California
Bay Area
BART records highest ridership month since pandemic-induced low
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Even with the positive trend, the transit agency will continue to face a budget deficit unless new sources of revenue are found.climate change
California restricts utility shutoffs as dangerous heat ripples across state
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In a 4-0 vote, the CPUC lowered the temperature at which utilities must stop shutting off power to delinquent customers, from 100 to 90 degrees.Bay Area
Drive to double Berkeley ‘soda tax’ to 2 cents heads to November ballot
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A projected $2.2 million brought in by the higher tax would go toward public education programs and grants in Berkeley.Education
A new law holds colleges accountable if their grads don’t earn more than $36,000 a year
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About 300 California programs may fail the test, including many cosmetology and some arts programs.California
Californians may get a new way to sue big companies. Some Democrats are nervous
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A contentious bill is pitting labor unions and trial lawyers against the lobbying might of California’s business and tech industries.Education
A new review of the SAT at University of California is coming by June 2027
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The UC Board of Regents removed the SAT from the admissions process in 2020.California
California law ensures humans, not AI, are teaching K-12 students
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The bill amended the California education code to make clear that school staff and contractors in public schools must be “natural people.”Around Town
29,000 meals for donation are headed to Alameda County
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The effort is part of an interfaith community effort to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the United States.Housing
