California Why does California have the highest jobless rate in the country? By Grace Gedye | CalMatters | December 10, 2021 Many Californians work in the leisure and hospitality industries, which are still recovering from the pandemic.
California Why child’s play is serious business in early education By Karen D'Souza | EdSource | December 10, 2021 Play enhances brain structure and function and promotes executive function, experts say.
COVID-19 Pfizer-BioNTech booster approved for 16-and 17-year-olds By Karen D'Souza | EdSource | December 10, 2021 The FDA expanded Pfizer’s authorization to cover the younger age group on an emergency basis.
Bay Area State water board could set mandatory drought restrictions by early next year By Kiley Russell | Bay City News Foundation | December 9, 2021 Enforced by local water agencies, residents found to be wasting water could face fines.
Around Town Tracking COVID in Piedmont | Dec. 7 By Exedra Staff | December 7, 2021 Small rise in local cases; in the Bay Area and globally focus is now on the omicron variant.
California When the surges just keep coming: a view from the COVID vortex By Jenny Gold | Kaiser Health News | December 7, 2021 How one California region is handling resurgent waves of COVID-19.
COVID-19 U.S. surgeon general warns of youth mental health crisis because of the pandemic By Ali Tadayon | EdSource | December 7, 2021 The pandemic "exacerbated the unprecedented stresses young people already faced," Murthy wrote.
Around Town Berkeley ceramics studio’s show and sale includes work by Piedmonters By Brigid Gaffikin | December 3, 2021 A Wildwood teacher and a city councilmember are among those who found pandemic consolation through a local potters' studio and workshop.
covid How can scientists update coronavirus vaccines for omicron? By Deborah Fuller, Professor of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington | The Conversation | December 3, 2021 A microbiologist answers five questions about how Moderna and Pfizer could rapidly adjust mRNA vaccines.
Bay Area Why some California school districts are changing how students earn grades By Carolyn Jones and John Fensterwald | EdSource | December 3, 2021 Mastery-based learning is seen as a way to improve education equity.