Around Town Annual Piedmont Oktoberfest returns this Sunday By Piedmont Boosters | October 14, 2023 The October 22 benefit for Piedmont Athletics will feature local craft breweries, Wente wines, hearty German fare, and an oompah band.
Around Town Piedmont Profile | Jovie Strzelecki, Saturday Sourdough founder By Lou Fancher | October 13, 2023 The Piedmont resident wowed Harvest Festival judges and has an avid following in town.
Around Town New MFK Fisher doc, ‘The Art of Eating,’ screens at Grand Lake Oct. 16 By Reader Submission | October 13, 2023 Piedmont resident Gary Meyer co-produced the film about the culinary icon dubbed the "Poet of the Appetite."
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: SF Music Day, Alonzo King classics, ‘Turn of the Screw’ By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | October 13, 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.
Bay Area Kaiser Permanente, unions reach tentative deal By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | October 13, 2023 A three-day strike that ended Saturday included roughly 19,000 Bay Area Kaiser employees.
Arts & Entertainment On the heels of Proposition 28, California colleges pave new pathways for arts teachers By Karen D'Souza | EdSource | October 13, 2023 Many colleges are hustling to create new teacher pipelines to feed the growing need for the next generation of arts educators in California schools.
health California, Kaiser reach $200 million settlement over mental health delays By Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters | October 12, 2023 Kaiser patients waited 19 days for follow-up mental health appointments in 2019, nine days longer than state law permits.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Choose among five Bay Area film festival offerings By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | October 12, 2023 Some critic favorites from the many, many possibilities on offer.
Education College application season is here. So is the struggle to find out if AI wrote students’ essays By Carolyn Jones and Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | October 12, 2023 With the growing use of AI, campus officials are trying to set clear guidelines for college application essays.
California Newsom signs bill creating new transfer pilot program between UC and community colleges By Michael Burke | EdSource | October 11, 2023 Supporters say the bill will help streamline the transfer process but students say it doesn't go far enough.