No high school sports in San Jose district?

I saw this story out of the Merc today about the East Side Union High School superintendent’s plan for a budget cutting out all high school sports.
I think it’s unlikely to happen, and may be an attempt to drum up some outside funding for athletics, but it would certainly be quite a blow. This is [...]

Making your own luck

When I tell people about the story I did on cocaine use at Santa Clara, they often ask how in the world I got that story.
I usually respond with one word:
“Luck.”
In some ways, that’s true. I was lucky I found a dealer willing to talk with me on the record so long he was anonymous. [...]