Education

With San Francisco Unified School District shifting to distance learning amid the coronavirus pandemic, the district wants to make sure all its students have access to the internet at home. 

A University of California at Berkeley public health expert said on Friday that there are some hopeful signs in the fight to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus pandemic but it probably won't be completely controlled until a vaccine for it is developed.

More than 80% of the families have had one parent lose their job because of the shelter in place order and more than 60% have both parents out of work.

Dr. Steve Goodman, professor of Epidemiology and Population Health at Stanford University, says data the media is publishing on the new coronavirus infections may be disconcerting because it is not complete enough yet to draw conclusions. But there are signs the curve is being flattened from social distancing.

Gov. Gavin Newsom confirmed on Wednesday that schools across the state will stay closed for the academic school due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but classes are still in session just online. 

The University of California Board of Regents announced Wednesday that it will ease admissions and course completion requirements for incoming and current students as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic.

San Francisco schools are distributing laptops to needy students, trying to make sure education continues through the stay home order.

Schools across California could likely remain closed through the rest of the academic school year due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis, the Oakland Unified School District said on Tuesday. 

The coronavirus crisis has uprooted lives all across the country and with millions of Americans now unemployed, families are struggling to get by. 

People have been trying to spread cheer, from a distance.

UC Davis Health researchers have two clinical trials underway for hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19.

In its latest issue published Thursday, Time magazine is recognizing 27 individuals for their work in what it describes as "bridging the divide across the United States.

Officials announced on Wednesday that public school districts in six Bay Area counties are extending closures through May amid the coronavirus crisis. 

Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco said Thursday it is keeping seven of its 13 San Francisco locations open for limited hours serving a limited number of youths with small-group programming and a daily lunch service to ensure children do not go without daily nutrition.

At Parkmead Elementary School in Walnut Creek, Calif., some educators are hosting dance parties online. Other students don't have access to tech at all.

School closures and a mandatory shelter in place around the Bay Area has hit working families especially hard. Families in the Oakland Unified School District are trying to hold on as they work to get through each day with uncertainty about what lies ahead.