Bay Area Cal State trustees decide this week on 6% tuition rate hike, but with a sunset provision By Ashley A. Smith | EdSource | September 12, 2023 Faculty union opposes tuition rate increase, despite Cal State assertions that it will help improve compensation.
California Lawmakers, Newsom and UC agree on new community college transfer plan, legislative leader says By Michael Burke | EdSource | September 11, 2023 New compromise creates a pilot program to ease transfers from community colleges to the University of California.
City City Council OKs new ADU plans and design standards for multifamily and mixed-use buildings By Sam Richards | September 8, 2023 The approval should make it easier to add affordable housing units in the city.
California Orange Unified becomes sixth California district to adopt transgender parental notification policy By Mallika Seshadri | EdSource | September 8, 2023 Orange Unified School District passed a policy Thursday evening that would require school officials to notify parents and guardians if their child identifies as transgender.
COVID-19 California lawmakers want to tax guns and ammo By Lynn La | CalMatters | September 8, 2023 The tax could bring in an estimated $160 million annually for violence intervention programs.
Bay Area California lawmakers send caste discrimination bill to Newsom By Lynn La | CalMatters | September 8, 2023 The first-in-the-nation bill bans caste discrimination under California’s housing and employment laws.
California Heat-related deaths are up, and not just because it’s getting hotter By Phillip Reese | Kaiser Health News | September 8, 2023 Only once in the last 20 years — the heat wave of 2006 — has the death rate been higher than it was in 2022.
City PPD issues community alert for armed robbery on Estates Drive By Exedra Staff | September 7, 2023 The incident took place midday Tuesday and the investigation is ongoing.
climate change California scales back electric car rebates to focus on lower-income car buyers By Alejandro Lazo | CalMatters | September 7, 2023 Now that electric cars are mainstream, higher-income Californians will no longer qualify for state subsidies.
Bay Area 570 California schools targeted for low vaccination rates By Diana Lambert, Daniel J. Willis, and Yuxuan Xie | EdSource | September 7, 2023 More than half of Oakland Unified’s 48 elementary schools and eight of its schools serving seventh graders are on the audit list for 2022-23.