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$60K Awarded to Students Focused on Protecting Southern California’s Signature River
The five scholarship recipients are undergraduate students who show passion and dedication for protecting the environment and the Utom watershed. They are: Misheel Unur and Caroline Shoemake from College of the Canyons, Sarah Azzoto from Cal State University Northridge, Claire Kosek from Occidental College and Kenna Gonzales from UC Berkeley. -- SCV News
Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, Dec. 1-8
Alton Brown Live – Beyond the Eats – The Holiday Variant: Brown, the host of the scientific cooking show “Good Eats,” presents an entertaining and interactive food show, 7 p.m. Dec. 19. Tickets $46 and up; a VIP experience, $156, includes a before-the-show Q&A with Brown, first access to his tour’s merchandise for sale and premium seating. The Soraya at CSUN, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. 818-677-3000. www.thesoraya.org. Details and to purchase tickets: bit.ly/3AfHjQI -- Los Angeles Daily News
Travel: Tips for booking a hotel for your child’s college graduation
Caltech and Cal State Northridge: Bob Hope Airport, aka Hollywood Burbank Airport, aka Burbank Airport, is a time-saving alternative to frenetic LAX. For families coming by plane for graduations at Northridge, Caltech and elsewhere in the San Fernando Valley, Burbank makes a lot of sense. Think BUR for ceremonies at USC and UCLA, too, as we happily did for a son’s Bruin bash a year ago. For a place to stay near the airport, and a free shuttle to boot, there’s the luxurious and newly renovated Hotel Amarano (hotelamarano.com), a 132-unit hidden gem inspired by the glamor of vintage Hollywood. The onsite FYC Bar + Kitchen offers a fresh take on California cuisine and a stylish, yet comfortable spot for toasting grads on their achievement. Another plus is rates are stable for the next few months, and this comes from the hotel’s mouth. -- Los Angeles Daily News
Cane Bay’s Nettles reaches scoring milestone
Lady Wolves senior Amiyah Ferguson, a guard signed with Cal State Northridge, paced Timberland with a game-high 21 points and tracked down six boards. Ferguson became a member of the 1,000-point club last winter and now has company. -- Post and Courier
A snapshot into the lives of Venice Paparazzi founders Alex and Edizen Stowell
The tattooed and muscular Alex was working the heavy bag at Muscle Beach. He’d come west from Washington, DC, to play football at Golden West Community College before getting a scholarship to the University of New Mexico and finishing school at CSU-Northridge. He returned to Hollywood, eventually landing in Venice in 1999. -- Westside Current
Can Mastodon be a Twitter refuge for marginalized groups?
But assistant professor of philosophy at California State University Northridge Jonathan Flowers, who is active on the zirk.us Mastodon community, says that abuse has been disproportionately higher on Mastodon. -- Fast Company
$60K Awarded to Students Focused on Protecting Southern California’s Signature River
The five scholarship recipients are undergraduate students who show passion and dedication for protecting the environment and the Utom watershed. They are: Misheel Unur and Caroline Shoemake from College of the Canyons, Sarah Azzoto from Cal State University Northridge, Claire Kosek from Occidental College and Kenna Gonzales from UC Berkeley. -- Center for Biological Diversity
ENTERTAINMENT & ARTS Your ultimate guide to ‘Nutcrackers,’ ‘Christmas Carols’ and other holiday shows in SoCal
‘Watkins Family Hour Christmas’
Brother-sister bluegrass duo Sean and Sara Watkins are joined by John C. Reilly, singer-songwriter Nikka Costa, et al. The Soraya, 18111 Nordhoff St., Northridge. 8 p.m. Dec. 3. $36 and up. thesoraya.org -- Los Angeles Times
Cal Poly SLO Enrolls The Lowest Rate Of Black Students Among All The State’s Public Universities
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Meet East Oakland’s ‘Ghetto Geppetto’
His own children from his partner of 32 years and wife of 20 years are thriving: one daughter is following in his footsteps by attending film school at Cal State Northridge. The other is in 11th grade at her parents’ alma mater, Skyline High. -- Oakland Side