[aggregation-styles] Visalia Times Delta Visalia Unified School District scheduled a March 25 return — a date many teachers have prepared for despite uncertainties about teaching in-person during a coronavirus pandemic that has caused widespread disruption for all stakeholders involved. Teachers are working to ensure secondary students are equitably and safely...
Is Investigation of Fresno Cop a Turning Point in Police Response to ‘Proud Boys’?
[aggregation-styles] Daily Kos A veteran officer with the Fresno Police Department was placed on leave over the weekend when it emerged that he had joined a group of Proud Boys in counterprotesting local citizens who oppose turning over a local theater to an anti-LGBTQ church. But it also turned out...
Is Investigation of Fresno Cop a Turning Point in Police Response to ‘Proud Boys’?
[aggregation-styles] Daily Kos A veteran officer with the Fresno Police Department was placed on leave over the weekend when it emerged that he had joined a group of Proud Boys in counterprotesting local citizens who oppose turning over a local theater to an anti-LGBTQ church. But it also turned out...
Scientists Grow Mice Embryos in a Mechanical Womb
[aggregation-styles] The New York Times Subscription The mouse embryos looked perfectly normal. All their organs were developing as expected, along with their limbs and circulatory and nervous systems. Their tiny hearts were beating at a normal 170 beats per minute. But these embryos were not growing in a mother mouse....
Disneyland To Reopen on April 30, Disney CEO Bob Chapek Says
[aggregation-styles] CNBC California’s two Disney theme parks will reopen on April 30, CEO Bob Chapek said on CNBC’s “Squawk Alley” Wednesday. All theme parks in California have been closed due to Covid-related restrictions for the past year. While guidelines in other states, like Florida, allowed parks to reopen with limited...
Woman Sentenced to Jail for Police Memorial Vandalism During Bakersfield Protest
[aggregation-styles] KGET News A woman charged with vandalizing the Bakersfield Police Department’s Fallen Officers Memorial during a protest last year was sentenced to 120 days in jail on Tuesday. Jaqueline Hernandez pleaded no contest to defacing a law enforcement memorial, a felony. The memorial was vandalized during a May 29...
Here’s Why CDC Wants to Know How You Feel After COVID-19 Vaccinations
[aggregation-styles] Yahoo News Thus far, the data that's been gathered on the COVID-19 vaccines suggests that the majority of reactions to the shots are mild — including things like headache, fever, fatigue and nausea. But with over 38 million people in the U.S. now fully vaccinated, the Centers for Disease...
‘I Did Not Expect It To Be Positive’: Texas Teacher Tests Positive for COVID-19 After Getting Vaccinated
[aggregation-styles] KXAN Television AUSTIN (KXAN) — As vaccinations open up to more Texans on Monday with Phase 1C now eligible to get in line, a local teacher says her story illustrates why people should still take COVID-19 safety seriously. Paige Crain says she tested positive for the coronavirus after getting...
Grammy Awards Viewership Falls To Record Low
[aggregation-styles] Axios Just 8.8 million people tuned into the Grammy Awards on CBS this year, a new all-time low for the music awards show, according to near-final Nielsen ratings. Why it matters: In a sign of how much the pandemic has sped up ratings declines for award shows, the Grammy's...
Leaked Emails : Clovis Schools Ponder $6,000 Staff Bonuses Using COVID Relief Funds
[aggregation-styles] New York Post Some California school districts are weighing using COVID-19 relief funds for faculty bonuses — with one teacher’s association in the Bay Area joking that the money be put towards a trip to Hawaii, internal memos revealed. The memos, which were shared by the group Reopen California...