Arts & Entertainment Authors around the Bay offer an August bounty of events By Leslie Katz | Bay City News Foundation | August 1, 2023 A list of notable August happenings around the region, with an emphasis on local authors.
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.
health Medical cannabis patients, who paved the way for legalization in California, feel left behind By Alexei Koseff | CalMatters | August 1, 2023 Some patients and advocates say the commercial market created by Proposition 64 in 2016 isn’t meeting medical needs.
COVID-19 California needs thousands of nurses, but leaders can’t agree on how to fill jobs By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | July 31, 2023 Some hospitals in Southern California have a nurse vacancy rate of 30%, stressing overworked staff and causing some to leave the industry earlier than they planned.
California With Trump in mind, California Republicans change delegate rules ahead of 2024 primary By Lynn La | CalMatters | July 31, 2023 New rules appear to boost the former president -- and perhaps pull California onto center stage during nominations.
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.
Education When ‘culture wars’ rip through California school boards, should the state intervene? By Carolyn Jones | EdSource | July 28, 2023 California gives school boards a lot of local control, but some recent events have pushed the state to rein that in.