Bay Area Schools ditching asphalt playgrounds to protect kids from rising heat By Helena Alexandra Getahun-Hawkins | Bay City News Foundation | August 1, 2023 Green spaces provide shade on hot days and can also can improve mental and physical health, one expert says.
Bay Area UCB researchers call for greater climate refugee protections By Olivia Wynkoop | Bay City News | August 1, 2023 According to the UN, more than 70 percent of the world's refugees will come from countries most vulnerable to climate change disasters.
Bay Area Don’t call it ‘toilet to tap’ — California plans to turn sewage into drinking water By Rachel Becker | CalMatters | August 1, 2023 The state’s new draft rules are more than a decade in the making.
Bay Area Oakland NAACP slams district attorney By Keith Burbank | Bay City News | July 28, 2023 Alameda County DA Pamela Price says she is reforming a biased criminal justice system.
Bay Area Student leaders, lieutenant governor urge Cal State to delay vote on tuition increase By Michael Burke | EdSource | July 28, 2023 CSU trustees plan to vote in September on annual 6% tuition increases.
Bay Area Third time’s a charm for expanding rent control in California? By Lynn La | CalMatters | July 28, 2023 A new rent control measure has made the November 2024 ballot in California.
Bay Area It’s hard for English learners to get the state seal of biliteracy. A new bill aims to change that By Zaidee Stavely | EdSource | July 28, 2023 Almost 1 in 4 high school graduates in Piedmont Unified received the seal in 2022, versus 1 in 10 graduates in Oakland Unified schools.
Bay Area Transferring from California community colleges? It’s a tough road, EdSource survey finds By Ashley A. Smith and Michael Burke | EdSource | July 25, 2023 More than half of students who responded said they found it difficult to know which courses they needed to transfer.
Bay Area UPDATE: 2 roadway gunfights in 2 days in Oakland By Bay City News and Exedra Staff | July 25, 2023 Piedmont police apprehended a suspect in Tuesday incident on Wildwood Avenue.
health How California is fighting meth with gift cards By Marisa Kendall | CalMatters | July 24, 2023 An experimental new program targets methamphetamine addiction by rewarding patients for negative drug tests.