South Bay Clean Creeks and Trash Punx Cleanup at Coyote Creek
Help to reclaim, restore and revitalize a local watershed by spending the day before Valentine’s Day giving some love to a section of Coyote Creek. Please bring water and gloves and wear a mask.
8:45 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 13. Free. 1505 Schallenberger Road, San Jose. sbcleancreeks.com
Valentine’s cookie decorating for kids
Napa Valley residents are invited to gather their little ones for a sweet Valentine’s Day treat making activity. A professional pastry team will supply the toppings. After the cookies are finished, participants can take home their tasty creations.
Contra Costa district attorney hosted wedding party as county battled summer surge
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Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton said the event was a small, outdoor wedding and adhered to state and county restrictions, which allowed for outdoor religious and cultural events including weddings, but not receptions or after-parties.Lea Suzuki / The Chronicle 2020Show MoreShow Less
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A note left on Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton’s neighbors’ doors Aug. 1 informing them she planned to host a wedding party with “probably 20 to 30 additional cars” parked on their street.Courtesy Karyl TomsShow MoreShow Less
SACRAMENTO Contra Costa County District Attorney Diana Becton hosted a wedding party at her home over the summer that included dozens of people, a possible violation of coronavirus restrictions as the Bay Area fought back a surge in cases.
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Because it’s awards season, I’ve been knee-deep in historian Mark Cousin’s 15-part doc “The Story of Film: An Odyssey” and it is thoughtful, informative and takes a refreshingly global perspective on cinema. I’m
Carolina A. Miranda, arts and urban design columnist at the Los Angeles Times, with the week’s essential culture news and Washington dogfluencers:
The legacy of Chicano graphics
“Mujer de Mucha Enagua, PA’ TI XICANA,” 1999, by Yreina D. Cervántez collages images that reflect a range of artistic influences.
(Yreina D. Cervántez / SAAM)
Corn tortillas and edible ink.
Those were the highly unorthodox materials employed by a group of four Bay Area artists in the mid-2000s who called themselves
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) Thursday, the San Francisco parent collective, Decreasing the Distance, held a news conference to highlight families struggles with distance learning, and their grassroots action to safely reopen San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) classrooms.
This comes on the heels of the City of San Francisco suing SFUSD for their failure to devise a concrete plan for reopening schools, 11 months into the coronavirus pandemic.
City Attorney Dennis Herrera and San Francisco Mayor London Breed have expressed frustration and disappointment with the district s priority list, so-to-speak, focusing first on renaming dozens of its schools. During that time the school board has alienated parents and made national news for their focus on renaming 44 of our schools, all while there wasn t a plan to reopen those very same schools, Mayor Breed said.