Tribune: You were a fraternity guy at Cal State Northridge, a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. How was that experience? -- Portland Tribune - OR

Jack Kayajian was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley, where he attended public schools and Pierce Community College, and completed his education at California State University, Northridge majoring in Public Policy and Management. He started his career in public service while in college with an internship at the Los Angeles Mayor’s Office. He has served as Valley Area Representative, under the Villaraigosa administration; as well as Project Assistant within the Bureau of Sanitation, Department of Public Works, where he took a leading role in conducting and organizing the public education and outreach for the city’s implementation plans for the Plastic Bag Ban under the Solid Resources Citywide Recycling Division as well as the Commercial Franchise Citywide Waste Hauler System. -- Asbarez

Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya), celebrates Cinco de Mayo with a trio of incredible performances from the quintessiental Mexican folk dance company Ballet Folklórico Universidad de Colima (May 3), East-LA's Las Cafeteras (May 4) and the bi-lingual, family singer/songwriter Sonia de Los Santos (May 5). -- Broadway World Los Angeles

Pacheco, who describes himself as a millennial and “a car-free Seattleite.” He is fluent in Spanish and attended California State University Northridge before achieving his masters at the Daniel J. Evans School of Public Affairs at the University of Washington. -- Capitol Hill Seattle

Dedicated to making the sound of games, Chase Bethea interned at Mobotory games while studying music at Moorpark College. Besides earning his associate’s degree in Music Theory and Composition at Moorpark, he also went on to earn another associate’s in Audio Engineering from the Los Angeles Recording School, and a Bachelor of Music in Media Composition at California State University, Northridge. On top of that, he graduated with honors for every degree. -- Cliqist

Freshman left fielder Lily Amos provided the Cal Poly softball program a brief lead Saturday afternoon with a two-run double in the third inning, but CSUN shortstop Jessica Alexander’s two-run homer helped account for the difference at Matador Diamond as the Mustangs fell in the series finale, 5-3. -- KSBY

Cassey retired in 2007, and Laura Merz became director and accompanist. Merz, a native of Florence, had just earned a master’s degree in music from California State University at Northridge in Los Angeles. She started her tenure by directing FloTones’ performances at the Florence Holiday Tree Lighting, the Florentine Estates Christmas Dinner, a Peace Harbor Hospital luncheon, three holiday performances at the Three Rivers Casino, and a Florence Food Share benefit performance that brought in 350 pounds of food and $198. -- Siuslaw News - OR

Cruz, a California State University at Northridge commit, pitched more in his first three years, but was able to get on the mound for the first time this season on Thursday. He pitched one inning and earned the save in an 8-5 win over Hart. -- Santa Clarita Valley Signal