Arts & Entertainment UC Berkeley’s Lawrence Hall of Science to host Earth Day celebration, month of events By Ruth Dusseault | Bay City News | March 24, 2026 Native plant sensory scavenger hunt, learn to count in Chochenyo, and more for "Earth Month."
Bay Area UC Berkeley settles lawsuit, agrees to bar Zionist speaker restrictions By Emma Gallegos | EdSource | March 20, 2026 UC Berkeley also agreed to mandatory antisemitism and anti-discrimination training for students, faculty and staff.
California ‘I was hooked’: California lawmakers target gambling addiction in youth By Vani Sanganeria | EdSource | March 20, 2026 From loot boxes to sports predictions, boys are betting — and losing — online.
Bay Area California leaders lionized César Chávez. Now, they face a reckoning with his past By Ryan Sabalow, Jeanne Kuang, Nadia Lathan, and Yue Stella Yu | CalMatters | March 18, 2026 See how the state’s top politicians are reacting to the revelations and calling for change.
Arts & Entertainment AI ‘slop’ is flooding children’s media. Parents should be very alarmed By Emily Tate Sullivan | The74 | March 18, 2026 Low-quality, mass-produced video content is a “monster problem” for child development, with few guardrails in place to stop it.
Bay Area California school districts issue thousands of pink slips to close growing budget deficits By Diana Lambert | EdSource | March 17, 2026 Declining enrollment, lost federal Covid dollars and increased costs have worsened the school funding crisis.
Bay Area Seeking more help for students in crisis, Cal State weighs options for after-hours mental health care By Amy DiPierro | EdSource | March 17, 2026 University officials say improving overnight care is a must, citing thousands of after-hours crisis calls.
covid Kids who were babies during COVID are now struggling with reading and math By Emily Tate Sullivan | The74 | March 17, 2026 A new analysis from NWEA, an assessment company, suggests children are experiencing learning disruptions even now.
California Teens walked out of school to protest ICE. Police are investigating the adults who helped them By Nigel Duara | CalMatters | March 17, 2026 High school students all over CA walked out of class in protest over the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement.
Education Once given out at USC, this banned, opioid-like product is still cropping up in California By Phoebe Huss | CalMatters | March 17, 2026 Products containing kratom leaf, addictive and banned, are still available for sale throughout the state.