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Fillmore gets new police chief as crime rates reach record low
Tennessen has been with the sheriff’s office for 19 years, most recently managing patrol operations for the East County/Thousand Oaks station. He has an extensive background in investigations and has worked in the gang unit, the major crimes bureau and the special crimes unit. He earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and a master’s in public administration from CSU Northridge. -- Ventura County Star
Two COC administrators up for president role at Cuesta College
Gribbons holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Cal State Northridge, a master’s degree in educational psychology from USC and a doctorate in education, measurement and statistics from USC. -- Santa Clarita Valley Signal
'The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat,' Based on Baffling Actual Case Study, Comes to Pasadena
Pasadena Opera’s co-founders, Artistic Director Dana Sadava and Creative Director Dr. Indré Viskontas, a neuroscientist, have assembled three talented young singers, all of them Los Angeles residents, for this production: soprano Julia Metzler (Mrs. P.), a current national semi-finalist in the Metropolitan Opera National Council awards; baritone Ian Walker (Mr. P.), who holds an MA of Music in Opera and Vocal Performance from UCLA and a BFA from CalArts; and tenor William Grundler (Dr. Sacks.), who earned his BM at CSUN. -- Pasadena Now
ANCA Glendale Welcomes Yasmin K. Beers Appointment as City Manager
Beers moved to the United States from Iran when she was eight years old. She began her career in Glendale in 1987 working in the Library Department while she attended Hoover High School. She later went on to receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the California State University, Northridge, followed by a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership from Woodbury University. -- Asbarez
CSUN Professor Emeritus ROGER CARASSO: ‘Freedom Schools’ in Arizona
The Arizona Legislature set up at its universities some schools, also known as “freedom schools,” that will teach conservative values. This could already be guessed from the frequent rightist use of the word “freedom,” as in the House Freedom Caucus. -- The New York Times
70-year-old mystery of how magnetic waves heat the Sun cracked
The international team included Queen's University Belfast; the Space Research Institute, Austria; Ilia State University, Georgia; the National Solar Observatory, USA; Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Spain; Lockheed Martin, USA and California State University Northridge, USA. -- Science Daily
March 10: CSUN to Host Comics, Visual Culture Symposium
Comics and Visual Culture 2018, a symposium, will take place at California State University, Northridge on Saturday, March 10, at the University Student Union from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. -- SCV News
Scientists Crack 70-Year-Old Mystery of How Magnetic Waves Heat the Sun
The international team included Queen’s University Belfast; the Space Research Institute, Austria; Ilia State University, Georgia; the National Solar Observatory, USA; Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, Spain; Lockheed Martin, USA and California State University Northridge, USA. -- Newswise
PHOTO GALLERY: Tehachapi Symphony Orchestra premieres 'The Golden Thread'
The orchestra's program included Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Minor, K. 216 by guest soloist Lorenz Gamma. Gamma, a native of Switzerland, is currently a full-time instructor at Cal State Northridge, and regularly performs as a guest violin soloist for various symphony orchestras. -- Tehachapi News
Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell Returns to The Soraya
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields returns to the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) for the fourth time with its renowned Music Director and violinist, Grammy Award winner Joshua Bell. As one of the world's premier chamber orchestras, the Academy is well-known for its invigorating renditions of the world's most-loved classical music. Joshua Bell is one of the most celebrated violinists of his era, and his restless curiosity, passion, and multi-faceted musical interests are almost unparalleled in the world of classical music. The orchestra will be performing Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 4, Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 and the Los Angeles premiere of American composer Edgar Meyer's violin concerto Overture for Violin and Orchestra, written for Bell and the Academy. The concert is Thursday, March 15 at 8:00pm. -- Broadway World Los Angeles