April 1 - April 7

With former SoCal Sound (88.5 FM) afternoon drive DJ and music director Andy Chanley moving East to the Windy City to take on hosting duties at Triple-A formatted WXRT-FM/Chicago, the time has come for a replacement. Or in this case, replacements. -- Los Angeles Daily News

Denise Sandoval is a professor of Chicana and Chicano studies at California State University, Northridge. She says lowriding is multigenerational, with its culture creating "space for the family to celebrate community, to celebrate the culture, to celebrate cultural pride - pride of being Chicano." -- WHQR

The report is composed of two parts, the first, directed by Dr. Pete Goldschmidt of California State University Northridge, examined how states’ current statistical models can be refined to better align ELs’ ELP progress with their outcomes and growth expectations on state content assessments. The second piece, led by Dr. Megan Hopkins of the University of California, San Diego and Dr. Julie Sugarman of MPI sought to identify a set of opportunity-to-learn (OTL) indicators that could be used to better contextualize the academic and linguistic outcomes of students identified as ELs. Together, the findings from these two studies seek to provide a more accurate understanding of schools’ contributions to EL success. -- New America

Gina Alexandra Srmabekian is a writer whose work grapples with transgenerational trauma, memory and identity. She writes toward her own freedom and toward the freedom of all displaced peoples from Artsakh to Palestine and beyond. She writes about grief and in times of grief, because it is the most powerful articulation of love. She is the winner of Ninth Letter’s 2023 Literary Award for Creative Non-fiction and was a 2024 Words of Witness Fellow at Under the Volcano in Tepoztlán. She is a lecturer at California State University, Northridge and lives in Los Angeles with her dog, Bailey. -- Armenian Weekly

Maybe all this sounded a little dour when I was invited to a class of journalism students at Cal State Northridge to talk about the ethical implications of A.I. in journalism. -- Editor & Publisher

Vibraphone and marimba sensation Nick Mancini, a true “original” (LA Weekly), has made an indelible mark on the jazz world, earning critical accolades and recognition from peers and audiences alike. Named “Best Jazz Percussionist" on vibes in DRUM Magazine's Reader's Poll, the internationally acclaimed artist has appeared around the globe, from Scandinavia and Australia to New York’s famed Apollo Theater. During his illustrious career, Mancini, a composer as well, has shared the stage with an array of musical greats, from Arturo Sandoval to Kamasi Washington. He is also a dedicated educator who serves on the faculty at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at CSU Long Beach and CSU Northridge and mentors up-and-coming jazz musicians at the Thelonious Monk Institute. -- Sierra Madre Patch

The recipients of the first scholarship were Dennis Freeman from Middle Tennessee State University and Emma Brooks from Berklee College of Music. The second scholarship went again to Freeman and Brooks, as well as Benjamin Nix-Bradley of CSU Northridge. The third went to Freeman and Nix-Bradley, as well as Valor Swezey of University of New Haven. -- Music Connection Magazine

From the director of The Holdovers (2023), Election (1999), and About Schmidt (2002), SIDEWAYS (2004) won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and the Spirit Ward for Best Actor, Paul Giamatti. -- Northridge-Chatsworth Patch

* California State University Northridge will tout its educational programs via colorfully branded cars that will roll through the crowds entering Dodger Stadium before games. -- Delaware Business Now

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a posthumous pardon for William “Bill” Burwell, an influential student activist on the Cal State Northridge campus in the 1960s and a founding member of the Black Student Union and the Department of Afro-American (now Africana) Studies, CSUN officials said Saturday, March 30. -- Los Angeles Sentinel