College With test scores out, college essays count more this year By Larry Gordon | EdSource | October 30, 2020 With SAT/ACT scores optional or totally off the table during the coronavirus pandemic, many colleges look to applicant essays in decisions.
Featured in Category (Almost) last call for Oktoberfest By Lou Fancher | October 29, 2020 Sausages and beers keep coming for takeout or al fresco dining at Oakland biergartens, Brotzeit Lokal and Hofküche.
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: A new face for Frankenstein and a feminist take on ancient Greek theatre By The Artful Observer | Local News Matters | October 29, 2020 From the Fauré Quartett, classical piano, Lysistrata, Lucinda Williams' tribute concerts, and more, don't miss what's streaming.
Lifestyle Berkeley’s BORP promotes inclusivity through cycling By Gina Gotsill, Bay City News Foundation | Local News Matters | October 29, 2020 Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program (BORP) provides people with physical disabilities a venue for adaptive exercise, even amid COVID.
education Challenging the model minority myth: Asian-American students divided over affirmative action By Janelle Marie Salanga | October 28, 2020 Some Asian American students and academics say they have been unfairly lumped together in discussions around Prop 16.
Books “She Votes” documents U.S. women’s fight for voting rights and the ongoing struggle for equality By Gina Gotsill, Bay City News Foundation | Local News Matters | October 27, 2020 Written by a history buff and art history professor with a penchant for sports, the author loose with a witty writing style that’s entertaining and edgy.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Feel-good films to help you through an intense election week By Randy Myers, Bay City News Foundation | Local News Matters | October 27, 2020 We all are in dire need of a mood adjuster. Here are five to lift the spirits.
Around Town Local walkers raise $8000 for Alzheimer’s Association By Exedra Staff | October 27, 2020 East Bay Walk for Alzheimer's was held last weekend as the Morrison family and friends took to the Piedmont streets.
Lifestyle Come for the art, stay for the vote with CCA’s new civic engagement campaign By Amelia Williams | Bay City News Foundation | October 27, 2020 Artists promote civic engagement for all to see with new exhibition in California College of the Arts, San Francisco gallery windows
Featured in Category UPDATE: East Bay parks’ closure extended thru Wed. morning By Eli Walsh | Bay City News | October 27, 2020 Closures include Anthony Chabot, Lake Chabot, Roberts, Sibley, Tilden, and Wildcat among others.