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.
College How can college students stay safe during the omicron surge? We asked four experts By Sindhu Ananthavel, Juhi Doshi, Ryan Loyola and Steven Vargas | CalMatters | January 21, 2022 CalMatters asked four public health experts all your pressing questions about how to avoid catching omicron on campus.