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EdSource Last year, more than 1 in 10 students were chronically absent, according to data released by state education officials this week. Chronic absenteeism is defined as missing at least 10 percent of school days for any reason. The data, which the state released for the first time, shows that 1 in 4 foster children […]

Mission Local It might be an uphill effort to find out what police are up to in your neighborhood.  Getting frequent communications from the San Francisco Police Department in a newsletter, or nothing at all, depends  on where you live and who your local captain is. Bayview residents, for example, get a weekly comprehensive newsletter […]

CALmatters California’s Air Resources Board had good news about emissions reported by companies covered under the state’s cap-and-trade system. Its recent report showed that greenhouse gas emissions reduced by almost 5 percent in 2016. According to analyses from the air board and independent experts, last year’s emissions drops were caused not by technological breakthroughs or drastic […]

Mission Local With an increase in calls and a shortage of people to answer them, San Francisco’s Department of Emergency Management instituted a new campaign,  Make the Right Call,  aimed at reducing unnecessary — and accidental — 911 dials. “A large portion are, for lack of a better word, ‘butt dials,’ ’’ said Francis Zamora, the […]

KQED News Fix New documents obtained by KQED show that half of San Francisco schools have lead in their water, but levels vary widely from school to school. The science classroom faucet at San Francisco International High School registered lead at 5,600 parts per billion. The Environmental Protection Agency sets the allowable limit at 15 […]

KQED News Fix/KPCC As  hope dwindles to  resolve the status of young unauthorized immigrants, the possibility looms for many  that they could face deportation. Since 2012, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has provided roughly 800,000 young immigrants, who arrived as children in the U.S., with temporary work permits and protection from deportation,  renewable every […]

EdSource A new law could ease access to child care for low-income parents taking classes to learn English or complete high school. The law will expand the eligibility requirements for subsidized child care. Low-income parents  enrolled in English as a second language classes or a program to earn a high school diploma or general education […]

Mission Local It has been close to 10 years since a large, affordable building was completed in the Mission, and it will be probably be longer still before seven affordable projects break ground. Many of these projects — that include more than 770 affordable housing units — have run into  delays from neighbors as well as […]

San Francisco is a great city, but many residents are leaving for more affordable cities, like Sacramento.

KQED News Fix Officials in Sonoma and Napa counties are just finding out about the effect the North Bay fires had on the job market. Data released by the Employment Development Department, which tracks jobs by county and industry, shows 4,487 Sonoma County and 1,829 Napa County residents have filed unemployment claims as a result […]