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SF school board changes Lowell admission policy to increase black enrollment  San Francisco Chronicle

The San Francisco school board took a small step toward increasing access to the academically elite Lowell High School, allowing all qualified applicants from a ...

Lowell High School’s competitive selection process may violate state law  San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco's Lowell High School, ranked among the best public schools in the nation, has long admitted high academic achievers to secure its elite status, ...

Harvey Rogers  Tiburon Ark

Longtime Belvedere resident Harvey Sanford Rogers, a two-time Citizen of the Year and master gardener known for creating the richly hued Blackie's Pasture ...

SF High School Bomb Threat: All Clear At Lowell H.S.  Patch.com

SF High School Bomb Threat: All Clear At Lowell HS - San Francisco, CA - The school and neighboring Lakeshore Elementary School were evacuated as a ...

San Francisco high school theater program remembers alum Carol Channing  KGO-TV

A Broadway legend has died. Carol Channing who grew up in San Francisco, engaged audiences with her effervescent voice. She was 97 years old.

San Francisco High School Ranked In 2019 Niche List  San Francisco, CA Patch

San Francisco High School Ranked In '19 Niche List - San Francisco, CA - Niche ranked the best public high schools in California. See how high Lowell High ...

32 Bay Area schools on state's 'Distinguished' list  SFGate

The Bay Area laid claim to 32 of the 162 middle and high schools honored as Distinguished Schools by the state Department of Education for 2019. The East ...

Lowell High students walk out to protest sign seen as racist  SFGate

A group of roughly two dozen students walked out of Lowell High School in San Francisco Tuesday morning in response to an offensive sign posted on a ...

Here's how 10 San Francisco high schools performed on the AP exams  SFGate

San Francisco's Lowell High School had the highest number of passing scores on the Advanced Placement exams in 2015-16 and the highest percentage of ...

Bomb threat empties Lowell High in San Francisco  SFGate

Students and staff were evacuated from Lowell High School in San Francisco Tuesday afternoon after officials received a threat claiming there was a bomb in ...

Lowell Class of '62 reclaims building for reunion  San Francisco Chronicle

Borrowing their beloved brick campus back from City College of San Francisco, the last high school class to walk these halls for four years filed upstairs and into ...

Beverly Hills School Named Among Best Public High Schools In CA  Beverly Hills, CA Patch

Beverly Hills School Among Best CA High Schools - Beverly Hills, CA - Niche includes traditional, charter and magnet schools in its 2019 list of Top California ...

Lowell High penis letter a senior prank?  SFGate

High school seniors play pranks. And as pranks go, this one's pretty good. Lowell High School officials are trying to find out who wrote a certain letter this week at ...

Here are the 10 best public high schools in San Francisco  San Francisco Business Times

San Francisco's list of its best public high schools span neighborhoods across the city from North Beach to the Mission to Diamond Heights to Merced Manor.

Deaths for the week of Feb. 8, 2019  The Jewish News of Northern California

Bea Cahn passed away on Nov. 17, 2018 at the age of 97. A third-generation Californian and native of San Francisco, she attended Lowell High School and the ...

Burlingame School Named Among Best Public High Schools In CA  Patch.com

Burlingame School Named Among Best Public Schools - Burlingame-Hillsborough, CA - Niche includes traditional, charter and magnet schools in its 2019 list of ...

San Francisco's top-performing schools, according to recent test scores  SFGate

State education officials released standardized test scores from the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress Wednesday, and they paint a ...

The 10 best Bay Area public high schools ranked by SAT scores for 2018  San Francisco Business Times

If you're looking for an academic powerhouse of a public high school, the East Bay and Marin remain your best bets.

Twenty-One Bay Area Schools in the Top 100 Public High Schools in California: Report  NBC Bay Area

U.S. News ranked all of the public schools in the nation and in the top 100 are schools in Los Altos, San Jose, San Francisco, Cupertino, Saratoga, Los Gatos, ...

Roger Thompson Obituary - San Francisco, CA | San Francisco Chronicle  Legacy.com

Roger C Thompson June 1, 1926 - Dec 30, 2018 Former Chronicle reporter Roger Thompson died on Dec 30, 2018. He was born in 1926 in Wisconsin, and ...

Deaths for the week of Sept. 21, 2018  The Jewish News of Northern California

Robert “Bud” Jacob died peacefully at home on Aug. 18 just after his 89th birthday. A San Francisco native, he was born Aug. 4, 1929 to Pearl and Edwin Jacob.

Squaring The Circle: Eighth-Grade Algebra and the 2018 School Board Race  thebaycitybeacon.com

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) made headlines with a surprising turnabout on its much-criticized school assignment policy. That leaves ...

2 San Mateo Schools Among 100 Best Public High Schools  San Mateo, CA Patch

Area Schools Among '100 Best' Public High Schools - San Mateo, CA - New ratings from Niche rank the 100 best public high schools in California. Six schools ...

Carol Channing had unique ideas for a final San Francisco resting place  The Mercury News

Carol Channing, the Broadway legend who grew up in San Francisco, reportedly discussed several unique ideas for returning to her hometown after her death, ...

Sydney Goldstein, founder of City Arts & Lectures, dies at 73  San Francisco Chronicle

Sydney Goldstein, the founder and driving force behind City Arts & Lectures, the popular onstage conversation series with…

Student Press Freedom Day — Jan. 30, 2019  Student Press Law Center

It's time to raise your voice. Make plans now to take part in a nationwide Student Press Freedom Day Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Use #StudentPressFreedom on ...

Top 100 Public High Schools In CA For 2019  Fremont, CA Patch

Top 100 Public High Schools In CA For 2019 - Fremont, CA - Niche includes traditional, charter and magnet schools in its 2019 list of Top California Public High ...

San Ramon School Named Among Best Public High Schools In CA  San Ramon, CA Patch

DVHS Named Among Best Public High Schools In CA - San Ramon, CA - Niche includes traditional, charter and magnet schools in its 2019 list of Top California ...

Hundreds of Bay Area students named National Merit Scholars semifinalists; see the list  The Mercury News

Hundreds of Bay Area students are semifinalists in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program that honors academic excellence.

Lowell Quarter Launch Ceremony Highlights  CoinNews.net

On Wednesday, Feb. 6, quarters celebrating Lowell National Historical Park in Massachusetts were officially introduced to the public.

Newport Beach School Named Among Best Public High Schools In CA  Newport Beach, CA Patch

Newport Named Among Best Public High Schools In CA - Newport Beach-Corona Del Mar, CA - Niche includes traditional, charter and magnet schools in its ...

Deaths for the week of Dec. 14, 2018  The Jewish News of Northern California

Passed away in her warm home from natural causes. Sarah was a beloved mother to Harold, Frances (Kurlan), Joel and Gary; mother-in-law to Lizbeth Davis, ...

OC Schools Named Among Best Public High Schools In CA  Patch.com

OC Schools Among Best Public High Schools In CA - Orange County, CA - Niche includes traditional, charter and magnet schools in its 2019 list of Top ...

Obituary of Janet Elaine Wright  The Union of Grass Valley

Janet Elaine Wright died on Sunday, March 10, 2019, in Palo Alto, CA. She was 82. She battled with Alzheimer's disease for ten years and is finally at peace.

Mark Alan Schlesinger  Sierra Sun

September 11, 1950 ~ June 28, 2018After growing tired of his battle with cancer, Mark Schlesinger moved on to the ski slopes of the great beyond during the ...

Adele Caroline Stone | Obituaries  San Mateo Daily Journal

Adele Caroline Stone, who celebrated her 100th birthday Sept. 29, 2018, died Dec. 16, 2018.

SF school board election: Collins, Lopez and Moliga win seats  San Francisco Chronicle

Alison Collins, Gabriela Lopez and Faauuga Moliga won seats Tuesday night on the San Francisco school board. Election results showed Collins topping the ...

La Cañada School Named Among Best Public High Schools In CA  Patch.com

La Cañada School Among Best CA High Schools - La Cañada Flintridge, CA - Niche includes traditional, charter and magnet schools in its 2019 list of Top ...

St. Gabriel School celebrates 7 decades of memories  Catholic San Francisco

Mercy Sister Janet Rozzano graduated from St. Gabriel School in 1952. (Courtesy Photos) October 25, 2018. Christina Gray Students of St. Gabriel School in ...

How Carol Channing reconnected with - and married! - her high school sweetheart 70 years later  AOL

After marrying three times previously, Broadway and film star Carol Channing found her last love in her high school sweetheart.

California high school students graduating at record rate  SFGate

High school graduation rates hit a record high across California, with the biggest gains made by students most at risk of dropping out, according to statewide ...

California Has 524 U.S. News Best Schools In The Country For 2018  Banning, CA Patch

CA Home To 524 Of Nation's Best Schools: U.S. News - Banning-Beaumont, CA - ​U.S. News & World Report released its annual list of best high schools in the ...

San Francisco Middle Schools No Longer Teaching 'Algebra 1'  KQED

Parents of high-achieving students say delaying the course until high school will slow children's progress.

When Asian women marry outside of their culture, the harshest criticism they face sometimes comes from Asian men  89.3 KPCC

Last week, novelist Celeste Ng wrote an essay that made waves online detailing her personal experience being harassed for being a Chinese-American woman ...

Mammoth new CPMC hospital transforms Van Ness corridor  SFBay

Sutter Health's $2.1 billion new California Pacific Medical Center Van Ness campus opens its doors to patients on Saturday just seven months after its Mission ...

Marine Mike Myatt’s rescue mission keeps Fleet Week afloat  San Francisco Chronicle

In 2009, the Fleet Week tradition on San Francisco Bay was about to die from disinterest. The Parade of Ships had shrunk to a Parade of Ship, and the U.S. Navy ...

The Bay Area's top 30 public high schools of 2016  SFGate

San Francisco's Lowell High School was rated #1 in the Bay Area in the latest US News and World Report rankings of top public high schools in America.

Remembering Frederick Street's Polytechnic High School  Hoodline

A look back at the former Polytechnic High School and its unique history in the neighborhood.

Raymond James Malispina  Union Democrat

We mourn the loss and celebrate the life of Raymond James Malispina of Sonora, a loving, gentle man who passed away on Feb. 9 at the age of 84, surrounded ...

The top Bay Area public high schools ranked by SAT scores  San Francisco Business Times

Out of 100 public high schools on this San Francisco Bay Area ranking, almost all of the top 10 scorers for the highest SATs are located in the South Bay.

As Courts Flip-Flopped on School Integration, Diversity Has Remained Elusive  San Francisco Public Press

By 2005, when a federal judge lifted the most recent desegregation orders, San Francisco Unified School District had been trying for more than three decades to ...

Natural methods help overcome infertility  Catholic San Francisco

Rose Oaferina and family. (Courtesy photo) May 10, 2018. Valerie Schmalz This is the sixth in a series on the 50th anniversary of the papal encyclical “Humanae ...

Why is San Francisco the state’s worst county for black student achievement?  CALmatters

San Francisco, a progressive enclave and beacon for technological innovation, has the worst black student achievement of any county in California. Only 19 ...

The Yankees’ Asst. GM Jean Afterman has to be a candidate for the Giants’ GM search  McCovey Chronicles

It's not too early to speculate about the GM search because the Giants need to hire someone before the end of October. Larry Baer has said multiple times ...

Here's 11 possible candidates for Giants' baseball ops job  NBCSports.com

The Giants' biggest decision this offseason won't be about a player. Their most important decision will be who they hire to run the baseball operations. And it will ...

Bruce Bochy on Giants’ next boss: ‘My job is to make it work’  San Francisco Chronicle

Bruce Bochy has managed in the big leagues for 24 years and worked with just four general managers, all with different backgrounds, different ideas and ...

Dorothy Barker Rouse | Obituaries  San Mateo Daily Journal

Dorothy Barker Rouse, of Redwood City, born on Jan. 7, 1925, in San Francisco, died May 30, 2018.

Ivy League or Bust / What does it take to make it through today's college marketing mill? And can we stop it?  San Francisco Chronicle

In 1990, my husband and I made a terrible academic mistake. We gave birth to our daughter. Had we been more strategically adept parents, we would have ...

DA: Suspect in SF killing shot victim in neck while cousin showered  San Francisco Chronicle

A suspect in a Christmas-weekend killing in San Francisco's Excelsior neighborhood shot the victim in the neck while a third man inside the home took a shower, ...

Nearly 4250 Apply to New Harvard Early Admission Program  New York Times

Last week, The Choice published a chart with early admission application figures — most of them increases over last year — at 25 colleges. That chart has now ...

Top 15 Bay Area High Schools For Students From Low-Income Families  CBS Local

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — An Oakland-based non-profit has compiled a list of the top 15 Bay Area high schools for students from low-income families.

15 things you might not know about Marc Benioff  SF Gate

Salesforce chief Marc Benioff has attracted quite a bit of attention as of late. Benioff was raised in Hillsborough and attended Burlingame High School. A young ...

'Not That Different': Thousands Join Bay Area 'March for Our Lives' Rallies  NBC Bay Area

Around 40 Marjory Stoneman Douglas alumni in the Bay Area are among the thousands who attended the marches in San Francisco, San Jose and Oakland, ...

Our SF: Forces of history put schools to the test  SFGate

Welcome to Our San Francisco, a yearlong project looking at 150 years of the city's history. Each week a different chapter will be explored in the newspaper, ...

How many homeless S.F. schoolkids? Enough to fill 70 classrooms  SFGate

One out of every 25 San Francisco schoolkids is homeless. In other words, if you put all those 2,100 students together, they would fill 70 to 80 classrooms and ...

School chief gets reacquainted with Sequoia | Local News  San Mateo Daily Journal

Mary Streshly hit the ground running with her ear to the street as soon as she was hired as superintendent of the Sequoia Union High School District.

Deaths for the week of April 6, 2018  Jweekly.com

Regina “Rifka” Dombek born May 7, 1926 to Joseph Sofnoski and Edith Fishman. Passed from this life on March 30, 2018. Loving mother to Bobbie Dombek ...

How biotech investor Bill Bowes gave the San Francisco Conservatory a huge boost  San Francisco Chronicle

Five years ago, San Francisco Conservatory of Music President David Stull walked into a breakfast meeting at the Pacific-Union Club to ask board member Bill ...

Hundreds of volunteers help SF agencies clean up streets  SFGate

With graffiti sprayed on schools and cigarette butts discarded on sidewalks, overgrown bushes encroaching on pathways and weeds threatening public gardens, ...

San Francisco officials asking residents to shelter in place on 30th Ave. near Irving  San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco officials are asking residents to shelter in place on 30th Avenue between Irving and Judah streets as they negotiate with a man who is refusing ...

Longtime coach named Heritage's athletic director | Sports  thepress.net

Heritage High School teacher Nate Smith, a veteran high school and college coach, has been named the Patriots' new athletic director.

Why San Francisco Needs a YIMBY Ballot Measure, According to One YIMBY  thebaycitybeacon.com

Pro-development activists partner with affordable housing developers to streamline affordable housing construction. So how does it work?

In Their Words: Discovering The Past Of NoPa's Lowell Pharmacy  Hoodline

The city was once covered with small pharmacies run by true San Franciscan characters. Here's a glimpse into one of them, which is now Bread and Butter Cafe.

Facebook Gives Every 8th Grader at Everett a Laptop  Mission Local

Principal Lena Van Haren called 8th graders at Everett Middle School to the auditorium to hear about high school applications. They filed in, sat, and.

Marc Benioff says Facebook looked like a 'train wreck' even before it was struck down by a series of crippling scandals  SFGate

Marc Benioff said in an interview with CNBC that Facebook looked like a "train wreck" even before it was beset by a series of crippling scandals last year.

A Hawaiian war god statue that Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff bought for $7 million and donated to a museum could be a Tiki bar tchotchke worth just $5000 (CRM)  SFGate

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff's love for the Hawaiian islands knows no bounds. The San Francisco billionaire and island enthusiast purchased a rare carving of ...

SF student killed by alleged DUI driver  San Francisco Chronicle

A 17-year-old girl crossing Sloat Boulevard was struck and killed by a car driven by a suspected drunken driver, San Francisco police said Monday. The driver ...

Boys' Wrestler of the Year: Burlingame's Kyle Botelho  San Mateo Daily Journal

Burlingame's Kyle Botelho is playing lacrosse this spring just so he can take a break from his wrestling training.

Carol Channing remembered by Harlan Boll  Los Angeles Blade

(Editor's note: Gay Hollywood publicist B. Harlan Boll was close with his friend and client Carol Channing for forever, it seemed. When the Broadway icon died ...

Judge for a day at the Mission Pie baking contest  Mission Local

Mid-August I accept the offer almost before it lands in my inbox: I'm going to be a judge in Mission Pie's 12th Annual Community Pie Baking contest!

Hundreds of students in SF for city’s first robotics battle  SFGate

Hayel Kiymetli traveled from her boarding school, Darussafaka in Istanbul, as one of hundreds of high school students taking part in a regional First Robotics ...

Raising graduation bar poses challenges for school districts  EdSource

Graduating more college-ready students ranks as one of most important education initiatives in California, leading Los Angeles Unified School District to ...

Bill Bixby, From ‘My Favorite Martian’ To ‘The Hulk’, Is Remembered By Friends And ...  Closer Weekly

Bill Bixby, 'The Incredible Hulk' star, is remembered by friends and co-workers in this look back at his life and career in Classic TV.

Rube Goldberg’s beautifully ridiculous contraptions come to life in SF  East Bay Times

They seem like vestiges of the past: mechanical devices full of gimmicks, elaborate color comics in Sunday papers, fanciful movie sets for Charlie Chaplin — and ...

Deaths for the week of Dec. 8, 2017  Jweekly.com

Bari E. Brenner passed away in Seattle, Washington, on Nov. 20, 2017, at age 70. She had been the recipient of a heart transplant one year earlier. Gdeaths- ...

One dead in shooting in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset  San Francisco Chronicle

One male victim is dead after gun shots rang out in the Outer Sunset District in San Francisco Tuesday night, police said. San Francisco police officers ...

Bill Evers, SF environmentalist and attorney, dies at 90  San Francisco Chronicle

During a long and distinguished career, Mr. Evers switched between private practice and public *service*. An activist in eradicating urban blight, he chaired the ...

FULL LIST: Top 100 High Schools in California As Reported by U.S. News  Patch.com

The time of year has come once again for public high schools nationwide to see how they stack up against their peers. U.S. News & World Report's 'Best High ...

Contemporary Jewish Museum Honors Cartoonist Rube Goldberg  Hoodline

The Contemporary Jewish Museum is paying homage to one of San Francisco's best-known artists with its new exhibition, The Art of Rube Goldberg. Born on ...

BATCO Presents I, TOO, SING AMERICA An Interdisciplinary Interpretation of The Work Of Poets & Artists Of Color  Broadway World

Using a diverse cast of singers, actors, poets, and performers, 'I, Too, Sing America' honors and weaves the perspectives and experiences of American artists of ...

The 34 Iconic Dishes and Drinks of San Francisco  Eater SF

Classic food and beverages from classic SF restaurants and bars.

Here Are The Best Public Schools In California For 2017  Patch.com

Best Public Schools In California For 2017 - Beverly Hills, CA - The rankings were released this week. See how your child's school performed.

JROTC programs soldier on in San Francisco – The San Francisco Examiner  San Francisco Examiner

In 2008, the fight over whether to allow students in San Francisco public schools to have the option of joining the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps was in ...

Deaths for the week of May 25, 2018  Jweekly.com

It is with great sadness that the family of Helen Caplan announces her passing on May 15, 2018 at the age of 97. She will be lovingly remembered by her three ...

High schools curb driver's ed as interest dies  San Francisco Chronicle

The San Francisco school board is looking to abolish the graduation requirement, offering the classroom course only as an elective. In the late 1980s, virtually ...

Gary Wilsey | Obituaries  Napa Valley Register

Retired airline pilot and Napa Valley winegrower, Gary Roy Wilsey, died Monday, July 31 at age 81 after a long illness. He will always be remembered as a kind ...

Best California High Schools 2017: U.S. News And World Report List  Patch.com

Best California High Schools 2017: List - San Mateo, CA - The annual list is out, and hundreds of California schools ranked nationally. Did your school make the ...

Rep. Jackie Speier addresses political concerns  Scot Scoop News

Truth and Justice for All,” “Resist and Persist,” and “We Support Jackie” were just some of the signs carried into the auditorium of Lowell High School on Feb.11 ...

Out-of-towners could be banned at S.F.’s premier arts school  SFGate

More than 80 artistic teens from the Bay Area and beyond commute each day to San Francisco's renowned Ruth Asawa School of the Arts. [...] artistic outsiders ...

Orpheus Crutchfield is lifelong mentor  San Francisco Chronicle

Orpheus Crutchfield is lifelong mentor By the time he was a teenager, Orph, as he came to be known, was mentoring kids who weren't much younger than he ...

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