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Wage theft leaves 1 in 5 California domestic workers below minimum wage, report finds
2+ hour, 15+ min ago (281+ words) A new report reveals that wage theft is rampant among California's domestic workers, as 20% of them get paid less than minimum wage." According to the report, over 2 million Californian households employ 330,000 domestic workers to clean their homes or care for…...
Tenderloin’s new ‘The Shop’ blends free haircuts, hangout space and health help
23+ hour, 15+ min ago (498+ words) A FREE BARBER SHOP, hangout space and community wellness center opened last week in San Francisco's Tenderloin District that offers a unique place to get a haircut or shave, connect with health experts and resources, or simply be." GLIDE's president…...
Santa Clara County studies potential impact if San Benito County’s rural hospital closes
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (507+ words) SANTA CLARA COUNTY IS FORECASTING additional stress on'its public health care system " the second largest in the state " if the only rural hospital in neighboring San Benito County closes. County officials assume a closure of Hazel Hawkins would send 11,163 additional…...
Late-night contract talks produce tentative agreement, end of Dublin teachers' strike
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (322+ words) Public school students in Dublin will go back to the classroom Monday after teachers and district officials reached a tentative contract agreement late Thursday night. "By forcing DUSD to invest in our students by decreasing class sizes and increasing compensation…...
$20M secured for new career training facility at Mendocino College’s Willits campus
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (465+ words) A group of politicians, educational leaders, and community members came together this week to celebrate an infusion of approximately $20 million in funds for construction of a new building at the Mendocino College Willits campus. U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Ukiah, state Sen....
UC Berkeley academic workers hold 'last chance picket' as part of statewide protest
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (285+ words) Hundreds of academic workers participated in a "last chance picket" at University of California, Berkeley on Thursday to demonstrate their willingness to go on strike over unfair labor practices. The UAW Local 4811 union organized a simultaneous picketing event at all…...
SF mayor backs extending program to waive fees for small business startups, expansions
11+ mon, 4+ week ago (344+ words) A program to help spur the creation of small businesses in San Francisco that is set to expire this summer could be extended another year after receiving backing from Mayor Daniel Lurie." Lurie said in a press release Thursday that…...
Review: TheatreWorks stages luminous, funny, heartbreaking ‘Primary Trust’
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (247+ words) Primary Trust is the name of the bank where Kenneth, a quiet, unassuming man of 38, is a teller.It'sa new job for him, and only the second jobhe'sever had. To sayhe'sout of his comfort zone is putting it mildly. In…...
New music champions JACK Quartet make Cal Performances debut
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (349+ words) The JACK Quartet of New York City has been'championing string quartet music of the 20th and 21st centuries since'its'founding in 2005.' GoGwilt, 35, who was born in'Edinburgh,'Scotland'and raised in New York City, shares his imaginative exploration of the Baroque style in'2024s'Treatise on…...
San Jose Sikh youth revive ancient sacred instruments on Carnegie Hall stage
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (1393+ words) It was founded to revive Gurmat Sangeet and the Tanti Saaj, and to bring them before listeners who had never heard them," said Bedi, who recently received her doctorate degree. Yet very few teachers and students today are familiar with…...