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Lifestyle

How ‘Karen’ went from a popular baby name to a stand-in for white entitlement

By Robin Queen | professor of linguistics, English language and literatures and Germanic languages and Literatures, University of Michigan | December 8, 2020
The popular name has a myriad of meanings -- and all of them have social currency and meaning, argues linguist Robin Queen.
California

Swim schools make successful case for ‘essential’ status

By Hoda Emam | Bay City News Foundation | December 8, 2020
Swim school owners -- many of them small family-run businesses -- lobbied the state for "essential" status amid upward trend in fatal child drownings nationwide.
COVID-19

San Mateo County health officer reinforces stance on not joining stay-at-home order

By Astrid Casimire | Bay City News Foundation | December 8, 2020
Scott Morrow said county hospital capacity is adequate and that a new order would likely not sway anyone not already following COVID-19 guidelines.
COVID-19

UC Berkeley study suggests many at risk for COVID-19 when economy reopens

By Keith Burbank | Bay City News Foundation | December 8, 2020
Workers within arm's length of colleagues and customers face greatest risk of COVID-19 transmission, and people of color, women, and low-wage workers are most impacted, study finds.
COVID-19

Bay Area gets new stay-at-home orders amid COVID-19 surge

By Eli Walsh | Bay City News Foundation | December 4, 2020
Five Bay Area counties and the city of Berkeley will implement Newsom's stay-at-home order now amid skyrocketing cases and hospitalizations statewide.
Bay Area

Coyote bites jogger in Moraga

By Kiley Russell | Bay City News Foundation | December 4, 2020
Early morning attack targeted man at the Campolindo High School track.
Arts & Entertainment

Life’s a drag(on): Surreal new short film is set in a Tolkien-inspired Oakland

By Charles Lewis III | Bay City News Foundation | December 1, 2020
A local theater troupe's November premiere production was cancelled due to COVID. Quick on their creative feet, Awesome Theatre and artist-in-residence Puja Tolton reimagined the play as a film.
Crime & Safety

Arrests in Lake Merritt robberies

By Keith Burbank | Bay City News | December 1, 2020
Two arrested in three robberies that took place within an hour on Monday morning.
California

Newsom suggests state could issue new stay-at-home order amid COVID-19 surge

By Eli Walsh | Bay City News Foundation | November 30, 2020
Surging coronavirus case numbers expected to worsen through the winter, with Bay Area projected to hit maximum ICU capacity in January, based on current patterns.
College

Fewer internships for Bay Area high school seniors to boost college apps

By Laurence Du Sault | CalMatters | November 24, 2020
For some students, it feels like the challenges have gotten even tougher: Amid the pandemic-fueled economic downturn, the volume of internship openings has plummeted.
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