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Mia St. John Wiki: Facts to Know about Kristoff St. John’s Ex-Wife

Mia Rosales St. John was born on June 24, 1967, in San Francisco, California, with a family background that leads back to Zacatecas, Mexico. She went to CSU in Northridge, where she graduated with a psychology degree. She did not think about taking up professional boxing until the age of 29. But she was sure that she wanted to become a fighter, and went on to master the art of taekwondo, even receiving a black belt. -- Earn the Necklace

Orpheum Theater celebrates 90 years, countless memories in Omaha

Speed said the venue made sense both logistically and sentimentally. After all, they wouldn’t have met if it weren’t for the building. She’s a Grand Island native who studied cello performance at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and he’s a native of Daly City, California, who moved to Los Angeles to attend Cal State-Northridge. -- Omaha World-Herald - NE

New general manager to Can Publications

Ali Granit, born in 1981, completed the Saint-Michel French High School and the California State University Northridge Business School. After taking a position at various companies, in 2009, at the age of 27, he became Can Publishing Sales and Marketing Manager. Today, at the age of 36, he became one of the youngest senior executives in the publishing industry by being appointed General Manager of Can Publishing. -- HaberGaraj - Turkey (in Turkish)

CSUN alum Ted Hilton: Instilling the dignity of work in the homeless

California has 12 percent of the nation’s population but 21 percent of the nation’s homeless people and 33 percent of all welfare recipients, both contributing to the state having 25 percent of the nation’s unauthorized migrants. Most unauthorized workers, many speaking no English, manage to find a job to keep themselves off the street. City officials and homeless advocates can recognize that behavior exemplifies a strong work ethic which officials need to instill in the homeless when providing services and taxpayer funded shelters or housing. -- Long Beach Press-Telegram

Book Review: 'The Big Spill' by Kenneth Eade

Kenneth Eade may be best known to readers as the author of ’Bless the Bees: The Pending Extinction of our Pollinators and What We Can Do To Stop It, and A Bee, See: Who Are Our Pollinators and Why Are They In Trouble? - two superlative books about his concern for our environment, a topic he takes to the top level in his superb books. Eade is an international business lawyer, based in Los Angeles, specializing in international law, Internet Law, appeals and complex litigation. He is a member of the Bar of California, the federal District Court for the Central District of California, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal. He holds a Juris Doctor in Law from Southwestern University School of Law, and a B.A. in Liberal Studies from California State University, Northridge. He is also an accomplished filmmaker and a freelance writer for the Los Angeles Daily Journal as well as an environmentalist. -- San Francisco Review of Books

Inclusive Schools in LA: Where All Learners Are Welcome

“The barriers [to learning] often can come from the outside, and when the expectations are changed and children are supported in a natural environment, great things can happen,” says Annie Cox, executive director of the CHIME Institute’s Early Education Programs in Northridge. -- L.A. Parent

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