Bill Lane, publisher and philanthropist, dies

PALO ALTO, Calif. - Former Sunset magazine publisher Bill Lane, who donated millions of dollars to Stanford University and environmental causes, has died. He was 90.

A 1942 graduate of Stanford, Lane donated $5 million to endow the Bill Lane Center for the American West. He also gave money to help restore a Yosemite National Park amphitheater and preserve Silicon Valley open spaces. - AP