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5-month-old baby dies after being found not breathing in Stanford campus apartment
![A preliminary investigation determined there was no foul play in the case and suggested the 5-month-old's death was an accident, sheriff's officials said. A preliminary investigation determined there was no foul play in the case and suggested the 5-month-old's death was an accident, sheriff's officials said.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/NG-L-PASTANFORD-0119.jpg?w=538)
A preliminary investigation determined there was no foul play in the case and suggested the 5-month-old's death was an accident, sheriff's officials said.
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K-12 Education
![Even as a legal challenge is already underway over a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms, the details of how the mandate will be implemented and enforced remain murky. Even as a legal challenge is already underway over a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms, the details of how the mandate will be implemented and enforced remain murky.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Ten_Commandments_Lawsuit_Louisiana_19594_5bffc2.jpg?w=525)
How will Louisiana’s new Ten Commandments classroom requirement be funded and enforced?
Even as a legal challenge is already underway over a new Louisiana law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms, the details of how the mandate will be implemented and enforced remain murky.
Higher Education
![Graduate teachers and research assistants at UC campuses statewide authorized the strike in mid-May in response to what they said were unfair labor practices by the UC system related to how the administration responded to Palestinian solidarity encampments and protests at multiple UC campuses Graduate teachers and research assistants at UC campuses statewide authorized the strike in mid-May in response to what they said were unfair labor practices by the UC system related to how the administration responded to Palestinian solidarity encampments and protests at multiple UC campuses](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/OCR-L-UCI-Strike-0605-01-PB.jpg?w=620)
UC graduate worker strike is over, officials say
Graduate teachers and research assistants at UC campuses statewide authorized the strike in mid-May in response to what they said were unfair labor practices by the UC system related to how the administration responded to Palestinian solidarity encampments and protests...
School Boards & Measures
![Complaints have snowballed into questions about whether the district illegally allowed Schneider Electricity to scope, design and construct energy-efficient improvement. Complaints have snowballed into questions about whether the district illegally allowed Schneider Electricity to scope, design and construct energy-efficient improvement.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/EBT-L-DIABLOBOND-0518-01.jpg?w=525)
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How the promise of big energy savings in one Bay Area school district led to a $50 million controversy
Complaints have snowballed into questions about whether the district illegally allowed Schneider Electricity to scope, design and construct energy-efficient improvement.
Mosaic
![Solve the problem by changing the language, not manufacturing a word. Solve the problem by changing the language, not manufacturing a word.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/SJM-L-OPLATINX-MOS-0621.jpg?w=443)
Opinion: Why this student is X-ing out Latinx
Solve the problem by changing the language, not manufacturing a word.
Stanford University
![‘He was a brilliant coach, tremendous mentor and generous in sharing his wisdom,’ former Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer said. ‘He was a brilliant coach, tremendous mentor and generous in sharing his wisdom,’ former Stanford women’s basketball coach Tara VanDerveer said.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/BNG-L-JOHNSON-0702.jpg?w=525)
Brooks Johnson, 1934-2024: Legendary former Stanford, Olympic track coach dies at 90
‘He was a brilliant coach, tremendous mentor and generous in sharing his wisdom,’ former Stanford...
High School Sports
![Linebacker Marco Jones, the Bay Area's top prospect in the class of 2025, commits to Texas A&M over offers from USC, Texas and reigning champion Michigan Linebacker Marco Jones, the Bay Area's top prospect in the class of 2025, commits to Texas A&M over offers from USC, Texas and reigning champion Michigan](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/BNG-L-SRVCAL-1020-16.jpg?w=525)
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CFB recruiting: Bay Area’s Marco Jones commits to Texas A&M
Linebacker Marco Jones, the Bay Area's top prospect in the class of 2025, commits to...