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Bay Area

Court ruling temporarily blocks Mills College merger with Northeastern

By Bay City News | August 6, 2021

A merger agreement with Northeastern University was halted after allegations the college withheld critical financial and other information from the board of trustees.

Bay Area

Tiny homes village under construction at Lake Merritt

By Bay City News and Exedra Staff | August 6, 2021

The village will eventually house 65 people and provide comprehensive services to help residents transition to stable housing and health.

Arts & Entertainment

Pass the Remote: Golden era Afghan film, a harrowing doc, and Alvin Ailey

By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | August 6, 2021

Pass the Remote checks out four fascinating documentaries as well as an uneven but worthwhile comedy-drama starring the magnificent Isabelle Huppert.

Arts & Entertainment

Best Bets: Baroque wonder; ‘Mothership’ voyage; starlit Shakespeare

By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | August 6, 2021

The Bay Area is a hub of artistic expression, attracting artists, writers and musicians from around the globe to live, work and create. We highlight some of the offerings here.

Bay Area

Wildfire smoke prompts air quality advisory through Saturday

By Megan Munce | Bay City News Foundation | August 6, 2021

While many Bay Area residents reported seeing and smelling smoke in the air, widespread unhealthy air is not expected due to the smoke's elevation.

California

New law allows high schoolers to switch letter grades to pass/no pass

By Exedra Staff | August 3, 2021

Students who were in high school during the 2020-21 school year may apply to their school district to change letter grades.

COVID-19

National polarized politics filtering down to local school board meetings

By John Fensterwald | EdSource | August 3, 2021

In California, as well as nationwide, local disagreements at school board meetings have taken on the tenor and rhetoric of national partisan divides.

COVID-19

Students suffered deep, and unequal, mental health impacts during the pandemic, report finds

By Carolyn Jones | EdSource | August 3, 2021

The report is the second in a three-part series that "aims to provide a definitive account of the best available evidence on how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected America’s students."

covid

What is a breakthrough infection? 6 questions answered about COVID-19 after vaccination

By Sanjay Mishra, PhD Project Coordinator & Staff Scientist, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbilt University | The Conversation | August 3, 2021

What to know about how rising numbers of new COVID-19 cases globally and highly transmissible new virus strains impact the vaccinated.

California

Mental health toll of wildfire smoke largely a mystery

By Olivia Wynkoop | Bay City News Foundation | August 3, 2021

While there are studies on people whose lives are directly impacted by fires, researchers know less about the longer term impact of wildfire smoke exposure on other populations.