California State University, Northridge

Students raised in foster system honored for completing college

2013-05-17 17:57:00

Soon they’ll walk across stages at college campuses around Southern California, accepting their degrees and celebrating with classmates.�But at a smaller, more low-key event on Friday, they were honored with a closer set of peers: fellow foster...

Breaking the vicious cycle of foster care

2013-05-05 00:00:00

My sisters and I spent the majority of our adolescence as foster kids in Los Angeles County. We entered the system after my parents divorced. My mom, who was both poor and mentally ill, wasn't equipped to be a single parent to six young children. No one...

Channa Horwitz dies at 80; artist known for geometric paintings, drawings

2013-05-03 19:24:00

Channa Horwitz, an artist known for her dizzyingly intricate geometric drawings and paintings based on complex predetermined systems, died Monday of complications from Crohn's disease at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica. She was 80. In 1968,...

Reggie Theus brings star power to Cal State Northridge

2013-04-28 16:30:00

Reggie Theus played in the NBA for more than a decade, covered the league as a broadcaster and coached the Sacramento Kings. So postseason drama at Staples Center draws his attention. "I've been a Lakers fan since I was a kid," said Theus, who starred...

Help on the road to higher education

2013-04-20 17:55:00

Maria Martinez's kitten heels clicked as she trailed behind a recent campus tour at UC Irvine. Except for those short stiletto heels, Martinez might not have stood out from thousands of other prospective parents touring campuses in California this...

State's budget fakery takes a toll on charter schools

2013-04-16 14:13:00

The CHIME Institute charter school of Woodland Hills would be hard pressed to make ends meet without the help of a program sponsored by the Local Initiatives Support Corp., a New York nonprofit active in underprivileged communities across the nation. So...

Seattle group raises offer for Sacramento Kings

2013-04-12 22:26:00

The Seattle group attempting to buy the Sacramento Kings says it has reached agreement to raise the purchase price by $25 million. Chris Hansen, who is teaming with Steve Ballmer to lead the group, announced the decision to raise the valuation late...

Boys' basketball: A sendoff for Santa Monica on its way to Sacramento

2013-03-21 08:54:23

Bobby Braswell is out as basketball coach at Cal State Northridge

2013-03-19 12:26:00

Bobby Braswell, the basketball coach at Cal State Northridge since 1996, is out as coach. The school announced that it would not renew his contract. Brandon Martin, the school's new athletic director, said in a statement Tuesday afternoon,�"I want to...

Letters: School reform we could use

2013-03-14 00:00:00

Re "Divided over L.A. Unified," Editorial, March 12 How odd to see The Times characterize a resolution by United Teachers Los Angeles calling for "reduced class sizes, full staffing of our schools ... safe and clean schools [and] better pay for all...

Cal State Northridge names Brandon Martin athletic director

2013-02-25 15:44:00

Brandon Martin, a former USC basketball team captain, has been named athletic director at Cal State Northridge. Martin, 39, was a senior associate athletic director at Oklahoma. He previously worked as a senior associate athletic director at USC. It...

Florabel Kinsler dies at 83; social worker aided Holocaust survivors

2013-02-18 00:00:00

After World War II, social workers typically urged Holocaust survivors to forget their horrific wartime experiences and get on with their lives. That struck Florabel Kinsler as a foolish and impossible order. During a decades-long career, the Los...

Some of the artwork comes from Laner's mother, Judy Koenig. She painted the triptych in the living room while getting her master's degree at Cal State Northridge in the 1990s. Laner commissioned her to paint the geometric piece on the other wall.

2013-02-04 10:59:00

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers perform.

2011-10-30 12:09:19

Lissie performs at the benefit.

2011-10-30 12:08:47