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Chef Josh Gjersand prepares a sandwich for Mount Diablo High School students to try during a taste test

The hottest new restaurant in town might be in the school cafeteria — but only for a few lucky districts that can afford it

By Jocelyn Gecker and The Associated Press

FILE – Los Angeles Unified School District students attend online classes at Boys & Girls Club of Hollywood in Los Angeles, Aug. 26, 2020. “It is very easy with hindsight to say, ‘Oh, learning loss, we should have opened.’ People forget how many people died,” said Austin Beutner, former superintendent in Los Angeles, where students were online until the start of hybrid instruction in April 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Zoom school set kids back during COVID-19 and now many parents are questioning why they weren’t sent back sooner

By Bianca Vázquez Toness, Jocelyn Gecker, and others

Marina Aina, a 21-year-old student majoring in American Studies at Pomona College, poses for photos on the school’s campus in Claremont, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. Aina was used to getting paid for her internships and could not see taking an unpaid opportunity over a summer job. “If I felt that it wasn’t compensated then I wouldn’t go for it because I wouldn’t have the funds to cover it,” Aina says. “I wouldn’t want to ask my parents, who are helping me pay for college, to pay for something I’m doing over the summer.” (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Gen Z is pushing to end unpaid internships: “‘We really need to retire this attitude of ‘It was hard for me so it’s going to be hard for you.’”

By Naomi Harris, Jocelyn Gecker, and others

Governor Gavin Newsom

California becomes the first state to mandate vaccines and testing for school staff

By Jocelyn Gecker, Kathleen Ronayne, and others

Placido Domingo

Arts & Entertainment

Opera Star Placido Domingo Accused of Sexual Harassment by Multiple Women

By Jocelyn Gecker and The Associated Press