Hayward Unified students returning to class after one week of remote learning
Last week Hayward students were learning remotely due to a surge in COVID cases. The school district announced they will be back in the classroom on Tuesday.
San Francisco teachers' unions, district reach tentative agreement over COVID protocol
San Francisco Unified School District on Thursday announced they have reached a tentative agreement with several teachers' unions over COVID health and safety protocol.
Port backups, labor shortage due to sickness keeps items off of shelves
The ports remain jammed, so much so, that products keep arriving late. Now, Bay Area air quality officials want the diesel-powered container ships anchored in the Bay to go out to wait at sea instead of idling in the bay.
Navient cancels $1.7 billion in student loans following settlement
Navient, a major student loan servicing company, has settled allegations of abusive lending practices for $1.85 billion.
OUSD students in solidarity with teachers calling for more COVID protection
A sickout by Oakland students and teachers caused nine schools to close for the day on Thursday.
Nurses protest nationwide for safer workplace conditions
National Nurses United registered nurses held a national day of action Thursday to demand that hospitals invest more in safe staffing.
Marin County schools relax COVID quarantine rules for students, staff
Schools in Marin County will be able to relax some rules about when and how long students and staff have to quarantine after being exposed to a positive COVID case.
Bay Area teachers push for more remote options; state says that should be last resort
Educators at more Bay Area schools are planning sickouts this week: They say the move is needed to put pressure on school districts to provide more COVID safety measures.
Parent volunteers help keep short-staffed schools open
The S.O.S. went out from the Palo Alto Unified School District and parents answered the call Wednesday.
Noodle Belly owner donates 10,000 KN95 masks to Oakland high school students
Eugene Lee, whose restaurant is next to the Fruitvale BART station, decided to donate after he learned there is a pressing need from teachers and students who want higher quality masks during the omicron surge.
As omicron surges, more Bay Area school sickouts are planned for this week
Educators at more Bay Area schools are planning sick-outs this week: They say the move is needed to put pressure on school districts to provide more COVID safety measures.
Biden administration to send schools additional 10M COVID-19 tests per month
The White House said it will send 5 million rapid COVID-19 tests and 5 million lab-based PCR tests to schools each month in an effort to keep them open.
Bay Area school district reopens after deep cleaning, teacher shortages persist
At Korematsu Middle School in El Cerrito Tuesday, school was back in session after a four-day weekend where the district had each school deep cleaned.
Palo Alto schools recruit hundreds of parents to cover staff shortage
Palo Alto Unified is asking hundreds of parents to volunteer on campuses to help with increased staff absences.
UCSF researchers: Binax home tests highly accurate in detecting omicron
Researchers at UCSF said the Binax home test is effective in detecting omicron.
Oakland School for the Arts temporarily shuts down for COVID
Oakland School for the Arts has shutdown for the remainder of the week, blaming staff shortages because of quarantines.
With rising demand, Berkeley lab cranks out thousands of PCR tests a day
One Berkeley lab can process 4,000 samples a day.
Hayward Unified to go remote despite warnings not to; risks losing $2.5M a day
The Hayward Unified School District will switch to all-remote learning for its 20,000 students on Tuesday, making it the first in the Bay Area to revert to online learning for the next week despite being warned by the county and the state that they should not do that.
Oakland Unified blames supply chain issues on masks but says student demands being met
Blaming supply chain issues, the Oakland Unified School District on Sunday responded to a petition circulated among district high school students last week, threatening to stop coming to school if the district doesn't do a better job of protecting students from COVID-19.
COVID and confusing rules challenge California school reopenings
Complicating matters are conflicting messages from state and county officials about closing schools and the number of days school staff must quarantine after a positive test or exposure.