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UCSB Picked Sixth in Big West Men’s Basketball Poll
UC Irvine, which returns 10 players off a team that won the regular season last season, was voted No. 1. The Anteaters claimed
14 first-place votes and 216 points to lead all schools in the media poll. UC Davis finished second with seven first-place votes and 189 points. Cal State Fullerton was third with 158 points and one first-place vote, while Long Beach State was fourth with 153 and a first-place nod. Hawai‘i received two first-place votes and was fifth with 146 points followed by the Gauchos, with one first-place vote and 94 points. Rounding out the poll was CSUN (73), UC Riverside (71) and Cal Poly (70). -- Noozhawk
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His dad was born in Canada, and his mom is from Panama. Hogan, who started playing basketball at age 6 and football in eighth grade with the Moorpark Packers, grew up playing ice hockey with the Ventura Mariners. Sean Hogan played hockey at Cal State Northridge. -- Moorpark Acorn
City Council: Levatino, Flores vying for District 6 seat
Yvonne Flores to run for District 6 City Council seat
Immediate family: 2 sons; mother
Previous political experience or public service: Legislative Intern, Majority Consultants, Sacramento, California; Campaign Volunteer (since the age of 11); Legal Staff Volunteer for El Rescate representing political asylum applicants; Education Director for the AFL-CIO Legal Immigration Assistance Project, Immigration and Control Act of 1986; Migrant Legal Services staff assisting United Farm Workers Union; Parent Teacher Association Volunteer; served as Committee Chair of Making Friends With Great Works of Art; Professor of Government/Political Science at California State University at Northridge; pro bono legal representation on Acuna v. Regents of University of California; Sonoma Ranch South HOA former Board; served on Dona Ana County Election Advisory Council; Dona Ana County Voter Registration Agent; League of Women Voters, served on local Board, delegate to Convention 2016; served on Councilor Olga Pedroza's Immigration Forum Committee (2016); League of Women Voters of the United States delegate to the United Nations Framework Conference on Climate Control in Bonn, Germany, November 2017; President of the Mexican American Bar Association of Los Angeles County (1996); Founder Latina Lawyers Bar Association (1997); Hispanic National Bar Association Supreme Court Commitee (1995-1997); Prosecutor for the State Bar of California -- Las Cruces Sun-News - NM
Book Review: 'Lawyer Brent Marks Legal Thriller Series Books 4-6' 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 novels. 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 and an environmentalist. -- San Francisco Review of Books
Where campus meets corporate design
The new Extended University Commons at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) is a three-story, 67,000-square-foot building that houses both academic and office space. The building, completed in September 2016, includes instructional spaces for the Tseng College of Extended Learning to accommodate their rapidly growing programs, and incorporates workspace for the College’s administration and services. -- Building Design + Construction
New Partnership Helps CSUN Transfer Students Earn Community College Degrees
A college degree, whether earned at a two-year or a four-year institution of higher learning, opens the doors to career opportunities and provides employers with a skilled workforce that can help propel a company into success. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
Self Help Graphics and the Birth of Modern Day Dia de los Muertos
The history of events facing the community (la raza), are chronicled in the posters spun out of Self Help over the past 45 years. “It was about combining psychological health with culture to create a movement to cure the people,” recalls Vallejo, an Emeritus Professor of Art History at Cal State Northridge. “The farm workers were up and running. Dolores Huerta was there. There were several Chicanos that were really involved with images that had to do with farm workers’ rights, the working poor, violence in the streets, was all races, all colors.” -- KCET
Chicano House to Open its Doors to Celebrate Día de los Muertos with the Community
California State University, Northridge Chicana/o Studies professor Yreina D. Cervantez and the students in her “Days of the Dead” course will co-host two events in honor of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) — a Mexican holiday that honors the memories of their deceased loved ones and ancestors. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
$2.8 million awarded to support ag science education
In fiscal year 2017, 12 grants totaling $2.8 million were awarded. They include:
California State University-Northridge, Northridge, California, $250,000 -- WallacesFarmer
CSUN Names Business Building for Alumni Harriet and Harvey Bookstein
California State University, Northridge officials have named the building that houses the university’s business college Bookstein Hall, in honor of alumni Harriet and Harvey Bookstein and their generous support of CSUN over the years. -- AmericanTowns.com