CHECK ON STATUS

Check on corporate / LLC status with the California Secretary of State:
http://kepler.sos.ca.gov/list.html

Check on the status of a US trademark:
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=searchss&state=a09bqu.1.1

Check on the status of a US patent:
http://patft.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html

CONNECT WITH YOUR LOCAL COURTS

Santa Clara Superior Court:  http://www.sccsuperiorcourt.org

San Mateo Superior Court:  http://www.sanmateocourt.org

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California:  http://www.cand.uscourts.gov

Small Claims - The California Court Self-Help Center provides the following excellent introduction to the Small Claims process:  http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/selfhelp/smallclaims

Jury Duty - Everything you need to know about jury duty can be found at the Jury Information Resource Center:  http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/jury/

INTERNATIONAL

A World Clock:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/full.html

As your primary point of contact concerning the laws and legal procedures of Taiwan (the Republic of China) turn to the American Institute in Taiwan:
http://www.ait.org.tw/en/

LOCAL POLITICS AND CIVIC AFFAIRS

For webcasts of the always entertaining Palo Alto City Council:
http://www.communitymediacenter.net/watch/pacc_webcast/index.html

To stay abreast of local affairs read the online versions of the

Palo Alto Weekly: http://www.paloaltoonline.com/

Palo Alto Daily News: http://www.paloaltodailynews.com/