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39th District: This newly redrawn district stretches from Palmdale to Victorville, where Democrat and Palmdale City Councilman Juan Carrillo — who touts his position as “the Antelope Valley’s only elected Democratic councilmember.” Carrillo says his values, and his personal story are the right fit to lead California’s new 39th Latino-majority Assembly District. Born in Guadalajara Jalisco, Mexico, Carrillo came to L.A. when he was a teenager, ultimately earning a master’s degree in public administration from Cal State Northridge. His campaign is rooted in trying in efforts he says he’s been successful in as a councilman — expanding affordable housing, address the homelessness crisis, increase green space, and support local small businesses in recovering from the pandemic. Paul Marsh touts his credentials rooted in his U.S. Army service and his more than 40 years in the High Desert. With a career that began in the mortgage industry, he’s used his experience as a former Victorville planning commissioner and a member of the city of Victorville’s Homelessness Solutions Task Force, according to his bio. If elected, he said he wants to slash regulations to make housing more affordable, cut government spending, reduce the gas tax and shifting funding to law enforcement. He laments what he calls “one-party rule” in Sacramento. -- Inland Valley Daily Bulletin

Miller spent just two years living in Canton and then transferred to Boston Green Academy for his senior year, graduating in 2015. He had hoped to continue his education at Howard University in Washington, D.C., but it was too expensive, so he decided instead to focus on his dream of making it as a rap artist. Noone, who graduated from CHS in 2016, crossed the country to enroll at California State University, Northridge, where he studied video production. -- Canton Citizen

It's not just the hurtful remarks that sting Xóchitl M. Flores-Marcial, a Zapotec scholar and professor of Chicana/o Studies at California State University, Northridge. She called it very telling about the officials who make decisions affecting her community. She said she grew up in the United States hearing hurtful words and still faces similar rejection whenever she travels to Oaxaca and people there are surprised she's the research team leader. -- Indian Country Today

Lowriding is not just about the lovingly and extravagantly painted and restored cars that cruise slowly down the boulevards of Los Angeles. It’s a way of life in Southern California and around the country. That culture is the focus of “The Politics of Low and Slow,” an art show featured now in the California State University, Northridge University Library Exhibit Gallery through July 31, 2023. -- SCV News