LAUSD school board fires nearly 500 unvaccinated employees
LAUSD did add that people who decide to get vaccinated will be eligible to be rehired.
Widespread consequences stem from Amazon Web Services outage
AWS, Amazon Web Services, with 41% of the worldwide cloud-computing business – making it the world's largest, had a major failure Tuesday affecting tens if not hundreds of millions of people.
U.S. surgeon general warns of emerging youth mental health crisis in a rare advisory
The U.S. Surgeon General warned of an emerging youth mental health crisis in a rare advisory on Tuesday. The report cited that in the U.S., emergency room visits for suicide attempts rose 51% for adolescent girls in early 2021 as compared to the same period in 2019.
Texas substitute teacher brings karaoke machine to class, sings
A substitute teacher in Texas was suspended after he spent class time belting out Toxic by Britney Spears on a karaoke machine he brought in.
Tom Petty receives posthumous Ph.D. for music from Univ. of Florida
Nearly two decades after earning a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and more than four years after his death, rock icon Tom Petty has been awarded an honorary Ph.D. from the University of Florida.
COVID outbreak at Marin school blamed on family who ignored positive test
A COVID outbreak at an elementary school in the North Bay stems from a student who went to school while infected with the novel coronavirus.
Homeless students' needs at center of rally at San Jose State University
Despite progress, San Jose State University and one of its student groups are at odds over how best to serve those affected by homelessness.
Lowell High School admission controversy continues in San Francisco
Lowell High School switched to a lottery admissions system during the COVID pandemic. Critics of the system want merit-based admissions to return.
Palo Alto parents admit to cheating, will plead guilty in college admissions case
Two Silicon Valley parents have agreed to plead guilty in a college admissions cheating case, according to U.S. Department of Justice.
Santa Clara University students demand better mental health resources in wake of recent deaths
It is a troubling trend at a university in the South Bay. In one academic quarter, three students have died, two of them by suicide.
Possible nooses found hanging on Stanford campus, university says
Stanford University on Monday informed students of noose-like ropes found in a tree on campus.
Protest held against East Bay school district's vaccine mandate
A group of parents, along with their children and grandchildren, demonstrated in front of the West Contra Costa Unified School District headquarters in Richmond on Monday.
Stanford hoops player traces family's journey from Auschwitz to NBA
Dan Grunfeld, who played college hoops for Stanford, poignantly writes of his grandmother Anyu, who lost her parents and five of her siblings in the Holocaust -- and later lost a son to illness.
‘Rape culture’ stories revealed; students stand up against sex assault
Student stories of sexual assault are forcing administrators to offer more sophisticated sex education.
NY school district offers remote learning due to gun violence, not coronavirus
In one New York City town, the gun violence is so bad that school officials are giving parents the option of remote learning for their kids this week.
College costs have risen at nearly 5x the rate of inflation, report finds
The average cost of tuition, fees and other expenses at higher education institutions are rising at a much faster rate than inflation, according to a recent study.
UC ditches all standardized testing for admission
UC regents were told Thursday that faculty could not find an alternative test that would not have the same bias problem that led the university to stop using the SAT last year, the Los Angeles Time s reported.
Cal's Golden Bears delivered a record-breaking Big Game performance vs. Stanford
Now that California had nearly its entire team back, the Golden Bears delivered a record-breaking Big Game performance. Chase Garbers returned from a bout with COVID-19 to throw the longest pass in the history of the rivalry against Stanford, leading California to a 41-11 victory.
124th big game in Cal and Stanford rivalry
UC Berkeley and Stanford football teams are facing off Saturday in the 124th big game between rivalries.
San Francisco judge rules school board's decision to change Lowell's admissions policy violated Brown Act
A San Francisco judge has ruled that the San Francisco Board of Education violated the state's Brown Act for government transparency earlier this year as it sought to change Lowell High School's merit-based admissions process to a lottery process.