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UCSB women’s volleyball team loses to UC Davis
UCSB now returns home to host CSUN and Hawaii this coming week in the Thunderdome. The Matadors come to town Tuesday night with the Rainbow Wahine coming on Saturday night. Both matches begin at 7 p.m. -- Santa Barbara News Press
This Week in Local Sports: It’s Playoff Time for CIF Girls Volleyball
Tuesday, Oct. 19
Women’s Soccer
CSUN at UCSB, 7 p.m. -- Noozhawk
Indian American Vinai Thummalapally named to top USTDA post
Thummalapally came to the United States in 1974 as a student. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from California State University Northridge, near Los Angeles, in 1977. In the late 1970s, he was a roommate of Obama. -- American Bazaar
Trackdown Management’s Picking Up the Pieces
James “Jim” Purtee drove from Chatsworth to La Mirada to attend the “Proof of Life” lunch on Thursday, September 30, 2021. Jim worked as a Housing Planner in the City of Simi Valley starting in 1988. In 1999 he was appointed Deputy City Manager in Simi Valley, and in 2006 he took the Director of Administrative Services position. Jim was appointed to the Simi Valley Assistant City Manager and Government Affairs position in 2012. Jim was recruited to serve as the City Manager in the City of Palmdale starting in 2015. Jim retired in 2019. He earned a BA and Masters from California State University, Northridge. He received a 30- year ICMA Award in 2018. Vallejo Director of Water. -- Public CEO
Copacetic artist profile: Russell Frank — details are important
He went on to major in art, ceramics and woodworking at Bakersfield College and Cal State Northridge. -- Pinal Central
Alex Ordoñez Named Marketing Manager For Group One Limited
Ordoñez comes to Group One from MatchMySound, where he held the title of sales and marketing, enterprise. Prior to that, he spent 16 years in various marketing capacities with Alfred Music, most recently serving as vice president of sales and marketing. He also spent five years with the U.A. Army as a chemical operations pecialist before enrolling in a Music Industry Studies program at California State University, Northridge. -- Pro Sound Web
The Meaning of a Mixtape: How Musical Compilations Elevate Overlooked Communities
Mixtapes and compilations also played an important role in East L.A.'s DJ scene, says Gerard Meraz, a Chicano studies instructor at Cal State Northridge. Meraz, who is also a DJ, got his start in the 1980s hosting backyard parties across East L.A. -- KCET
WWE Supershow, wine fest, and fair at Hueco Tanks top this week's to-do list in El Paso
Cultural celebration: Amano Artist Co-op, 210 Poplar St., will have a Hispanic Heritage Month celebration from 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday. Artists taking part include Caleb Jimenez, Victor Casas, Angel Cabrales, Bianca Camarillo, Bernadette Ramos, Aaron Perdue and Xochihuitzilin. The event will feature a lecture and reading of “I am Joaquin,” by Omar Gonzalez of the Chicano Studies department at California State University - Northridge, poetry by Robert Fonseca, a lowrider bicycle installation, a free wrestling show at 6 p.m. by Pro Wrestling Legacy and La Gargancha food truck -- El Paso Times
The $US10 trillion man – how Larry Fink became king of Wall Street
Titan of finance was hardly written in Fink’s stars. He was born on November 2, 1952, and grew up in Van Nuys, a nondescript neighbourhood in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley. His father owned a shoe store while his mother was an English professor at California State University’s Northridge campus. Larry didn’t do as well academically as his older brother, so he had to help out at his father’s shop – a chore his more gifted sibling was exempted from. -- AFR
NCAA: Washington does it again; Stanford, Texas, Baylor, Kentucky, BYU, San Diego, Milwaukee, all win
CSUN (3-14, 2-5) won in five at UC Davis (5-13, 1-6) and UC Santa Barbara (11-8, 7-0) swept at UC Riverside (4-13, 0-7) in the Big West. CSUN’s Nicole Nevarez and Taylor Orshoff had 14 kills apiece and Seyvion Waggoner had 13. Amara Aimufua had 16 kills for UC Davis … League-leading UCSB, a game ahead of idle Hawai’i in the win column, hit .318. Michelle Ohwobete led with 11 kills … -- Volleyball Magazine