Oakland teachers vote to authorize strike
Teachers in the Oakland Unified School District on Tuesday voted in favor of a strike as negotiations between the union and the district appear headed toward an impasse.
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Teachers in the Oakland Unified School District on Tuesday voted in favor of a strike as negotiations between the union and the district appear headed toward an impasse.
On Tuesday, the occupation of UC Berkeley's anthropology library entered its fifth day, with students demanding that it be preserved.
A stabbing at Northgate High School in Walnut Creek Tuesday left one student hospitalized and a second student was arrested, the school district said.
The union representing teachers in the Oakland Unified School District opened online voting Monday to authorize a work action. The teachers are demanding more money than the district is willing to pay them, so they're deciding whether or not to strike over it.
High school seniors deciding where to attend college in the fall typically spend the month of April reviewing offers of admission, but this year some may have fewer options as more small private schools close because of financial shortfalls.
The San Joaquin County District Attorney said Monday that his office is investigating the Stockton Unified School District over possible fraud that came to light in a recent state audit.
A group of University of California at Berkeley students is in its fourth day of an open-ended occupation of the school's anthropology library in an effort to thwart plans for its closure.
An East Bay writer of children's books got the offer of a lifetime--a chance for her book to be distributed by publishing giant Scholastic. But it came with a price that she said was too much to pay.
Police in San Rafael said they are working with the FBI after they received a hoax phone call claiming that a shooting took place at a local high school, saying similar calls took place across the country on Monday.
Teachers in San Rafael have voted nearly unanimously to authorize a strike after state-appointed mediation was unsuccessful, the San Rafael Teachers Association said Friday.
A school in the North Bay is finding a unique way to reach at-risk students, as they saddle up to learn about horses.
Police cited a female 15-year-old Palo Alto High School student suspected of bringing a pellet gun on campus in December, police said Monday.
Teachers in Oakland walked off the job Friday morning at more than a dozen schools and staged a march to demand better pay.
While parents and local leaders are trying to figure out the root of the recent surge in violence among young students, a group in Oakland is trying to re-direct that energy into a more healthy arena.
San Francisco city leaders spoke out Tuesday in response to a series of violent incidents involving SFUSD students, vowing to increase safety and support measures across the school district.
