crime Piedmonter plants “Neighbors Together Oakland” lawn signs to rally residents By Exedra Staff | September 1, 2023 Fed up with crime, Chris Moore hopes to encourage more residents to engage with Oakland on public safety issues.
City Revised Housing Element open for comment through Sept. 8 By City of Piedmont | September 1, 2023 While awaiting certification from the State reviewers, city staff are working to implement the Housing Element programs and policies.
California Ending the suspense: Child trafficking, fentanyl bills can still become law By Alexei Koseff and Sameea Kamaal | CalMatters | September 1, 2023 In rapid-fire votes in suspense file hearings, lawmakers determined the fate of hundreds of bills on crime, transgender students and more.
COVID-19 California COVID cases are increasing, again. Here’s the latest on boosters and more By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | September 1, 2023 With Labor Day gatherings ahead health experts anticipate more transmission and hospitalizations.
College Restraining order in Chico State threat case ‘warranted, necessary and justified,’ judge rules By Thomas Peele | EdSource | September 1, 2023 Tentative ruling could end the academic career of suspended biology professor David Stachura.
Bay Area Cal, Stanford ditch flailing Pac-12 for Atlantic Coast Conference By Keith Burbank | Bay City News | September 1, 2023 The ACC will now have 18 teams.
Business & Finance As more Californians allege on-the-job violations, labor groups say bosses retaliate By Jeanne Kuang and Alejandra Reyes-Velarde | CalMatters | September 1, 2023 The state’s waitlist for investigations and hearings is growing, and few workers have won their claims.
Bay Area Study: California’s K-12 funding overhaul worked as designed By John Fensterwald | EdSource | September 1, 2023 Equity-based funding caused big jumps in student performance in the highest-poverty school districts, says UC Berkeley economist Rucker Johnson.
California Gov. Newsom signs executive order for a master plan for career education By Emma Gallegos | EdSource | August 31, 2023 The order emphasizes building connections between education institutions and employers in addition to between educational agencies.
California The world’s largest dam demolition has begun on the Klamath River By Rachel Becker | CalMatters | August 31, 2023 As four aging hydroelectric dams are demolished, tribes and communities along the Klamath River wait anxiously to see what the future holds.