Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Sundance docs and cinema classics By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | January 28, 2022 W. Kamau Bell's important Cosby film comes to Showtime, plus riveting documentaries and Berkeley film archive classics on the big screen.
Featured in Category Films from 3 Bay Area directors premiere to applause at Sundance By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | January 28, 2022 Sara Dosa, W. Kamau Bell, and Reid Davenport discuss their recent work.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Cartoon jazz, classical birds, and pandemic song By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | January 28, 2022 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 Oakland Unified pushes back vaccine mandate to the fall semester By Ali Tadayon | EdSource | January 27, 2022 The new deadline will match the state deadline for student COVID-19 vaccination.
California Mandatory kindergarten bill passes California Senate By Karen D'Souza | EdSource | January 27, 2022 An estimated 5% to 7% of students in the state do not enroll in kindergarten, according to the California Kindergarten Association.
Bay Area Reminder: Oakland’s vaccination requirement for indoor facilities begins Feb. 1 By Eli Walsh | Bay City News Foundation | January 25, 2022 Oakland joins neighboring cities and counties in requiring vaccination to eat in restaurants, use indoor recreation facilities.
Business & Finance What’s in the California paid sick leave deal for workers and businesses? By Sameea Kamal | CalMatters | January 25, 2022 Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders agree to restore California paid sick leave for COVID-19. Here’s what you need to know.
Arts & Entertainment SF Opera’s 100th season will kick off with a John Adams premiere By Sue Gilmore | Bay City News Foundation | January 25, 2022 The program for the centenary season is both long on ambition and heavy on nostalgia.
COVID-19 Oakland Unified, teachers union reach tentative agreement on safety plan By Ali Tadayon | EdSource | January 25, 2022 Oakland Education Association members must still vote to approve the tentative agreement, and the district’s school board must ratify it.
California UC chancellors to receive raises By Michael Burke | EdSource | January 21, 2022 The raises approved range from 6 percent to 28 percent for each of the chancellors at the university's nine undergraduate campuses.