Pasadena Now reports, “Justice Leondra R. Kruger, a Pasadena native and member of the California Supreme Court, was lauded as the 41st Assembly District’s ‘Unsung Hero’ by Assemblymember Chris Holden and the California Legislative Black Caucus.” The article notes that the Caucus established the Black History Month Unsung Hero Award “to honor individuals who have selflessly dedicated themselves to their respective districts.”

A judge says a Riverside County school district can require teachers to notify parents when a student identifies as transgender, the latest in a set of diverse rulings that are headed for higher courts. In the same case, the judge allowed the Temecula Valley Unified School District to ban instruction about "critical race theory," which the district defined as anything that makes students feel guilty about their race, or their sex.

A Native American tribe with one of the largest outstanding claims to water in the Colorado River basin is closing in on a settlement with more than a dozen parties, putting it on a path to piping water to tens of thousands of tribal members in Arizona who still live without it.

The long history of redlining and downzoning helped create the racial disparities in California’s homeless population. The barriers impeding housing development and access for Black communities must be addressed – and fast.