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Education
Add personal finance to what every California high school graduate must learn
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A mandatory semester course, starting in 2030-31 will include instruction in interest rates, college financing, investment principles and consumer protections.Arts & Entertainment
Review: Aurora Theatre’s ‘Lifespan of a Fact’ amusingly, pointedly explores the validity of truth
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Funny, provocative and deeply touching, the play runs through July 21 at the Aurora Theatre Company in Berkeley.Arts & Entertainment
Hooked on Books: What’s in a name? Sometimes, a slight (but forgivable) subterfuge
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Also: Under a new program offered by Litquake, the big annual Bay Area book festival, some lucky readers will have a private dinner with Pulitzer Prizer winner Jane Smiley.crime
Shiny scam convinces victims to convert their cash into gold bars — with dire consequences
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The criminals pose as U.S. government officials or as customer support professionals from a financial or tech company, according to police.BART
Better take the bus: Six weekends of track repairs to disrupt BART service in Oakland
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Free buses are replacing BART trains between Rockridge, MacArthur, and 19th Street stations this Saturday and Sunday.Arts & Entertainment
Best Bets: Fantastic Negrito, ukulele greats, ‘Evita,’ Salonen and SF Symphony, ‘Bohème Out of the Box’
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Don't miss what's on tap around the Bay Area this weekend, starting with East Bay’s own Fantastic Negrito.Oakland
Thao chief spokesman’s departure latest in week of woes for embattled Oakland mayor
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The announcement came just a day after Mayor Sheng Thao’s recently hired criminal defense attorney withdrew as her lawyer.crime
The Blotter | One detained, one arrested in stolen car
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Drugs, burglary tools found in vehicle.around town
