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Cal State Fullerton routs CSU Northridge 102-76

LOS ANGELES — Kyle Allman finished with 23 points and Cal State Fullerton scored a season-best 53 in the first half and rolled to a 102-76 victory over Cal State Northridge on Wednesday night. -- Montreal Gazette

Cal State Fullerton routs CSU Northridge 102-76

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kyle Allman finished with 23 points and Cal State Fullerton scored a season-best 53 in the first half and rolled to a 102-76 victory over Cal State Northridge on Wednesday night. -- Times-Herald

People on the Move

Springville—Premier Employee Solutions announced Michael Parrish as the new Chief Executive Officer on Jan. 22. Parrish has been serving as Chief Operating Officer since April 2016 and will be replacing founders and Co-CEOs Kayle Neeley and Rob LeBaron in his new role. As COO, Parrish worked cohesively across various corporate departments and field groups. Together, 11 new branch locations were opened in the last 18 months, performance-based incentive programs and employee recognition programs were introduced and new standards for many company operational and cross-functional processes were established through combined efforts. Parrish grew up in Blackfoot, Idaho and received a Bachelor’s of Arts in English from Brigham Young University 1989 and a Master’s of Business Administration from California State University, Northridge 2003. He first entered the staffing industry as a recruiter in 1989 and went on to serve in various roles at United Parcel Service (UPS) from 1993 to 2005. Before coming to Premier, Parrish served as Senior Vice President at Select Staffing from 2009-2016. -- Utah Business

Parkland student activists should study the East L.A. Blowouts that launched a movement in California

Long before social media, Chicano youth spread the word via underground newspapers, at hipster coffeehouses and at community events hosted, as often as not, by white allies, including Episcopalian pastors. Students at white-dominant Venice High and majority-black Jefferson High walked out in solidarity with their Chicano peers. Undergrads from UCLA, Cal State Northridge and other local campuses served as mentors. -- Los Angeles Times

Friends of the South Pasadena Library's Restoration Concert Series Features the Girsky Quartet

Rowena Hammill, cellist, is originally from Australia and received her Master’s Degree from Indiana University. She has held professorships at the University of Northern Iowa and Cal State University, Northridge. Presently she divides her time between positions as Associate Principal Cello of the Los Angeles Opera Orchestra, and as Artistic Director of Vashon Chamber Music in Washington state. With the Girsky Quartet, they present the Vashon Beethoven Quartet Project, performing all the quartets of Beethoven over the years 2015-2018. Vashon Chamber Music is now in its 8th season, bringing chamber music concerts to the residents of Vashon Island, as well as outreach concerts to schools and senior centers throughout the Seattle area. -- Pasadena Now

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