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Brown signs ‘critical’ emissions-cutting climate bills

“I’m a native Angeleno, who grew up in the San Fernando Valley,” said Pavley, D-Agoura Hills, a former teacher with a master’s in environmental planning from Cal State Northridge. “In the ’50s and ’60s, for anyone old enough to remember those days, we had red flag alerts because of the auto pollution. -- Record-Bee

Dick Enberg is rounding third and heading home after a glorious career

He is an accidental broadcaster. He needed money as a student at Central Michigan University, so he took a job as a janitor at a radio station. The general manager heard Enberg's voice and put him on the air, but Enberg earned his doctorate in health sciences and pursued a career in education. San Fernando Valley State College-now Cal State Northridge-hired him as a professor and assistant baseball coach in 1961. -- WOW

MEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: Ledbetter’s PK gives Cougars first win

The lone goal of the night came in the fifth minute after a Cal State Northridge foul in the box a penalty kick was awarded. Senior Austin Ledbetter buried the kick to give SIUE a 1-0 lead. Ledbetter now has the only two goals SIUE has scored this year, and both have come on penalty kicks. -- The Telegraph - IL

Guides for blind athletes share the struggle

Williams was a top sprinter at Cal-State Northridge before hearing about guide running from a friend. He attended a camp through Team USA where he and Gillette hit it off. -- USA Today

A Former Pro Triathlete’s Paralympic Redemption

Jamie Whitmore has accomplished a lot in her 40 years: she ran cross country and track on scholarship at Cal State Northridge, raced as a pro mountain biker, and has been hailed as one of the most successful pro XTERRA triathletes ever. Then, in 2008 she became a cancer patient and everything changed. -- triathlete

Missourian Wins Gold at Paralympics

Williams was a top sprinter at Cal-State Northridge before hearing about guide running from a friend. He attended a camp through Team USA where he and Gillette hit it off. -- CBS St. Louis - MO

Hall of Fame boxer Bobby Chacon dies at 64

Born on Nov. 28, 1951, Chacon was nicknamed "Schoolboy" because he turned pro while studying at Cal State Northridge, a university near his birthplace in Pacoima on the north end of the San Fernando Valley. -- FOX News Latino

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