Arts & Entertainment Free Shakespeare in the Park trims and tidies ‘Cymbeline’ By Hilda Scheib | Bay City News Foundation | September 1, 2023 Something Shakespearean for everyone: mistaken identity, poison, murder, and forbidden love, plus audience participation.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Megan Lowe, Scottish Games, Linda Tillery By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | September 1, 2023 The Bay Area is a hub of artistic expression, attracting artists, writers and musicians from around the globe to live, work and create. We highlight some of the offerings here.
Education As culture wars escalate, California officials push back on school board policies By Carolyn Jones and Alexei Koseff | CalMatters | August 29, 2023 State officials are fighting recent board decisions that restrict LGBTQ student protections.
Housing California parental rights battle gets louder By Lynn La | CalMatters | August 22, 2023 Parental oversight, book bans, disrupting school board meetings, and other "culture wars" topics collide.
Books Why there’s more to the science of reading than phonics By Karen D'Souza | EdSource | August 17, 2023 Many significant obstacles lie ahead before a transformation in American reading instruction is likely to take root, literacy experts say.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Great Animal Orchestra’ an evocative soundscape like no other By Caroline Crawford | Bay City New Foundation | August 10, 2023 The immersive exhibition at the Exploratorium in San Francisco continue through mid-October.
health The debate over flavored medicine for California kids By Lynn La | CalMatters | August 4, 2023 Flavoring medicine now falls within the scope of national drug compounding standards.
Family & Kids Doctors sound alarm about child nicotine poisoning as vapes flood the US market By Liz Szabo | KFF Health News | August 3, 2023 Popular e-cigarettes lack packaging that stops kids from consuming the hazardous nicotine inside.
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.
Arts & Entertainment How I learned to stop worrying and love the doll By Carol Hay | The Conversation | July 18, 2023 A feminist philosopher’s journey back to Barbie. Director Greta Gerwig's movie "Barbie" premieres this week.