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Assemblymember Vince Fong, 44, Republican Assemblymember Vince Fong (R-Bakersfield). (Rich Pedroncelli / Associated Press) First elected to the Assembly in 2016, Fong serves as the vice chair of the budget and…

Hanover Township schools face backlash over LGBTQ+ policy…

The Oakland Unified School District has settled a week-long strike with its teachers union — a deal that will boost pay a total of $70 million. But as the administration figures out how to pay for those raises, could it also face stiff…

After seven days of strikes, the Oakland Unified School District announced it had reached an agreement with the teachers’ union on four “common good” demands — which, until this point, had placed the two sides in a gridlock since the…

As the Oakland Unified teachers strike marches toward its eighth day next week, the school district is warning a continued walkout threatens high school seniors’ academic future as graduation season approaches — while representatives with…

The Oakland teachers strike continued Thursday after a more contentious turn the day before, as allegations of misleading figures, canceled board meetings and a doubling-down against the “common good” proposals left the labor battle perhaps…

No matter red or blue, cancer rates are falling in every one of America's congressional districts.Researchers at the American Cancer Society found the deadly disease is causing less deaths now than it did in the 1990s in all of the nation's…

Four finalists have been chosen to succeed Judy Miner as chancellor of the Foothill-De Anza Community College District. Miner is set to retire Sept. 1 after 35 years with the district and eight years as chancellor. The finalists are Farouk…

The Oakland Unified School District and Oakland Education Association, which represents teachers and staff, did not reach a bargaining agreement over the weekend, pushing a strike affecting 34,000 students into its third day Monday. The…

The frequent gun shots did not deter the concentration of Mahesh Usendi, a resident of Bondanar village under Antagarh development block of Kanker district in Chhattisgarh’s restive Kanker district, who finally cleared the Joint Entrance…