Former student dorm in Oakland could become shelter for homeless residents By Annie Sciacca March 30, 2021 at 3:15 p.m. The now-vacant Lake Merritt Lodge was most recently used as a student dormitory.
Education | Fremont school board chops $9 million from budget, keeps funding for police on campuses By Joseph Geha February 28, 2021 at 5:13 a.m. The board decided to keep about $442,000 to fund part of the cost of the...
Education | Novato schools seek developers for staff housing By Keri Brenner January 25, 2021 at 3:25 a.m. The district is gathering proposals as part of a six-month analysis of its buildings and...
Education | Share the Spirit: East Bay nonprofit aims to support children, families in early education By Annie Sciacca December 27, 2020 at 6:51 a.m. Brighter Beginnings has been working to adjust to what has become a new normal in...
Opinion Columnists | Kristof: On school openings, Trump was right and many Democrats wrong By Nicholas Kristof November 21, 2020 at 4:58 a.m. Europe has the smarter approach, closing pubs and restaurants but doing everything possible to keep...
Education | Newark school officials vote to close two elementary schools to help make ends meet By Joseph Geha November 30, 2020 at 1:55 p.m. The board also voted to convert its only junior high school into a middle school...
Opinion: Macmillan e-book embargo unfair to library readers By Carolyn Knoll October 3, 2019 at 6:21 a.m. Starting Nov. 1, the publisher will hinder libraries' ability to fulfill their central mission: access...
Opinion: Too few Bay Area students have access to computer science courses By Marc Berman September 20, 2020 at 3:53 p.m. Despite growing up under the shadow of Apple and Google, children aren't learning essential skills.
Editorial: Blocking fetal tissue research is shortsighted By Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards June 7, 2019 at 5:15 a.m. Another day, another attack on innovation and science.The Trump administration announced Wednesday that the federal...
News | Almost a third of teenagers sleep with their phones, survey finds By Sydney Johnson Edsource June 4, 2019 at 7:18 a.m. Sixty-eight percent of teenagers reported that they keep their mobile devices within reach at night,...