Q&A: Meet Darshana Patel, candidate for California State Assembly District 76
Darshana Patel, 51, is a Democrat and incumbent state Assembly member.
May 2026
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Q&A: Meet Richard Barrera, candidate for California state superintendent of public instruction
Richard Barrera, 59, is the president of the San Diego Unified school board and a senior policy adviser for the state Department of Education.
Q&A: Meet Rick Shea, candidate for San Diego County Board of Education in District 5
Rick Shea, 76, is the current vice president of the San Diego County Board of Education.
Q&A: Meet Gus Mattammal, candidate for California state superintendent of public instruction
Gus Mattammal, 53, is a tutoring and test-prep company executive.
Q&A: Meet Josh Newman, candidate for California state superintendent of public instruction
Josh Newman, 61, a former Democratic state senator, is seeking California’s top schools job.
Q&A: Meet Sonja Shaw, candidate for California state superintendent of public instruction
Sonja Shaw, 43, is the president of the Chino Valley Unified school board.
Canvas system is online after a cyberattack disrupted thousands of schools
A key online learning system used by thousands of schools and universities is back after a cyberattack knocked it offline, creating chaos as students tried to study for finals. A cybersecurity threat analyst says a hacking group called ShinyHunters claimed responsibility for breaching Canvas.
San Diego schools expected to slowly regain access to Canvas system after hack
The hack and shutdown of campus online learning system left students wondering if their tests and assignments would be postponed
From ‘Just Say No’ to Narcan: How drug education is changing in a modern world
Teachers seek to educate students amid drug reform and an ongoing fentanyl crisis.
Schools often don’t have any standardized drug education, relying on patchwork programs
Prevention increasingly aims to support mental health.