Musk v. Altman " Day 9: Microsoft, Open AI witnesses defend evolving partnership
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (959+ words) MONDAY MARKED THE BEGINNING of the third week of trial in Elon Musk's lawsuit against Open AI and its leaders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, and their co-defendant, Microsoft Corporation. Trial testimony on Monday was presented by two witnesses " Microsoft…...
Berkeley extends Flock camera contract but rejects drones, surveillance expansion
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (728+ words) A man dressed as Batman speaks against a proposal to extend Berkeley's contract with Flock Safety during public comments at the Berkeley City Council meeting on Thursday, May 7, 2026. The council approved the contract on a 5-4 vote. (Framegrab via City of…...
School Board directs PUSD to tighten mobile device policy on high school campuses
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (329+ words) The Board of Education on Wednesday night directed the school district to tighten its mobile device policy on Piedmont's high school campuses. What was a "phones away except at lunch" policy for 2025-2026 is set to move to a bell-to-bell policy…...
Musk v. Altman " Day 10: Open AI CEO rejects claims he acted selfishly, "stole the charity
5+ day, 9+ hour ago (1261+ words) OPENAI CO-FOUNDER SAM ALTMAN took the stand Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Oakland in the third week of the trial of Elon Musk's lawsuit against Altman, Greg Brockman, and Open AI. Musk claims that his fellow Open AI co-founders,…...
The Blotter | Traffic stop leads to drug find
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (184+ words) Piedmont Exedra A traffic stop on May 4 led to drugs being found. The driver was detained at 7: 10 a. m. and was found to be on probation, according to Cmdr. Lisa Douglas of the Piedmont Police Department. A resulting search found what Douglas…...
California joins coalition of 5 states to increase scrutiny of monopolies, mergers
5+ day, 14+ hour ago (755+ words) Zoom screenshot via Bay City News A coalition of five Democratic state attorneys general announced a joint effort Monday to expand enforcement of their states" respective antitrust laws in what they say is an effort to fill gaps left by…...
Boys tennis | Piedmont sweeps Alameda schools
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (256+ words) The Piedmont High School boys tennis team completed its regular season with a pair of wins over the Alameda schools. On April 28, the Highlanders beat host Alameda, 4-3. Lucas Smolko beat Eddie Luo at No. 1 singles, 6-1, 6-4. Ari Moscovich defeated Levi Pero…...