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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
Nine Chico Heat players part of Great West League All-Star Game, which is Tuesday in Medford
The Chico Heat players selected were (with college): pitchers Stuart Bradley (Chico State), Ryan Byrd (Spokane), Adam Davenport (Washington), Luke Soroko (Arizona), catcher Clayton Hubbard (Cal State Northridge), infielders Cameron Olson (UC Davis) and Daniel Schneemann (Brigham Young), and outfielders Josh Falco (Chico State) and Keaton Kringlen (BYU). -- Chico Enterprise Record
Maui Ocean Center Appoints New Marketing Director
Ditzel was born in California and studied physical geography and hydro-geomorphology at California State University, Northridge. After completing two years of post-baccalaureate studies, she worked for eight years at the Ventura County Watershed Protection Agency. Her love for healthy eating and education eventually lead to joining the Whole Foods Market Hawai‘i team. -- Maui Now
La Cañada Unified promotes tech head Lewsadder
Lewsadder graduated from high school in 1994 and spent several years working and attending Glendale Community College before transferring to California State University, Northridge, in 2004. Three years later, she graduated with a degree in English Language Arts Education and, by 2008, had earned a graduate degree from University of Southern California's Rossier School of Education. -- La Canada Valley Sun
Jay Greenlinger comes home to Oak Park
Greenlinger holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University of Massachusetts, and a Master of Arts in educational administration and a doctorate in educational leadership from Cal State Northridge. - The Acorn