SAFE Credit Union Senior Vice President Gina Olson proposes employers start hiring with a focus on skills over degrees. The approach, she argues, could increase diversity and uncover untapped potential. 

Davis-based tech company Expert IEP developed an app to help parents of neurodivergent students optimize their academic, behavioral, occupational and speech goals. 

With plenty of spare time and the need for social activities, the pandemic prompted professional chefs to create robust virtual cooking programs. 

Though it’s not been without growing pains, the past year and a half has brought together parents, teachers and legislators to expand educational options.

Opening a cherished safe thought to contain untold historic riches about the origins of University of the Pacific, President Christopher Callahan wondered what he’d find.

California’s child care workforce is still 10 percent smaller than it was before the pandemic, as low wages contribute to acute staffing shortages.

Here is a rundown of COVID-19 mitigation efforts at some public school districts, colleges and universities in the Capital Region. 

The University of the Pacific’s three campuses in Stockton, Sacramento and San Francisco have reopened — with COVID-19 vaccinations required.