Culture Reporter 

Zara Stone

I test-drove the Tesla of the sea: A $260K wakeboard boat for tech titans

Culture

A Standard reporter tries out Arc’s super-silent electric vessel, which delivers high-tech performance in serious style.

Senior News Reporter

George Kelly

On the hottest day of the year, school shuts off water fountains

News

The water issue comes as a sustained bout of hot weather scorches the city.

Test-driving the $59K electric hydrofoil Jet Ski, new water toy of the uber rich

Business

The Valo Hyperfoil is a combination of surfing, flying, and riding a Harley without a helmet.

Senior Culture Editor

Astrid Kane

This man turned his entire house into a coral farm. Call it ‘reefer’ madness

The coral specimens growing inside this San Rafael home can fetch as much as $10,000.

Sierra sees snowiest day of the season from brief, forceful spring storm

UC Berkeley’s Central Sierra Snow Lab says it has a reason to celebrate after a weekend storm brought the most snow to date, topping off a late-season surge.

Water

I test-drove the Tesla of the sea: A $260K wakeboard boat for tech titans

On the hottest day of the year, school shuts off water fountains

Test-driving the $59K electric hydrofoil Jet Ski, new water toy of the uber rich

This man turned his entire house into a coral farm. Call it ‘reefer’ madness

Sierra sees snowiest day of the season from brief, forceful spring storm