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The San Andreas fault has gone ominously silent. Scientists fear when it finally snaps
Earthquakes are part of the bargain of living in California, a product of the same forces that allow people to ski and surf on the same day. The same tectonics that drive earthquakes act as the state’s landscape artists, said Julian Lozos, associate professor of geological sciences at Cal State Northridge. -- Los Angeles Times
News Bites: VuHaus Group/KCSN, NAFB, WNYC, Relevant Radio, ‘Pass The Mic.’
VuHaus Group has added California State University-Northridge adult alternative “The SoCal Sound” KCSN (88.5) in Los Angeles as its newest affiliate, expanding the public media music network’s national reach. The station’s locally produced performance videos are now featured on the NPR Live Sessions website alongside content from other public media music outlets. Formed in 2014, VuHaus Group serves as public media’s national content and sales network for music stations, helping showcase emerging and established artists to broader audiences. “Joining VuHaus is an exciting milestone for The SoCal Sound,” Program Director Marc “Mookie” Kaczor said, noting the partnership will give the station’s music video content a wider audience while bringing Southern California’s music scene to public radio’s collaborative video platform. -- Inside Radio
VuHaus Group Adds the SoCal Sound Los Angeles to List of Affiliates
VuHaus Group announces its newest affiliate, KCSN The SoCal Sound in Los Angeles, whose local page now appears on the NPR Live Sessions website. -- Digital Music News
Federal Grant Supports CSUN Prof’s Work Building a TARDIS for Plant Research
California State University, Northridge environmental biologist Jeremy Yoder has received more than $800,000 from the federal government to continue work on a software package he calls TARDIS. -- SCV News
Education Spotlight: Week of July 16, 2026
Karina Barbosa is the new assistant principal of Chaparral Middle School. A longtime Spanish teacher at Granada Hills Charter School, she led the school’s Nuestra Comunidad Dual Enrollment Program, which was designed to prepare Latino students to enroll in college courses. From 2024 to 2026, Barbosa also taught graduate courses at California State University Channel Islands. She previously taught future teachers at California State University, Northridge — the same university where Barbosa earned a bachelor’s degree in Spanish language and culture and a master’s degree in multicultural and multilingual education. -- VC Reporter
Professor Emeritus Robert Krol: US trade policy hurts small businesses
It has been more than a year since President Trump initiated his tariff program to revive the U.S. economy. The on-again, off-again nature of the policy approach and the successful legal challenges to his tariffs have raised trade-policy uncertainty to high levels. -- Boston Herald
Governor Newsom announces appointments 7.14.2026
Nola Kennedy, of Reseda, has been reappointed to the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, where she has served since 2018. Kennedy has been a Professor and Department Chair at California State University, Northridge since 2018, where she was an Associate Professor from 2013 to 2018. She held multiple positions at the University of California, Los Angeles from 2000 to 2013, including Lecturer, Assistant Researcher, and Adjunct Assistant Professor. Kennedy was the Manager of Industrial Hygiene Services at Drucker Health and Safety Management Inc. from 1987 to 1991. She is a member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association. Kennedy earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Environmental Health Science/Industrial Hygiene from the University of California, Los Angeles, Master of Science degree in Environmental Health Science – Industrial Hygiene from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Genetics from the University of California, Berkeley. This position does not require Senate confirmation and the compensation is $100 per diem. Kennedy is a Democrat. -- Gov. Gavin Newsom
Boy Scout patrol crosses finish line together
Nobili graduated from Castaic High School and is going to California State University, Northridge, to study kinesiology. -- Santa Clarita Valley Signal
Earthquakes rock California as fault line fears are ‘real and growing’
“Whenever there’s a bigger earthquake out there, I mean, there’s always a concern of what it’s going to do to nearby faults like the San Andreas,” Julian Lozos, associate professor of geological sciences at Cal State Northridge, told the publication. The two recent quakes are “probably not big enough to cause a bigger thing, but it’s a sign to check that you’re prepared for when we inevitably do get a bigger thing,” he added. -- Syracuse
The Miracle Project’s Express Yourself Program Gives Nonspeaking/Multi-Modal Artists the Stage
The Miracle Project (TMP), founded in 2004, is internationally recognized as the first systematic, evidence-based program to use expressive and performing arts to improve quality of life and relationships for autistic individuals while challenging negative societal stereotypes through authentic artistic representation. A 2014 California State University, Northridge (CSUN) study, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, demonstrated that TMP’s methodologies improved social communication, strengthened relationships with typically developing peers, reduced anxiety, and fostered more positive public perceptions of autistic individuals (Kim et al., 2015). -- Autism Spectrum News