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“I can’t vote,” said Castillo, who is pursuing his master’s degree in creative writing from Cal State Northridge. “Come November, for all the DREAMers and all the 11 million undocumented in this country, our future is uncertain. This is a crucial election. Exercise your right to vote, and show that we count.” -- Hunt News

I’m here to visit Lindsay Young’s classroom, where she is teaching a class as part of the Literate Adolescents Intervention Project. The program is a collaboration between the Los Angeles Unified School District and California State University, Northridge, where Young earned her master’s degree in special education and which is known nationally for its high-quality credentialing program for special education teachers. The day before, Lin-Manuel Miranda had announced that he would be departing from the musical he wrote based on Alexander Hamilton’s life. From the stage of Broadway’s Richard Rodgers Theater every night, Miranda would sing, “I’m young, scrappy, and hungry.” Around 3,000 similarly young, scrappy, and hungry (some literally so) students attend Hamilton High, part of the 667,000-student LAUSD—the nation’s second-largest school district. About 55 percent of Hamilton students come from economically disadvantaged homes, according to LAUSD. Half of them identify as Latino and nearly one-third as black. Tickets to see Miranda’s final performances brought $20,000 on the secondary market. Here, in an unglamorous neighborhood framed by auto repair shops and Interstate 10, $20,000 covers about half a year’s salary for a new teacher. -- Takepart

If UCLA students had to make up the difference paid by foreigners, tuition would increase about 47 percent at the Westwood campus, the analysis found. At Cal State Northridge, a loss of foreign tuition and fees could translate to a 20 percent increase in costs for in-state students. -- LA Weekly

Succulent plants have thickened parts that store water and energy for use during dry seasons. Occurring in many diverse plant groups such as agaves, cacti, sedums, echeverias and tradescantias, this survival technique also makes succulents highly suitable for people who forget to water their plants. -- AmericanTowns.com