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Apparently, SoCal Sound 88.5 General Manager Patrick Osburn has received an email or two – or many more – due to the decision to drop many of the station’s weekend programs, move others to new time slots, and expand the regular format to more hours each week. -- Los Angeles Daily News

In the late 1800s, other state normal (teachers) schools were established in Chico, San Diego and San Francisco. Mr. Price is correct in that school names that begin with a location name in our system and end in “State University” tend to be the older campuses. San Diego State University, San Francisco State University, Humboldt State University and San José State University are all examples of “older” campus names that begin with places. But CSU, Chico is among the exceptions. And how does one explain San Fernando Valley State College (later CSU, Northridge, founded in 1957) and Sonoma State University (founded in 1960) when earlier campuses used place names last? -- Bakersfield Californian

Over a decades-long career at Universal Music, the Puerto Rican-born, Cal State Northridge grad Lopez helmed Machete Music, the conglomerate’s first Latin urban imprint that helped launch Daddy Yankee, Don Omar and Wisin & Yandel into stardom. He’s also a formative figure in the current wave of regional Mexican music, having led the Fonovisa and Disa imprints, which released LPs from Marco Antonio Solis, Los Ángeles Azules, Los Tigres Del Norte, Jenni Rivera and Banda El Recodo. He left Universal to found the Talento Uno Music firm in 2017, and after entertainment impresario Haim Saban bought the company in 2019, Saban put him atop the new $500-million firm right as Latin urban music became the sound of global pop. — A.B. -- Los Angeles Times

17. California State University, Northridge / Northridge, CA Located about 25 miles from Hollywood, CSUN offers value (in-state tuition is just $7K for undergrads, $8.4K for grads) and robust diversity (it’s majority Latino) in a competitive program. New additions include a Virtual Production track and an upcoming master’s degree in Entertainment Media Management. The school’s size (34,000 students, second largest in the Cal State system) might put off some prospective students, but it gets bonus points for helping NASA find E.T.: The school was recently tapped by the space agency to make a documentary about the search for extraterrestrial life. -- The Wrap