A new biography from Bay Area journalist Roland De Wolk says Leland Stanford was a ruthless capitalist who cheated taxpayers — and became the godfather of modern tech. How much do you really ...

Much like his future partners, Leland Stanford remade himself in gold rush California as a shopkeeper. In 1852, fed up with lawyering, he left the Midwest to become a partner in a wholesale ...

Developer Alexander Gordon originally called his 160-acre subdivision “Palo Alto,” shown here in this 1888 map. He changed the name to College Terrace after an irate Leland Stanford paid a $ ...

Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park is an enduring Sacramento landmark and serves as not only a public museum but the state’s official reception center for worldwide leaders. Leland ...