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.
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.
California California moves to silence Stanford researchers who got state data to study education issues By John Fensterwald | EdSource | July 28, 2023 At issue is whether researchers can analyze nonpublic California student data and also testify against the state in related and even unrelated cases.
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.