Quick hits:

• Give birth, get a parking pass? Some California lawmakers want to grant special “temporarily disabled” parking privileges to women in the final three months of pregnancy and the first two months after childbirth.

• Too much? Residents in progressive Davis are being urged to donate a dollar a day, or $365, for each child enrolled in its school district, to help close a $4 million funding gap.

• Anytime now: Experts say the next major earthquake on the Hayward Fault will be the Bay Area’s own Hurricane Katrina, affecting more than 5 million people and causing at least $165 billion in losses to homes and businesses and $1.5 trillion in total economic losses.

Numbers:

• 20: Number of minor earthquakes that struck the East Bay within several hours this week, in a phenomenon called a “swarm.”  

• $350,000: Amount that state Sen. Carole Migden will be forced to pay in fines for campaign spending violations.

• $100 million: Amount a San Diego judge ordered Starbucks to pour into the accounts of its low-wage coffee-servers in California after ruling that the company had improperly required the workers to share tips with their bosses.

• 4,000: Number of registered nurses who started a 10-day strike at eight Bay Area hospitals operated by the Sutter Health network.