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Maria L. La Ganga – Deputy Managing Editor, California and Metro

La Ganga graduated from Granada Hills High School in the San Fernando Valley and Cal State Northridge, where she studied English literature and journalism. She first worked at The Times in 1981 as an academic intern in the Metro section. She has served as Seattle bureau chief, San Francisco bureau chief, edited in the Business section and pitched in on six presidential elections, five for The Times and one for the Guardian. La Ganga left The Times in 2015 and returned in 2018 after a brief hiatus during which she wrote for the Guardian and the Idaho Statesman. -- Los Angeles Times

GBPT Adds Development Director

A graduate of Cal State, Northridge, and an experienced performer herself, Johnson was a key player in the establishment of fundraising processes and infrastructure for the community-based Glendale Arts, 18th Street Arts Center, and was on the development team that managed the successful capital campaign for the newly constructed permanent theater for the Antaeus Theatre Company, Glendale, CA. Now a rooted Berkshire transplant, she's become an active participant in the local business, arts and culture and non-profit networking communities. -- iBerkshires

In a world of earth-toned pottery, her jubilant ceramic clowns spark delight

Soraya Hannah Yousefi didn’t kick off her career with an internship or an entry level position; she began with a box of air dry clay and an Instagram account. It was May 2020 and her life was feeling upside down as she graduated from Cal State Northridge with a degree in communication studies. -- The Gulf Today

Solvang, CA Author Publishes Education Study

Dr. Bronte H. Reynolds earned Bachelor's and Masters Degrees from San Francisco State University and a Doctorate from the University of Southern California. He has served as a school teacher, school principal, and superintendent for three California School Districts. He has been a full, tenure track professor for California State University Northridge, teaching in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, and served as Chair of the Department, all accruing to over sixty years of experience as an educational leader. In addition, he has served as President and/or chair for a number of service and non-profit institutions along the way. -- PRLeap

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, Feb. 1-8

Booker T. Jones – 60 Years of Green Onions and the Hammond B-3 – A Soraya Jazz Club concert: Special guest Matthew Whitaker, 8 p.m. Feb. 3. Tickets $59 and up. See the ticket option for dinner. The Soraya at California State University, Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff St. 818-677-8800. www.thesoraya.org. Jazz Club details: thesoraya.org/en/jazzclub. Concert details and to purchase tickets: tinyurl.com/252f6zbp -- Los Angeles Daily News

Abortion Access On Campus

In January 2021 — two years before SB 24 would go into effect — Diana Venegas was three semesters away from graduating from Cal State Northridge. Venegas took a pregnancy test and it came out positive. -- LAist

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