Arts & Entertainment San Francisco Opera opens 101st season with ‘Il Trovatore’ By Caroline Crawford | Bay City News Foundation | September 19, 2023 Verdi's opera is packed with unforgettable, back-to-back arias and a saga of mistaken identity, gypsy curses, war, and, of course, doomed love.
health With uptick in patients, these California Planned Parenthood employees want to unionize By Shreya Agrawal | CalMatters | September 19, 2023 Several Southern California clinics estimate 10 percent of their patients travel from states that now restrict reproductive healthcare.
News As test scores crater, debate over whether there’s a ‘science’ to math recovery By Jo Napolitano | The 74 | September 19, 2023 The “science of math” calls for a more orderly, explicit approach to classroom instruction.
Bay Area How these bills before Gov. Gavin Newsom could change education in California By John Fensterwald | EdSource | September 18, 2023 The bills include protections for LGBTQ students, actions to address the teacher shortage and curbs on suspending high school students and on banning textbooks.
Around Town Sept. 22 Movie in the Park | ‘Matilda’ By Piedmont Recreation Department | September 16, 2023 Show begins Friday evening at approximately 7:15 in Piedmont Park.
College ‘Time is running out’: COVID-19 set back older students the most, study finds By Greg Toppo | The 74 | September 15, 2023 Those who came of age during the pandemic are facing "an insidious and hidden" derailment, one researcher says.
Education Tuition hike of 34% across five years coming to California State University By Mikhail Zinshteyn | September 15, 2023 Students, parents, faculty, and staff react to the fee hikes.
Bay Area From films to counseling — how California is spending $90 million to fight hate By Felicia Mello | CalMatters | September 15, 2023 Hate crimes were up 20% in California in 2022, with those against transgender, Muslim, and Black people increasing especially sharply.
Bay Area Gavin Newsom’s mental health plan is going to voters. Here’s what you need to know By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | September 15, 2023 Some of an existing special tax that funds mental health services would be redirected to pay for housing for homeless people with mental illnesses.
Housing That’s a wrap for California Legislature By Lynn La | CalMatters | September 15, 2023 Labor groups win big this year.