Around Town LWV hosts ‘Great Decisions’ discussion group By League of Women Voters, Piedmont | January 26, 2022 With a focus on world affairs, the Zoom meetings are free, open to the public and will take place every other Tuesday starting Feb 1.
COVID-19 Omicron blazes through California child care providers already reeling from COVID By Elizabeth Aguilera | CalMatters | January 26, 2022 Child care centers were already struggling prior to the omicron variant. Now a dire situation has gotten even worse.
Business & Finance What’s in the California paid sick leave deal for workers and businesses? By Sameea Kamal | CalMatters | January 25, 2022 Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders agree to restore California paid sick leave for COVID-19. Here’s what you need to know.
Arts & Entertainment SF Opera’s 100th season will kick off with a John Adams premiere By Sue Gilmore | Bay City News Foundation | January 25, 2022 The program for the centenary season is both long on ambition and heavy on nostalgia.
Books Shelf Life: Should books ever be banned? Ask the experts By Tony Hicks | Bay City News Foundation | January 25, 2022 The American Library Association tracked 273 targeted books in 156 challenges to libraries, schools, and universities in 2020.
Food & Drink The Dish | Bake Sale Betty’s Coleslaw By Brynne Staley | January 25, 2022 The iconic (and fantastically easy to make) accompaniment to any main course.
Arts & Entertainment New book eyeballs visual legacy of absurdist group The Residents By Lydia Sviatoslavsky | Bay City News Foundation | January 24, 2022 The anonymous avant-garde freak group has been injecting the music world with absurdist humor and psychedelia since the late 1960s.
health COVID-infected nurses working at short-staffed nursing homes By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | January 24, 2022 Infections are sweeping through staff and residents at homes across the state.
Featured in Category PEF’s Giving Campaign sets fundraising record By The Piedmont Education Foundation | January 21, 2022 1,200+ families gave in support of students and the Piedmont Unified School District.
California UC chancellors to receive raises By Michael Burke | EdSource | January 21, 2022 The raises approved range from 6 percent to 28 percent for each of the chancellors at the university's nine undergraduate campuses.