Around Town An evening benefiting UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland set for Feb. 10 By The Hill Branch | Debbie DiMaggio | January 12, 2024 Purchase tickets to help fund important equipment and services that saves the lives of thousands of children.
City What goes up must come down By Piedmont Beautification Foundation | January 12, 2024 PBF thanks volunteers and City Public Works and Recreation Departments for their help in bringing the holiday season to a close in town.
Bay Area Tech is growing as a source of California tax revenue — that’s the good news and the bad news By Levi Sumagaysay | CalMatters | January 12, 2024 Top tech companies’ stocks helped boost state revenue last year, making the health of the tech industry more important to California than ever.
California Mammography AI can cost patients extra. Is it worth it? By Michelle Andrews | KFF Health News | January 12, 2024 Artificial intelligence software to aid radiologists in detecting problems or diagnosing cancer has been moving rapidly into clinical use.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: ‘Flower Power,’ ‘Wild Parrots,’ Jaap van Zweden conducts By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | January 12, 2024 Also, percussionist and bandleader John Santos at Freight & Salvage, and a musical salon recreated.
climate change Will avalanches in California worsen with climate change? By Rachel Becker | CalMatters | January 11, 2024 Lower-elevation areas may see fewer avalanches, but uncertainties remain about higher elevations.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: ‘Stripped for Parts’ on a news industry in crisis By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | January 11, 2024 Documentary illustrates the clandestine activities of a hedge fund that owns several Bay Area newspapers and others across the nation.
Arts & Entertainment A Jewish comic brilliantly works the crowd in ‘Just For Us’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News Foundation | January 11, 2024 Alex Edelman’s funny, suspenseful, solo show is now playing at Berkeley Rep.
homelessness Newsom administration makes progress on tiny home promise By Marisa Kendall | CalMatters | January 11, 2024 The state has chosen who will build 1,200 tiny homes, but it remains to be seen when they will be built.
California California offers a lifeline for medical residents who can’t find abortion training By Laurie Udesky | KFF Health News | January 11, 2024 Abortion restrictions in 18 states have curtailed training in skills that doctors say are critical for OB-GYN specialists and others.