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.
Around Town Leave ‘abandoned’ baby deer alone. They’re OK, wildlife experts say By Pete Young | Bay City News | April 13, 2026 Fawns removed from the wild lack the survival skills their mothers would have taught them and can't be released back into nature.
health Can medical malpractice lawsuits protect LGBTQ youth from conversion therapy? This California lawmaker thinks so By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | April 13, 2026 Medical and mental health organizations condemn conversion therapy, which is rooted in the now-debunked theory that homosexuality is a mental illness.