Bloomberg News (Dec. 1) -- MechSE alumnus Neel Kashkari, the former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. executive chosen by ex-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson to help rescue the U.S. banking system, is readying a challenge to California Gov. Jerry Brown even as state’s economy reaches its highest level in more than three decades. Also: San Francisco Chronicle (Dec. 2), Akron Beacon Journal (Dec. 2), Business Insider (Dec. 2),