Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: 1906 quake remembrance, CubaCaribe fest, and Joshua Bell By The Artful Observer | Bay City News | April 15, 2026 Also: Bilingual Shakespeare with "La Comedia of Errors," and Pocket Opera's “A Midsummer Night’s Dream."
Oakland Long-planned project to improve Alameda-Oakland-I-880 access breaks ground By Thomas Hughes | Bay City News | April 15, 2026 The $175 million transformation has been inching forward for nearly two decades.
Around Town Play Like a Girl+ on May 3 is looking for volunteers By Piedmont Recreation Department | April 14, 2026 Sign up for pre-event support tasks — or join staff on the day to help attendees and organizers.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Mad Tea Party’: Children’s Fairyland kicks off adults-only event series on April 24 By Oakland Children's Fairyland | April 14, 2026 An Alice in Wonderland-themed night out featuring cocktails, costumes, and cabaret magic.
Arts & Entertainment Smuin Contemporary Ballet premieres work by Schermoly, Seiwert By James Ambroff-Tahan | Bay City News | April 14, 2026 “Jane Doe" addresses the status of women in the world with part caution, part hope.
California How California bungled $1 million in a collaboration with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library By Adam Echelman | CalMatters | April 14, 2026 Lawmakers, nonprofit tangle over program promising to address child literacy.
COVID-19 BART logs 5.4 million riders in March, highest monthly total since pandemic By Thomas Hughes | Bay City News | April 14, 2026 BART relies heavily on passenger revenue from fares and parking fees from customers who park and ride.
Around Town Who’s that Good Dog? By Olivia Stevens | April 14, 2026 For sociable Murray, midlife is the good life.
Bay Area Gen Z reports more negativity about AI, flat usage in survey By Kate Rix | EdSource | April 14, 2026 Even frequent users say they are less excited about AI tools than they were a year ago.
Arts & Entertainment Movies: SF’s Balboa Theater turns 100, LBGTQ+ film series, Nadav Lapid’s ‘Yes’ By Anita Katz | Bay City News | April 13, 2026 Also, six weeks of Hitchcock in Palo Alto, and Albert Camus’ existential 1942 novella in film.