Source: Daily Breeze When Karen Bass and Rex Richardson are sworn in as the mayors of Los Angeles and Long Beach, respectively, Cal State Dominguez Hills, near Carson, will have something particularly special to boast about: Five alumni will serve as mayors in LA County. Bass will soon make history as the first female mayor of America’s second-largest city and Richardson will pave the way as Long Beach’s first Black mayor. They join the ranks of fellow alumni – affectionately known as the ‘Toros’ – Carson Mayor Lula Davis-Holmes, Hawthorne Mayor Alex Vargas and Compton Mayor Emma Sharif. If that wasn’t impressive enough, the state senator and assemblymember for the districts ... Read More
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L.A. Sentinel: CSU Dominguez Hills Names Eric McCurdy AVP/Director of Athletics
Source: L.A. Sentinel Cal State University – Dominguez Hills has named former Seattle Public Schools Athletic Director Eric McCurdy as the new Associate Vice President/Director of Athletics. His appointment makes McCurdy the 11th athletic director in the university’s 53-year history. McCurdy will oversee Toro athletics department, which currently fields 10 different teams (four men’s and six women’s) competing at the NCAA Division II level. Dominguez Hills competes in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), the most prominent Division II conference in the nation with 154 NCAA National Championships. “We are ... Read More
KABC: Changing the Stigma of Low Rider Cars and Helping Local Students in the Process
Source: KABC 7 (video) Scholars United is an organization that helps formerly incarcerated students turn their lives around. The group put on a first-of-its kind lowrider car show. The event, which was held at CSU Dominguez Hills, is tying spruced-up cars to students in need of a helping hand. Shiny paint jobs, vintage car models and hydraulics - that's what you'd find at a lowrider car show called, Uniting Cars, Culture and Education. The event had a specific goal. "Bring the negative stigma down with lowriding," said Luke Peck, president of Scholars United. "Back in the '70s and '80s, lowriding was known for gangs and violence, but it was also created at that time to ... Read More
Daily Breeze: South Bay Economic Forecast Predicts Mixed Bag of Financial Fortunes
Source: Daily Breeze The South Bay economic forecast has neither ominous storm clouds nor clear skies ahead — but predicts, rather, a moderately sunny future, with some mildly concerning clouds looming. That’s according to the authors of the eighth annual South Bay Economic Forecast and Industry Outlook. The clouds – inflation, supply chain disruption, slowing growth of the gross domestic product – are the same ones hovering across the rest of the country, as many experts predict some form of a recession on the way. But there is reason to believe that the South Bay is poised to weather the future financial storm with resilience, experts said earlier this week. A key part of that, ... Read More
KABC 790: Mottek on Money Interview with Fynnwin Prager
Source: KABC 790 (audio clip, from 26:50) Frank Mottek interviewed CSUDH's Fynnwin Prager, associate professor of public administration, about the economic prospects for the South Bay and beyond. ... Read More
