About 90% of Black voters backed Democratic House candidates in 2026, compared with roughly 80% who supported Kamala Harris in 2024, according to the AP Voter post-election poll, with 61% saying they cast their vote specifically to express opposition to President Donald Trump.
At a youth-led event at Cal State Bakersfield, young people talked about voting and the issues they care about.
With another contentious mayoral election drawing to a close, a coalition of Black community organizations is making clear that its work will not end when the ballots are counted.
California votes Tuesday, Nov. 3. Here are the hours, how to find your polling place or vote center, mail-ballot deadlines, and your right to vote if you’re still in line at closing time.
If you own a small Black-owned business, News Observed wants to put it in front of people this holiday season, and it won’t cost you
Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. defended the city’s commercial billboard program at a District 4 town hall meeting held Sept. 23, arguing that a ballot measure targeting advertising on public property could threaten millions of dollars in municipal revenue.
Standing before a room packed with home care workers, Randy Villegas shared a memory of his father yelling at him for holding the flashlight wrong in the family auto shop.
Republican incumbent Vince Fong and Democrat Sandra Van Scotter are the two candidates for the 20th Congressional District in the Nov. 3, 2026 general election — the first under the new Proposition 50 lines.
More than one in four adults 65 and older reports falling each year, and a fall-prevention pilot in Inglewood found a potentially modifiable problem hiding in plain sight: Nearly seven in 10 participating seniors were wearing a shoe size that did not match measurements of their feet.
U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters called for a $1 trillion federal investment in housing during an Oct. 10 town hall at Los Angeles Southwest College, saying addressing homelessness, expanding homeownership and preserving affordable housing require sustained federal support.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Friday, Oct. 9, called for the city to separate its homelessness response from Los Angeles County’s system, arguing that the city funds permanent supportive housing but does not control placements in some units.
Housing costs, food insecurity, consumer debt and uncertainty over health care coverage are straining families in Los Angeles’ 43rd Congressional District, experts said during an Oct. 10 town hall at Los Angeles Southwest College. Experts outlined residents’ challenges and available services.
California’s 22nd Congressional District race pits Republican incumbent David Valadao, R-Hanford, against Democratic challenger Randy Villegas in a contest over issues that affect households, farms and businesses across the Central Valley. The winner will represent the district in the U.S. House, where decisions on federal spending, health care, immigration, taxes, and water policy affect the region.
In Kern County, getting medical care is often harder than it should be. A patient may need to travel across town or across the county. A working parent may have to find time away from a job that offers little flexibility. A senior may need help arranging transportation.
Rhonda Haymon is a Deputy Public Defender with the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office and a candidate for Los Angeles County Superior Court, Office No. 64, on the Nov. 3 ballot.
Under a lime-green canopy, a 70-year-old steel drummer, Prince Bernard, in a straw hat and beads, worked a pair of gleaming steel pans, serenading passersby. Originally from Trinidad and Tobago and now based in Los Angeles, the traveling musician was one small part of a fair that, for 12 days, offered something for nearly everyone.
The Hollywood Bowl looked a lot like South Central on Sept. 29, when visual artist Lauren Halsey took over the entire amphitheater for emajendat, a one-night event she described as a “funk opera.”
Inglewood is putting $2.8 million of its approximately $3.1 million in federal HOME-ARP funds toward Sankofa Place, a $105 million affordable housing development that will bring 120 units to two parcels on Centinela Avenue and Warren Lane.
Two candidates are on the general-election ballot for Los Angeles mayor on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Here’s what the office does, what each candidate says she’d do, and how to check your registration. Observed makes no endorsement.
Banc of California has opened a 40,000-square-foot office in Downtown Los Angeles as Mayor Karen Bass seeks to attract more private-sector investment in the city center.
