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Metro is right to engage with customers in its budget process
These expanded transit services are critically important for our working families, many of whom rely of public transit for everything from shopping to medical services. Through its K-14 GoPass Program and the U-Pass Program available at CSUN, over 40,000 Valley students are getting free/discounted access to the system. This equates to over 183,000 boardings per month. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Community meetings in the San Fernando Valley, Feb. 6-13
California State University, Northridge’s VITA Clinic Income Tax Preparation: Appointments required for the free sessions, 2-6 p.m., and every Thursday through April 13. Check the website link for details on what you need to bring to an appointment and also the link to make an appointment. Sun Valley Branch Library, 7935 Vineland Ave. 818-764-1338. Details and reservations: bit.ly/3kNvwEu -- Los Angeles Daily News
Scholarship Opens Doors for Underserved, Activist-minded Students
His challenges, as much as his activism, informed his future focus on helping students and inspired his life’s work as an esteemed college educator. For 40 years, he taught history at Ventura College, in addition to teaching at UCSB, CSU Northridge, CSU Channel Islands, and universities across Latin America. -- Noozhawk
Religion events in the San Fernando Valley area, Feb. 4-11
Food drive for CSUN Food Pantry: The Community Concerns Committee at First Presbyterian Church of Granada Hills holds a non-perishable food drive to help stock the food pantry at Cal State University, Northridge, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., and also, 8:30-11:30 a.m. Feb. 12. The pantry benefits students who do not have much income for food while school is in session. Current needs: canned soups and other canned goods, pasta and dry boxed goods; also, hygiene items including deodorant, soap, feminine products and shampoos. No glass containers or past date items. Drive-thru and a church volunteer will unload your donation. Location, 10400 Zelzah Ave., Northridge. 818-360-1831. www.fpcgh.org/outreach. Details and current needs for the CSUN Food Pantry here: bit.ly/3ch6IRl and here: bit.ly/3TeJiNe -- Los Angeles Daily News
'I feel duped': Inside the fast-food industry's push to dismantle a new California labor law
Although some people interviewed by The Times ultimately declined to sign the AB 257 referendum petition, seven voters realized they had signed in error. They include Lindsay Pérez Huber, a professor at Cal State Long Beach's college of education, who signed a petition in front of a Ralphs in Westchester and Rochelle Staab, 73, who signed at Cal State Northridge. -- Gwinnett Daily Post
CSUN Students Partner with Alum to Help Unhoused Community College Students
California State University, Northridge’s student-based brand management and creative services agency: IntersectLA (IXLA) has partnered with the nonprofit Los Angeles Room & Board to help unhoused community college students in the Los Angeles area. -- San Fernando Valley Sun
‘I feel duped’: Inside the fast-food industry’s push to dismantle a new California labor law
Although some people interviewed by The Times ultimately declined to sign the AB 257 referendum petition, seven voters realized they had signed in error. They include Lindsay Pérez Huber, a professor at Cal State Long Beach’s college of education, who signed a petition in front of a Ralphs in Westchester and Rochelle Staab, 73, who signed at Cal State Northridge. -- Los Angeles Times
Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, Feb. 2-9
A.I.M by Kyle Abraham: The contemporary dance company performs “Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth,” 8 p.m. Feb. 18. Tickets $39 and up. The Soraya at CSUN, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. 818-677-3000. Details and to purchase tickets: bit.ly/3jiouaz -- Los Angeles Daily News
Black History Month events in the LA area, February 2023
Christian McBride’s the Movement Revisited – A Musical Portrait of Four Icons: The eight-time Grammy Award-winning bassist Christian McBride leads a Big Band and Gospel choir concert that also includes a section dedicated to the election of Barack Obama, 8 p.m. Tickets $39 and up. The Soraya at CSUN, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. 818-677-3000. Details and to purchase tickets: bit.ly/3H222tS -- Los Angeles Daily News
Animation Educators Forum Names 2023 Hall of Fame Inductees
Bill Matthews (1932-2022) Animator — Bill worked at Disney on Sleeping Beauty (1959) and on The Mickey Mouse Club. He also worked for the Jet Propulsion Lab creating instructional films. He taught animation at Sheridan College, California State University Northridge, Van Film Arts and Woodbury University. During the 1980s and ’90s he ran Disney Feature Animation’s recruiting and training division. -- Animation Magazine