Arts & Entertainment Great actors make great villains in Central Works’ ‘Boss McGreedy’ By Jean Schiffman | Bay City News Foundation | March 5, 2024 Fine actors at their best in a tale that stokes the audience's schadenfreude.
Around Town Piedmont Avenue Library Branch community outreach meeting By Reader Submission | March 5, 2024 Community members are invited on March 13 to learn more and provide input about the plans for the new library branch.
Arts & Entertainment Novels about real people lend depth, complexity to their histories By Sue Gilmore | Bay City News Foundation | March 5, 2024 New historical fiction has Frances Perkins, the U.S. secretary of labor under Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as its protagonist.
Bay Area California schools gained billions during COVID-19. Now the money is running out By Carolyn Jones | CalMatters | March 5, 2024 Low-income schools that got the most may be hardest hit when the funds expire this year.
California Chico State professor resigned after findings of dishonesty, retaliation By Thomas Peele | EdSource | March 5, 2024 The settlement agreement bars David Stachura from working in the California State University system.
Uncategorized UC professors’ math problem: How does high school data science fit in? By John Fensterwald | EdSource | March 5, 2024 Professors say introductory data science lacks rigor; advocates argue it's engaging math for non-STEM majors.
Arts & Entertainment ‘Tough Broad’ tells stories of ‘super fun, badass women’ By Frances Dinkelspiel | Bay City News Foundation | March 4, 2024 Outdoor challenges make older women happier and more resilient, writes Caroline Paul.
California No parole for youth with life sentences, California Supreme Court rules By Nigel Duara | CalMatters | March 4, 2024 A Los Angeles man convicted of slaying an elderly neighbor in 1989 cannot seek parole under new state laws.
Arts & Entertainment Pass the Remote: Cinequest serves up genre flicks in San Jose By Randy Myers | Bay City News Foundation | March 4, 2024 There are 217 films and 66 world premieres at this bumper film fest.
Business & Finance California’s fast food workers are getting a raise. But the labor-industry truce is fraying By Jeanne Kuang | CalMatters | March 4, 2024 Republicans want to scrap the law, accusing Gov. Gavin Newsom of corruption in dealings with a Panera Bread franchisee who is a major campaign donor.