The way Jaime Pacheco gleefuly says "40!!!" has given me so much joy. Daisy Nguyen makes her The Bay debut with a great solutions episode on what can happen when a school district listens to parents and collabs w/nonprofits to support their needs.

This former transportation reporter appreciates the comment: "A California rolling stop saved this driver's life."

Sad aftermath of yesterday’s bomb cyclone. This redwood tree once towered over the neighborhood.

A new report by @childrennow finds ContraCostaCounty lost almost 90 child care providers since the start of the pandemic, leaving a big hole in the number of available child care slots. Some 3800 kids eligible for subsidized care are on a wait list. omny.fm/shows/kqed-seg…

President Biden's executive orders yesterday to improve access to child care may benefit tens of thousands of California families who receive subsidies. His directives include possibly lowering or getting rid of monthly fees & improve job quality for early educators.

Tomorrow there’s an open house KQED to celebrate its new headquarters. Here are two Cahill Contractors workers who helped build it. I met them at a construction job fair for women. What does construction have to do with child care? Tune in next week to find out.

🎙️ ON AIR: We're speaking w/ Daisy Nguyen, Mind Builder Center's Deo Agustin, IRLE UC Berkeley's Anna Powell, and Senator Senator Monique Limón about the future of California childcare. ❓What is your experience finding quality affordable child care? 📻 Listen: kqed.org/forum/20101018…

Did you know: Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse and revolutionized food after failing as a Montessori preschool teacher. She joked KQED Live event that she quit because she bit a biting child. “You learn by doing.”

Thank you San Francisco Chronicle for highlighting MAKE A CIRCLE, a doc about the CA's childcare system in crisis. See the film with directors JEN BRADWELL, TODD BOEKELHEIDE and other special guests in convo at DocLands! 📖bit.ly/44oRTCR

Two stories I covered last year are the subjects of two documentaries screening this weekend at the #doclands film festival in San Rafael, CA. It’s wonderful to see the tireless women I met through my reporting are getting their moment in the spotlight. sfchronicle.com/entertainment/…

Hello, find me on Blue Sky Daisy Nguyen.bsky.social where I’ll post more actively about early care and education issues.