Education

A lot estimated at $700,000 worth of unique and very personal items will be sold at a live Bonhams auction in New York. The collection of over 100 items were passed down from Steinbeck's sister Mary to her daughter and son-in-law.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed Healthy Meals for Kids into law, making California the first state in the nation to codify President Joe Biden’s new federal guidelines on school nutrition standards aimed at reducing sugar and salt in school meals.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected a bill on Sunday that would have made free condoms available all public high school students, arguing it was too expensive for a state with a budget deficit of more than $30 billion.

Ritwin Narra and Kaylee Nguyen of Silver Creek High School in San Jose both got perfect scores on their AP calculus exams. Only 16 students out 136,000 who took the exam worldwide were able to pull off this rare feat this year,

Stanford University will pay $1.9 million to resolve allegations brought by the federal government that the university violated federal law by not disclosing funding that faculty members were receiving from abroad, the U.S. Department of Justice said. 

Three days a week, a teacher at a Moraga school is lightening the pressure on students by bringing a therapy dog to class.

Sunol Glen Unified School Board President Ryan Jergensen said he and his family have received death threats after he helped pass a ban on special-interest flags on campus.

75,000 union Kaiser Permanente workers prepare to begin a 3-day strike Wednesday.

Student assistants working for the California State University system announced they will take a vote on unionizing.

Once unhoused himself, Berkeley Law student Anthony Carrascohas helped a homeless man get off the streets and enroll in community college. Carrasco has also used his past as fuel to bring about change to Bay Area homeless policies, especially those involving children.

A local San Jose sports journalist who won national praise for his impactful writing on race was honored Saturday by his South Bay alma mater.

The state is offering $150 million to school districts to replace old diesel school buses with zero-emission school buses. September 29 is the last day for school districts to apply for the grant.

School leaders and first responders are being credited with saving Heather Freligh's life at Freiler School in Tracy where the eighth grader stopped breathing and suffered an apparent cardiac arrest Friday.

Berkeley police arrested four people suspected a string of robberies in the East Bay, including four in Berkeley, two in Oakland and one at UC Berkeley. 

Some parents in Gilroy say they’re being forced to send their children to schools in San Jose. The parents say a school in Gilroy specifically designed for disabled children is now being used for other students.