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CSUN Prof Explains “Unusually Persistent” Gloomy Weather
The lingering “June gloom” and “May gray” that brought unusually persistent cool and cloudy overcast weather to Southern California have been hard to miss. While the cooler temperatures are common in late spring and early summer, this year seems different. -- SCV News
Have you seen these? Movies filmed in Fresno and the surrounding area
Son in Law: Featuring Pauly Shore, the college scenes were filmed at California State University, Northridge, but the South Dakota farm in the story was actually filmed at a farm in Visalia. -- Your Central Valley
The Rebirth of Lowriding in California
"Owning a car is the American dream," says Denise Sandoval, a professor of Chicano studies at California State University, Northridge. "Lowriding is a great example, just like hip-hop, of people using culture to tell their stories, to mark space in the United States, to say, 'This is what makes us unique.'" -- Reason Magazine
June 29: Matador Summer Celebration
To all new California State University, Northridge Matadors! Come out to CSUN Thursday, June 29, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., as the university celebrates you and your decision to attend CSUN this fall! Join us for an evening of welcome receptions, resources, campus tours and a free “Top Gun: Maverick” screening. Registration is required to attend the event. -- SCV News
Educators, artists, actors tout Prop. 28 arts funding at Getty Center event
State Superintendent Tony Thurmond, who spoke on a panel, alongside California State University, Northridge President Erika D. Beck and UCLA Associate Dean of Public Engagement Annamarie Francois, said guaranteeing arts funding under Prop. 28 is a “significant moment” for California. -- EdSource
L.A. Culture: Doin' The Fringe Binge
As the performance is about to begin, the announcer tells us that this show, despite its French sounding name, is not set in Paris in the 1800s, but in Los Angeles in 2008. The moment is the graduation from California State University Northridge, otherwise known as CSUN, (pronounced Sea-Sun). Our protagonist, obviously a local girl, is oddly enough named Jean Valjean, and is almost immediately met by an evil fellow in a coat who identifies himself as Javert. Thus they have established the protagonist-antagonist relationship of the original musical. -- City Watch
Metro adding new light-rail line in the San Fernando Valley
"There have been instances where people act out or things get out of hand, but I think for the most part my experience has been pretty good," said CSUN student and Metro rider Jasmine Mendez. -- ABC 7 Los Angeles
Natale Zappia, known as ‘Nat’ and Dr. Z, was a local icon and friend of Earth
The beloved CSUN professor passed away in April, and is being remembered for his legacy -- Los Angeles Daily News
First annual "Low and Slow" car show held at Cal State Northridge
Cruisers converged at Cal State Northridge on Saturday for the first ever "Low and Slow" car show, where dozens gathered to show off their lowriders and to raise awareness about the history of the cruising community. -- CBS Los Angeles
Taking it low and slow with a lowrider car show
Today, we’re going to chill and take a little trip in a lowrider to Cal State Northridge, which will be hosting its first car show dedicated to these custom-made automobiles. The show is a part of the nearly year-long exhibit The Politics of Low & Slow, which is all about the politics of Chicano lowrider culture and history. -- LAist