-
Around KQED- California's New Health Insurance Exchange Unveils Plans, Premiums
- The California Report Magazine
- Jeremy Affeldt: Life, Justice and Major League Baseball
- East Bay Volunteers Needed to Collect Data on Earthquakes
- USGS Seeking New Homes for Earthquake Sensors in East Bay Hills
- Why America Stopped Making Its Own Clothes
- San Jose District, Teachers Agree to Contract: New Teacher Rating System
- News Pix: Bay Bridge Gets a White Coat, Ocean Beach Makeover and 50 Years of Maurice Sendak
- California's New Health Insurance Exchange Unveils Plans, Premiums
- The Great Charcoal Debate: Briquettes Vs. Lumps?
Subscribe
Subscribe to News Fix and you'll never miss a post!
Connect with KQED News on Twitter
For the latest updates from KQED News, follow us on Twitter.
Follow @kqednewsAbout the Blogger
Jon Brooks is News Fix’s editor, host, chief blogger and Bay Area newshound, searching for what’s news in the region.
Have a news tip? Email Jon.
KQED's Bay Area News Blog
Author Archives: KQED News Staff and Wires
Boy Scouts Vote to Accept Gay Boys
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) — The Boy Scouts have approved a plan to accept openly gay boys as Scouts but maintain a ban on gay adult leaders. Casting ballots were about 1,400 voting members of The Boy Scouts of America's National … Continue reading
Safety Recommendations Released for America's Cup
Paul Elias, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The America's Cup regatta director has released 37 recommendations made by a group of sailing experts intended to increase safety in the race nearly two weeks after a practice run on San … Continue reading
UC Berkeley and Three Other Colleges Accused of Mishandling Rape Allegations
NEW YORK (AP) — Women's rights attorney Gloria Allred joined students from four U.S. colleges and universities on Wednesday to announce the filing of federal complaints over how the higher-education institutions handle rape allegations. Students who attended the New York … Continue reading
CEO Defends Apple's Tax Maneuvers
by Marcy Gordon and Peter Svensson, AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate dragged massively profitable Apple Inc. into the debate over the U.S. tax code Tuesday, grilling CEO Tim Cook over allegations that its Irish subsidiaries help the … Continue reading
Workers Start 2-Day Strike at UC Hospitals
LOS ANGELES (AP) — University of California medical center workers began a two-day strike Tuesday that could involve thousands of employees and prompted postponement of some surgeries. The union representing some 13,000 hospital pharmacists, nursing assistants, operating room scrubs and … Continue reading
California Senate OKs Regulations for Medicinal Marijuana
by Don Thompson, Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would take steps to regulate the sale of medical marijuana under a bill approved Monday by the state Senate, restricting cannabis dispensaries that federal prosecutors say have grown out of control. … Continue reading
Corrosion Problems on New Bridge Date Back 9 Years
Update at 1:10 p.m: Caltrans has responded to the Sacramento Bee report: "All the Skyway tendons are stressed, properly grouted, and performing as designed and will do so for the next 150 years." Update at 10:15 a.m: Governor Jerry Brown … Continue reading
Yahoo Buys Tumblr
Michael Liedke, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times. The deal announced Monday is … Continue reading
