2024 Orange County Visionaries – Trends & Updates
Rochon currently serves as president of the University of Southern Indiana
UCLA Sports
Aday Mara put his size and energy to good use, finishing with 10 points and five rebounds off the bench to help lead UCLA to an 80-47 victory.
California
The 23-campus Cal State University system is shifting its goalpost. Four-year degrees are still important but so are good jobs as consumers question the value of college.
USC Sports
The suddenly surging USC Trojans have won three in a row, the latest a relatively easy victory over Cal State Northridge.
Two people were killed when a small plane crashed into a commercial warehouse in Fullerton. Cockpit audio indicated that something suddenly went wrong.
Juju Watkins finished with 23 points but got plenty of help from her teammates as USC crushed Cal State Fullerton 93-44 to improve to 9-0 on the season.
Fifty-five years ago, a student encampment stood on the very spot at Cal State L.A. where pro-Palestinian students have set up tents now. Their asks were different, their spirits the same.
Sam Huard, who played quarterback at Washington, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and Utah, announces he has transferred to USC.
Climate & Environment
JPL hires Cal State Los Angeles civil engineering students with NASA grant. The interns can do research for NASA and learn about connections between astrobiology and science here on Earth.
Democratic state Sen. Josh Newman lost reelection to the state Senate as a labor union spent big to oppose him and helped Republican Steven Choi win.