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Bill Reynolds: James Allison – Iraq War veteran – Newhall resident
Back home, James took several jobs but through his GI bill he attended California State University, Northridge majoring in recreation and tourism management, graduating June 2011. James was one of three graduates recognized – he, as their Outstanding Veteran. They read his Marine Corps service, and for James, this was his proudest day ever. -- Santa Clarita Valley Signal
Ready for Arizona heat
Michelle “Michey” McAnany, an assistant for the Simi Valley U-12 girls’ team, will be enshrined in the Cal State Northridge Hall of Fame on Sunday. -- Simi Valley Acorn
GARY MAYEDA ELECTED JACL NATIONAL PRESIDENT
“Volunteerism started in high school participating in the student body leadership at Eagle Rock High School in Los Angeles … As a college student at California State University, Northridge (CSUN), I was on the leadership of three student organizations and founded two of them. -- Rafu Shimpo
Cybersecurity scares spawn legislation, new businesses
Lowthorp Richards specializes in business, estate, family and injury law. Arrieta is a California State University, Northridge graduate who predominantly focuses on trusts and estates, business and property law. He received his juris doctorate from the California Western School of Law and was admitted to the State Bar of California in 2005. -- Pacific Coast Business Times
The Challenge of Covering Donald Trump If You’re a Latino Reporter
The challenge in covering a candidate like Trump, if you’re from a Spanish-language news organization, is that some people may assume you have a built-in bias, says Cal State Northridge journalism professor Jose Luis Benavides. -- KQED
PolitiFact: Licensed gun dealers outnumber McDonald’s 2-to-1 in CA
Not surprisingly, there are many places in California to get a Big Mac — more than a thousand, according to several sources. The American Enterprise Institute and the Foundation for Economic Education reported in April that, at that time, there were 1,165 McDonald’s in California. A Cal State Northridge study cited the same figure. -- Capitol Weekly
Opinion: Don’t change the Orange Line to rail — improve it first
Because the Orange Line right-of-way is built for bus and not rail, it can accommodate services that operate on surface streets as well as the rapid busway. This flexibility enables Metro to offer point-to-point buses from Cal State Northridge to UCLA or from Burbank airport to LAX. -- Los Angeles Times
New York: Vistas and Dreams: Museum of the American Indian 100th Anniversary Symposium
Speakers
• Steven Conn, W.E. Smith Professor of History, Miami University
• Philip J. Deloria, Carroll Smith-Rosenberg Collegiate Professor, University of Michigan
• Ann McMullen, Curator and Head of Collections Research and Documentation, NMAI
• Ruth B. Phillips, Canada Research Chair in Modern Culture, Carleton University
• James E. Snead, Associate Professor of Anthropology, California State University Northridge -- Best Events
Cal State LA to co-host second annual Better Together: California Teachers Summit
In addition to Cal State LA, Summit locations in the greater L.A. area include:
· Antioch University
· Azusa Pacific University
· Biola University
· Brandman University, Irvine
· Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
· Cal Poly Pomona
· CSU Channel Islands
· CSU Dominguez Hills
· CSU Fullerton
· CSU Fullerton, Irvine Campus
· CSU Long Beach
· CSU Northridge
· CSU San Bernardino
· CSU San Bernardino, Palm Desert
· Loyola Marymount University
· Pepperdine University
· University of Redlands (at Lee Pollard High School) -- Education Drive
NBA stars coaching in local prep tournaments
■ IN THE STANDS — College coaches John Calipari (Kentucky), Jim Boeheim (Syracuse), Jay Wright (Villanova), Bob Huggins (West Virginia), Lorenzo Romar (Washington), Josh Pastner (Georgia Tech), Mike Brey (Notre Dame) and Reggie Theus (Cal State Northridge) all were in attendance Wednesday at Spring Valley. Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon and Sacramento Kings center DeMarcus Cousins also made a cameo. - Las Vegas Review-Journal