California An EdSource guide to earning college credit while in high school By Emma Gallegos | EdSource | May 8, 2023 This guide aims to provide an overview of college-level coursework in California for young students and its effects on college and careers.
Arts & Entertainment PHS Dance and A Cappella Choir perform spring concert By Amy Moorhead | Piedmont High School | May 6, 2023 Tickets are now on sale for the May 14 and 15 musical theater-themed performances.
Around Town East Bay Open Studios kicks off in Oakland on May 12 By East Bay Open Studios | May 6, 2023 Annual, free and family-friendly, self- guided tours of artist studios and exhibition spaces throughout the East Bay on May 13, 14, 20, and 21.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Amalia Mesa-Bains, Louise Brooks, Cécile McLorin Salvant, and more By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | May 5, 2023 The 1929 silent picture "Pandora's Box," starring Louise Brooks, will screen with musical accompaniment by Club Foot Orchestra, which specializes in silent film scores.
Bay Area Is the child care crisis escalating? By Karen D'Souza | EdSource | May 5, 2023 Child care for a baby in Alameda County cost about $20,000 a year in 2021.
Books Local Lit | May’s top tips for book lovers By Lou Fancher | May 5, 2023 Bay Area Book Festival on tap; also: Kwame Alexander in conversation with W Kamau Bell; Luke Russert; writing workshop with Anne Lamott; and more.
Business & Finance Life with Money | The Hidden Curriculum of Money By Corenna Roozeboom | Park Piedmont Advisor | May 5, 2023 [SPONSORED] Everything we learn about money without being taught. Unfortunately, this means we’re not always well-informed.
Bay Area Facing California deadlines, automakers race to produce electric cars By Nadia Lopez | CalMatters | May 5, 2023 A look inside the factory that assembles Ford’s F-150 electric pickup.
California Latest national test results underscore declining knowledge of U.S. history and civics By John Fensterwald | EdSource | May 5, 2023 As they did for math and reading, eighth grade scores dropped in 2022 for U.S. history and civics; impact of COVID may be just one factor.
Arts & Entertainment Gripping history about a slave couple’s escape among Bay Area book fest’s plentiful offerings By Rowena Gonden | Bay City News Foundation | May 4, 2023 Ilyon Woo speaks about “Master Slave Husband Wife” at 2 p.m., May 7 at the Bay Area Book Festival in Berkeley.