Arts & Entertainment How a team of experts completed an unfinished Beethoven symphony By Ahmed Elgammal Professor, Director of the Art & AI Lab, Rutgers University | The Conversation | September 24, 2021 Musicologists and computer scientists worked for more than two years to piece together the composer's final, unfinished orchestral work.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: More must-sees at the SF Short Film Festival By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | September 24, 2021 These compelling short films, along with all others in the festival program, are available to stream through Sunday.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Fairyland, Elvira, and a symphonic ‘Princess Bride’ By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | September 24, 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.
Arts & Entertainment Great Scott! SF Symphony’s film series is back By Exedra Staff | September 21, 2021 A host of favorite feature films will go on-screen at the symphony hall this season.
Around Town Lower Piedmont hit by power outage Monday By Exedra Staff and Bay City News | September 21, 2021 PG&E initially reported weather-related reasons for the outage but later concluded an animal was to blame.
Bay Area ‘Literally saving lives’: Tiny homes shelter county’s homeless By Keith Burbank | Bay City News Foundation | September 21, 2021 The new homes have a bed, kitchenette, bathroom, and dining area.
COVID-19 Pfizer reports vaccine works for children 5 to 11, ready to seek FDA approval By John Fensterwald | EdSource | September 21, 2021 If the FDA authorization process goes smoothly, elementary school students could begin to be vaccinated by the end of October.
Education Secondary bell schedule survey deadline is Monday at noon By Piedmont Unified School District | September 17, 2021 Under a California law passed in 2019, high school and middle school schedules must shift to a later start from 2022.
California Newsom administration opposes major changes to Cal Grants, calling them too costly By Michael Burke | EdSource | September 17, 2021 The governor has until Oct. 10 to decide whether to sign bill passed unanimously by the Legislature.
COVID-19 Scientists examine kids’ unique immune systems as more fall victim to COVID By Liz Szabo | Kaiser Health News | September 17, 2021 For much of the pandemic, doctors could only guess why children’s immune systems were so much more successful at rebuffing the coronavirus.