Bay Area Amid California’s mounting literacy crisis, state names new literacy directors By Karen D'Souza | EdSource | March 24, 2023 The state is highlighting structured literacy, which stresses explicit lessons on reading fundamentals such as phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension.
Business & Finance Life with Money | What Do the Young People in Your Life Need to Know About Money? By Tom Levinson | Park Piedmont Advisors | March 24, 2023 [SPONSORED] Many adults prefer to avoid money conversations, but the next generation is surprisingly interested – even eager – to talk about it.
Family & Kids Berkeley Tuolumne Family Camp near Yosemite offers summer fun By Berkeley Parks, Recreation and Waterfront Department | March 24, 2023 [SPONSORED] Create lifelong memories with a turnkey family vacation near Yosemite Valley.
Arts & Entertainment 14th Annual Notes & Words benefit for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals is March 25 By Notes & Words | March 22, 2023 Featuring Grammy Award-winning musician Alanis Morissette and musical performances by Tulani, YOYOKA, and Oakland School for the Arts alongside readings from best-selling authors Ben Fong-Torres, James McBride, and Leila Mottley.
Arts & Entertainment Kehinde Wiley’s beautiful, political works fill the de Young By Hilda Scheib | Bay City News Foundation | March 22, 2023 Wiley may be best known for his presidential portrait of Barack Obama.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Berlin & Beyond, Sonoma fest, and more By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | March 22, 2023 It's festival season, and two big ones start the ball rolling.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Free outdoor films, Rhonda Benin, Irish theater, and Mahler By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | March 22, 2023 Jordan Peele's "Nope" opens the Proxy Spring Series of outdoor film in San Francisco.
energy Who buys electric cars in California — and who doesn’t? By Nadia Lopez and Erica Yee | CalMatters | March 22, 2023 Communities with high concentrations of electric cars are affluent, college-educated, and at least 75% white and Asian.
COVID-19 End of COVID emergency will usher in changes across the US health system By Rachana Pradhan | Kaiser Health News | March 22, 2023 The May 11 expiration of the federal government’s pandemic emergency declaration will affect patient care across a broad range of settings.
Around Town Judges named for 54th Annual Piedmont Bird Calling Contest By Piedmont Unified School District | March 21, 2023 Filling the roles of "Celebrity Judges" will be Rosemary Orozco and Michael Poryes. This year’s "Bird Calling Expert Judge" is Joe Fendel.