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Top 30 Most Important Trojans for 2024: No. 17
USC needs playmakers on the defensive line. The spot we're at on the calendar strongly suggests the Trojans must develop in-house talent to make the necessary improvements to their defense ahead of their first Big Ten season. The need for returners to reach a high upside brings us to No. 17 on our list of the most important Trojans. Defensive end Anthony Lucas is the next man up as we creep towards the top half of this season's list.
Terasaki Budokan CARE Fair Arrives July 20
Terasaki Budokan will host the Collective Action for Resource Equity (CARE) Fair on July 20 from 12 to 3 pm. The event is hosted in partnership with Little Tokyo Service Center, Wesley Health Centers, Jason Markk, Nikkei Progressives, School on Wheels, and the Los Angeles Galaxy Foundation. The CARE Fair is an initiative to bring resource equity to Little Tokyo and surrounding communities.
Car Flies off Mulholland Drive in Hollywood Hills
HOLLYWOOD HILLS WEST, LOS ANGELES, July 17 (KNN) — A vehicle left the roadway and flew down into a canyon hillside off Mulholland Drive in the Hollywood Hills West neighborhood late Tuesday night. The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to a traffic collision in the 8300 block of Mulholland...
Heavy metal, meals for children collide in food fundraiser
An iconic Los Angeles landmark will be playing a vital role this week in keeping kids fed in Santa Monica and beyond. On Thursday, the Westside Food Bank hosts its second Rock for Hunger event at The Viper Room in West Hollywood, an entertainment smorgasbord featuring pieces of rock music history and two of the area’s premiere magicians. The food bank, which serves approximately four million nutritious meals to underserved populations each year, is teaming with the locale in the summertime, a “less hectic time” than last November’s event.
Fatal crash prompts lane closures on 5 Freeway in Los Angeles
A Sigalert is in place Wednesday morning following a fatal crash on the 5 Freeway in the Los Feliz/Griffith Park area of Los Angeles. The crash was reported shortly after 3:30 a.m. when a pickup truck rolled over near Los Feliz Boulevard and crashed into a fence on the right shoulder. It was unclear what […]
Jay Toia on his EA Sports Rating, Player-Led Workouts, State of the Defense
UCLA defensive tackle Jay Toia talked with BRO at the UCLA/EA Sports event at the Wasserman Center, which was made possible by the Men of Westwood NIL collective, about his video game rating, how the player-led workouts have been going this summer, and what the defense looks like in his eyes.
MOCA launches new environment and art prize
The Museum of Contemporary Art Tuesday announced the launch of the Eric and Wendy Schmidt Environment and Art Prize, an award supporting and celebrating artists whose practices address the intersection of climate, conservation and sustainability. Funded by the philanthropic couple who run the Schmidt Family Foundation, the prize will be...
The Richman Group Affordable Housing Opens Largest Housing Development for Unhoused in Los Angeles with 278-Unit Weingart Tower
LOS ANGELES, CA - Weingart Center and Chelsea Investment Group, The Richman Group, a leading developer and syndicator of affordable housing, announced the grand opening of Weingart Tower 1, the largest homeless housing project in Los Angeles history. The grand opening held on June 19, 2024 featured the 278-unit, 19-story affordable apartment community in the heart of the Skid Row District which stands as a beacon of hope and a significant step forward in the city's commitment to addressing homelessness.
WATCH: First look at Wisconsin's pass rush in EA Sports College Football 25
Wisconsin football displayed starting inside linebacker Jake Chaney strip-sacking USC’s starting quarterback in the upcoming EA Sports College Football 25 video game on Tuesday. In the short clip, USC quarterback Miller Moss fakes a handoff before dropping back for a play-action look. The Trojans’ running back misses his assignment,...
Southern California school district sues Gov. Newsom over new transgender law
A Southern California school district involved in an ongoing legal battle with the state over the district’s gender-identity policy sued Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom Tuesday over a new law banning districts from requiring that parents be notified of their child’s gender identification change. The Chino Valley Unified School...
Five-star prospect offered by Eric Musselman and USC basketball
According to 247Sports, five-star sophomore small forward Babatunde Oladotun, a 6-foot-8, 200-pound wing at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville (Maryland), was extended an offer by Eric Musselman and USC basketball. In his freshman season Oladotun attended James Hubert Blake High School in nearby Silver Springs, Maryland. The class of...
Cast Set For Week Three Of The Blank Theatre's Young Playwrights Festival
Casting has been announced for week three of The Blank Theatre’s 32nd Annual Young Playwrights Festival. The next three of 12 winning plays by young playwrights aged 15–19 will be presented live onstage July 25–28. The plays are Honeybee by Dakota Darnell (age 17, from Minneola, FL); American Magpie by Brian Guan (age 17, from Dublin, CA), and Click to Add Title by Bridget Wolfram(age 17, from Louisville, KY).
Advocates say homeless encampments in Sepulveda Basin raise fire risk
Just a month after a firefighter was injured battling a blaze in the Sepulveda Basin, homeless encampments in the area continue to grow and advocates are saying the city needs to take action before more fires break out.The basin includes a 200-acre wildlife reserve that the public has enjoyed for decades. But the Audubon Society, which monitors the reserve, says over the last several years homeless encampments have set up there, causing hazards."This area is not designed for people to live in," says Katheryn Barton with the San Fernando Valley Audubon Society. "There are not sanitary, adequate sanitary facilities."The encampments...
Investigation underway after man allegedly fires shots at LAPD officers in Downtown LA
An investigation is underway after a man allegedly fired shots towards police in Downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday. It's not clear immediately when the incident happened, but Los Angeles Police Department officers were near 12th Street and San Julian when a man on a bicycle reportedly opened fire in their direction. A suspect was detained a couple of blocks away, police said. They have not yet confirmed if it was the person that they believed fired the shots. No officers were struck by gunfire, but they say that one of their cruisers did suffer some damage. No further information was provided.
Venice Shorts: Bike Pile-up at Rose & Third
Illegally possessed bicycles find themselves on city sidewalks. There is a display of bikes now being collected along the sidewalks along permanently parked vehicles that are obstructing pedestrian access. Entire sidewalk access is now blocked as transients are defecating and urinating on the street in this particular location. The images...
Homeless advocate killed by hit-and-run driver in Downtown Los Angeles
Friends and family are mourning the loss of Joe Benson, a formerly homeless man who dedicated his time to helping others turn their lives around, who was killed early Tuesday morning as he crossed the street in Downtown LA.Early reports indicated that the victim was a homeless man, but those who know Benson were quick to correct the information to make sure that everyone knew what was lost on Tuesday — someone who truly lived to make a difference. They shared photos of Benson, saying that his ever-present smile was his personal reward for conquering the demons that once plagued him. He...
Encino home burglarized twice in less than a week
For the second time in less than a week, the home of an Encino family was burglarized.Los Angeles police say two masked burglary suspects smashed a glass door Monday around 9 p.m. and broke into the residence.Armed security guards responded to the home off Libbit Avenue and Ventura Boulevard to find the house ransacked.Just four days earlier, burglars broke into the same house when a nanny was home with two children. In that burglary, the suspects also broke a glass door to gain entry and took belongings from the primary bedroom.It's unknown what was taken in the most recent burglary.A description of the suspects was not immediately available.
Natasha Sekhon, Occidental College – Unlocking Ancient Water Signals Locked in the Geologic Record
Natasha Sekhon, assistant professor in the department of geology, digs in for a look. Dr. Natasha Sekhon has her training as a low-temperature geochemist and paleoclimatologist. She uses the geochemical signals preserved in speleothems (secondary cave deposits) and monitors modern cave systems to reconstruct periods of past climate change through the Quaternary and discern processes dictating modern cave systems. Dr. Sekhon’s research is multidisciplinary as she uses concepts from karst hydrology, speleothem sciences, climate dynamics and statistical modeling to investigate hydroclimate variability on seasonal to millennia time scales. She is interested in processes driving changes in global monsoon systems, El Nino Southern Oscillation, extreme hydroclimate conditions (floods and droughts) and periods of abrupt climate change. Dr. Sekhon earned her bachelor’s degree in Earth System Sciences from the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Sekhon received her doctorate from the University of Texas at Austin, following which she was a postdoctoral scholar at Brown University. She started as an Assistant Professor in Geology at Occidental College in January 2024.
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