Across the country, states are embracing the concept of education savings accounts as a means of empowering parents to decide where to send their children to school. In the California Legislature, though, the idea is a nonstarter. Last week, the California Senate’s education committee rejected Senate Bill 292 by a vote of two in favor…
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A mild, “garden-variety” recession will slash Southern California hiring by 88% this year and lead to more local job losses next year. The latest crystal ball reading by Cal State Fullerton economists Anil Puri and Mira Farka predicts essentially no job growth in the four-county region during the next two years. That’s a sharp contrast…
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By Nicole Gregory, contributing writer Ding-Jo Currie, distinguished faculty member in the Higher Educational Leadership Program at Cal State Fullerton, was honored with the Leadership Award and inducted into the Leadership Hall of Fame by the American Association of Community Colleges earlier this month, in recognition of her career in developing the quality of leadership…
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By Elizabeth Cohen and Lauren Mascarenhas | CNN Later this spring, a little girl in California who essentially has no immune system will receive a lifesaving treatment for “bubble boy disease” thanks to the persistence of a dogged group of parents, a pediatrician, a veteran newsman and a few episodes of “Grey’s Anatomy.” Five-year-old Seersha…
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Cinco de Mayo will soon be celebrated nationwide, and what better way to mark the occasion than with some entertainment at Southern California casinos. Whether you want to hear some norteño or just grab some food and drinks before catching a soul act featured in Disney films or a country singer who won a reality…
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The BeachLife Festival, a celebration of beach culture, art, food and — of course — music, returns to Redondo Beach with a lineup of more than four dozen bands on four stages, including acts such as The Black Keys, Gwen Stefani, The Black Crowes, the Pixies, Modest Mouse, Poncho Sanchez, Band of Horses, John Fogerty…
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“What can I bring?” You’re invited for dinner, and those four words come automatically, so when Joyce Simpson of Santa Ana invited me for dinner, she suggested a side dish, and “could you possibly make it vegan?” No problem! My go-to stuffed butternut squash from “Jewish Traditional Cooking” (Simon and Schuster, $30) by Ruth Joseph…
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By Dianne Gallagher and Sara Smart | CNN Carolyn Bryant Donham, the White woman whose accusation led to the 1955 lynching of Black teen Emmett Till in Mississippi — and whose role in Till’s brutal death was reconsidered by a grand jury as recently as last year — has died in Louisiana, the Calcasieu Parish…
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Looking for a new surfboard and want to test it out first? Want to scope out the latest outdoor gear before it hits retail shops? A new beachside expo, SURFscape, will be held in Huntington Beach this weekend, bringing retailers together with surfing and outdoor enthusiasts during a festival-style event. “It’s all coming together, we’re…
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Crystal Cove’s historic cottages on the sand tell a story about the coastline’s past – a California architectural style unique to decades ago, tales of a close-knit community sprouted from a post-war era and a history so important that tens of millions of dollars have been spent to preserve the small slice of coastal heaven.…
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