May 18, 2026

Since 1993, Inland Empire Community Foundation has managed a fund for Riverside Educational Enrichment Foundation, a nonprofit serving the students and teachers of Riverside United School District. REEF funding has become a valuable lifeline, providing grants to teachers and scholarships to students.

May 18, 2026

Temecula’s first student school board member closed her final meeting with fiery remarks calling out the board for what she called its unprofessional behavior. The Temecula school board has been criticized in recent months and accused of personal attacks and poor behavior on the dais.

May 18, 2026

Attorneys for the state of California have been accused of violating two court orders by withholding thousands of pages of evidence in a sexual abuse lawsuit involving a former student at California School for the Deaf-Riverside.

May 18, 2026

The Sausalito Marin City School District has appointed Jamal Graham, a former employee for 10 years, to the board of trustees. Graham, who retired last June as executive assistant in the superintendent’s office, was appointed unanimously to the provisional seat on Thursday.

May 18, 2026

Trustee Kevin Saavedra was accused by an unnamed complainant of violating financial disclosure rules for failing to disclose reportable investments. The case was dismissed on April 20 due to lack of evidence, said Christopher Burton, assistant chief of the FPPC’s enforcement division.

May 18, 2026

School districts across the Bay Area are asking voters to approve more than $688 million in school bonds and parcel tax measures in a last-ditch effort to avoid deep budget cuts to programs and teacher layoffs.

May 18, 2026

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed spending plan this week includes $2.4 billion in new ongoing investments for special education and paid pregnancy leave for teachers — issues teachers have brought front and center in the face of high living costs and staff retention struggles.

May 18, 2026

By the time California’s next superintendent of public instruction takes office early next year, the job could look very different. Until then, though, the 10 people running insist they’re committed to whatever it may look like — as they compete to make it past a crowded June 2 primary.

May 18, 2026

When a patient at Los Angeles General Medical Center experienced a medical emergency, Brandon Maldonado grabbed an intercom and called a “code blue” to bring immediate help from emergency hospital staff.