Around Town A decade later, how is California’s local control school funding program working? By Carolyn Jones | CalMatters | March 22, 2024 The Local Control Funding Formula funnels more state money to low-income students, English learners and foster youth.
Bay Area California is clearing criminal records — including violent crimes — to offer second chances By Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters | March 21, 2024 California has one of the nation’s broadest laws to clear criminal records, and it’s about to expand even more.
health California doctors struggle to make payroll one month after ransomware attack By Khari Johnson and Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters | March 21, 2024 Doctors and hospitals have been forced to forgo payments and risk medical supply shortages.
crime Oakland officials say crime along Hegenberger is ‘trending down’ By Kiley Russell | Bay City News and Exedra Staff | March 20, 2024 Authorities credit increased police, community attention for a reduction in crime in the neighborhood.
BART East Bay urban trail gets $30M funding boost By Grace Marion | Bay City News | March 19, 2024 Some 10 miles of the East Bay Greenway Multimodal Project between Lake Merritt and Bay Fair BART stations will be upgraded.
Bay Area Registrar to manually count 123K signatures submitted to recall Alameda County DA Price By Kathleen Kirkwood | Bay City News | March 15, 2024 The recall effort needs 73,195 signatures to qualify.
Bay Area Amid faculty objections, UC considers limiting what faculty can say on university websites By Michael Burke | EdSource | March 14, 2024 Opponents say the policy change aims to limit comment on Israel's war in Gaza.
Bay Area UC has enrolled more Californians, but lawmakers say it’s not enough By Emma Gallegos | EdSource | March 13, 2024 Legislators propose further increasing tuition for students coming from outside California.
Bay Area Large California companies will soon face new rules on how they use AI By Khari Johnson | CalMatters | March 13, 2024 The multi-year process started in late 2021 took the next step toward regulating business use of AI in California.
Bay Area California’s primary turnout not a record low, but vote count still slow By Lynn La | CalMatters | March 12, 2024 As of early Tuesday afternoon just over 6 million ballots had been processed, with nearly 1.5 million remaining.