Voter Education Roadshow Helps San Bernardino County Voters Get ‘Election Ready’

Registrar of Voters will make five informational stops across the county ahead of the November 3, 2026, General Election  SAN BERNARDINO, CA (September 11, 2026) – The San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters is launching the Voter Education Roadshow, bringing its traveling voter education exhibit to five locations in advance of the November 3, 2026,…

Election Watch 2026: 85% of Eligible Voters in California Are Registered

By BlackPressUSA Newswire California enters the 2026 election cycle with a large pool of registered voters, as 85% of eligible adults were registered to vote as of May, according to a new report from the Public Policy Institute of California. The report found that 23.2 million of California’s 27.3 million eligible adults were registered. Voter…

Political Playback: California Capitol News You Might Have Missed     

Asm. Isaac Bryan’s Bill Banning California Police From ICE Side Jobs Reaches Newsom’s Desk Bo Tefu | California Black Media A bill by California Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Ladera Heights) that would prevent state and local police officers from taking second jobs with federal immigration enforcement agencies is headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom after clearing the…

CalKIDS Scholarship Month Launches in San Bernardino County to Help More Students Claim Scholarships

Nearly $162 million in CalKIDS Scholarships is available to eligible local students, with schools helping more families claim funds for college or career training San Bernardino, CA. — CalKIDS is launching the first CalKIDS Scholarship Month this September, partnering with county offices of education and school districts across California.This statewide effort will bring scholarship claiming…

Padilla: Supreme Court Blocks Trump’s Unconstitutional Attack on Mail Voting

 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration with jurisdiction over federal elections, released the following statement after the Supreme Court’s ruling rejected the Trump administration’s efforts to implement mail voting restrictions ahead of the November elections:    “This unconstitutional attack on mail voting…

BOOK REVIEW — Curved Air: A Biography of Sickle Cell Anemia and the Quest to Cure the First Molecular Disease

By BlackPressUSA Newswire Copyright: c.2026, Publisher: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, SRP: $29.95, Page Count: 338 pages Four weeks of testing, and you’re exhausted. Two gallons of blood, maybe three, have been removed. No lie. You’ve laid on tables, slid through machines, been scanned so much you lost count and finally, your doctors…

$400,000 per bed? Why it costs so much to build affordable student housing in California

By William Melhado, EdSource Facing a student housing crisis and flush with a historic budget surplus, California leaders in 2021 made an unprecedented $2 billion investment to build more dorms at public universities and colleges. Since then, universities and colleges have leveraged that funding to collectively build more than 9,000 beds for students. But higher…

Coastal Clean Up Day

Inland Regions Mark your calendars for California’s largest annual volunteer cleanup effort, Coastal Cleanup Day! On Saturday, Sept.19, communities will come together to remove litter from rivers, creeks, wetlands and other inland waterways. Trash, packaging, and improperly disposed waste from sources on land account for 80% of the marine debris found on beaches during cleanups…