Category Bay Area

This week’s Jefferson Award winner is a Berkeley woman who has promoted child literacy for four decades, as host of a community TV show encouraging young poets. Sally Baker reads part of a poem, “The stars are glimmering, the leaves…

SAN FRANCISCO — In the heart of the San Francisco Mission District, a group of immigrant students is taking steps toward higher education, despite the challenges they face because of their status. Allison Romero, a student at Thurgood Marshall High…