Bay Area Ruth Bancroft Garden & Nursery honors curator’s 40 years of service By Sue Gilmore | Local News Matters | September 18, 2020 Brian Kemble is still channeling, on a daily basis, the lovely, cactus-crazed lady who inspired, then hired him, back in 1980.
COVID-19 A pandemic upshot: Seniors are having second thoughts about where to live By Judith Graham | Kaiser Health News | September 18, 2020 Some older adults who planned to move to senior housing are now choosing to live independently rather than communally.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: ‘The Way I See It’ through the lens of White House photographer, ‘The Audition’ and more By Randy Myers | Local News Matters | September 17, 2020 Also revisit 1962 as a great year for filmmaking; and check out noir mystery, Through a Glass Darkly
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets: Classical guitar with DuoSF; Berkeley composer/performer Myra Medford; Roy Rogers and more By Artful Observer | Local News Matters | September 17, 2020 What's streaming here, now and in the coming weeks
Arts & Entertainment Must-see picks at Frameline44 film festival By Randy Myers | Local News Matters | September 17, 2020 The remainder of September brings LGBTQ-themed features and shorts.
California American environmentalism’s racist roots have shaped global thinking about conservation By Prakash Kashwan, associate professor, University of Connecticut | Local News Matters | September 17, 2020 They are embedded in longstanding prejudices against local communities with a focus on protecting pristine wildernesses.
Home & Garden Does ignoring robocalls make them stop? What 1.5 million of them taught us By Sathvik Prasad and Bradley Reaves, for The Conversation | Local News Matters | September 17, 2020 New research aims to give phone companies tools to help curb robocalls.
Lifestyle The Arena: Oakland’s Roots grow into new league By Chris De Benedetti, Bay City News Foundation | Local News Matters | September 17, 2020 The franchise has fully embraced the city of Oakland at a time when it’s been deserted by the Raiders and Warriors. Roots’ slogan is “Oakland first, always.”
COVID-19 Students’ mass migration back to college gets a failing grade By Victoria Knight | Kaiser Health News | September 17, 2020 Epidemiologists and disease modelers tried to predict what would happen when students moved back to campus.
Arts & Entertainment Movie theaters reopening in the Bay Area By Jeremy Hay | Bay City News | September 16, 2020 Movie buffs can graduate from the couch to the big screen in certain counties which have moved into a less restrictive tier for reopening.