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.
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.
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.
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.
City City Council OKs pickleball plan for Linda Beach courts By Sam Richards | September 6, 2023 Courts to become permanent pickleball space, but hours of play limited.
Bay Area Attorney for Monterrosa family vows to hire private security to monitor returning officer By Katy St. Clair | Bay City News Foundation | September 6, 2023 Vallejo police killed Sean Monterrosa in 2020 during the unrest surrounding George Floyd protests in that city.
City The Blotter | Man arrested, found with ‘ghost gun’ By Damin Esper | September 5, 2023 Suspect was working on stolen van when contacted; also DUI collision and ALPR system at work.