Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Ukrainian jazz, Cara Levine, and more By The Artful Observer | Bay City News Foundation | February 15, 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.
Books Local Lit | February’s top tips for book lovers By Lou Fancher | February 14, 2023 Check out appearances by top authors, and don't miss the literary celebration of Black History Month at venues around Oakland.
Featured in Category From Chaucer to chocolates: Valentine’s gifts over the centuries By Clare Davidson | The Conversation | February 14, 2023 The exchange of love gifts and tokens on Feb 14 is not a recently invented "Hallmark" tradition.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Monopoly’s ‘Ruthless’ past, plus ‘Art & Krimes’ By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | February 14, 2023 A busy movie week in the Bay Area and beyond includes two film festivals, three packages of Oscar shorts, and other special screenings.
Bay Area Newsom suspends environmental laws to store more Delta water By Alastair Bland | CalMatters | February 14, 2023 Environmentalists call the move “a breakdown of law and order” while growers laud it as a way to ensure more water is delivered this year.
California In California, Democrats propose $25 minimum wage for health workers By Samantha Young | Kaiser Health News | February 14, 2023 Similar proposals have previously faced strong opposition from the health industry.
Bay Area More than 12,000 Californians are getting cash from guaranteed income experiments By Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters | February 14, 2023 State and local governments, and some private funders, are launching dozens of pilot projects
Bay Area Will controversial California housing law become permanent? By Sameea Kamal | CalMatters | February 14, 2023 SB 35 is set to expire in 2025 but State Senator Scott Wiener, the San Francisco Democrat who authored it, wants to make it permanent.
Arts & Entertainment Review: ‘Cashed Out’ shines light on a Native American family By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News Foundation | February 13, 2023 SF Playhouse production is poignant and compelling.
Arts & Entertainment Amalia Mesa-Bains’ artwork looks to the personal and the political By Hilda Scheib | Bay City News Foundation | February 13, 2023 Retrospective exhibition reveals the range of the artist’s multimedia installations.