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Arts & Entertainment
Local Lit | August’s top tips for book lovers
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In-person and online events this month feature a range of local luminaries and new voices.Bay Area
Monkeypox outbreak: Newsom declares state of emergency
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Two-thirds of total cases have been reported in Los Angeles County and San Francisco.health
Kaiser mental health workers signal open-ended strike in Northern California
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The union representing 2,000 Kaiser Northern California mental health workers cited high workloads and long waits for patients.Bay Area
Is California headed for an economic downturn?
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For the first time since early 2020, California’s tax revenues in June fell short of projections rather than exceeding them.Bay Area
New batch of CSU records shows professors disciplined for sexual harassment
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Records show students suffered sexual advances from faculty. Some professors were suspended or fired while others resigned or retired.COVID-19
Buckle up for a busy month in Sacramento
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Legislators face an Aug. 31 deadline to determine the fate of hundreds of bills.California
Citing a mental health crisis among young people, California lawmakers target social media
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Two bills address online addiction among children, but Big Tech is fighting the effort.Education
What’s in a name? From ‘Hastings’ to UC Law SF
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The law school's board voted to replace the Hastings name with San Francisco because of its founder’s genocidal acts against Native Americans in the 1850s.Arts & Entertainment
