New book paints Leland Stanford as a notorious thief as well as a California governor By Mal WarwickJan. 3020207 a.m.May 11 He founded Stanford University but he and his partners used the railroad monopoly they built as their private property, amassing huge fortunes.
Review: ‘An American Heiress: The Wild Saga of the Kidnapping, Crimes, and Trial of Patty Hearst’ By Mal WarwickAug. 1620162:30 p.m.Jan. 9 Only the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh, Jr. could match the sensationalism of Patty Hearst’s seizure from her Berkeley apartment
Best Books of 2014: Chosen by local authors, Berkeleyside By Frances DinkelspielDec. 1620143:30 p.m.Feb. 10
Politics and prose are all in a day’s work for Erik Tarloff By Frances DinkelspielSept. 11201410 a.m.May 11