Bay Area innovation

Issue 164: Reflecting on what makes Silicon Valley unique

October is loaded with milestones for me: Pumpkin Spice Season, Mean Girls Day, and my brother Daniel's birthday on October 5th. (Happy Birthday, Daniel). His birthday is also the day Steve Jobs passed away—12 years now. Three days later that year in 2011, Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis died at the age of 82. Mr. Davis isn’t viewed as an influential gia…