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Former Occidental football head coach Dale Widolff said he was in his office Sept. 26, 1982, preparing for his team’s next game against the University of San Diego Toreros (USD), when his phone rang. “I got a call from CBS that said, ‘Would you guys be interested in playing on TV next [Sunday]?’” Widolff said. […] The post ‘The largest crowd [we] ever played
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According to the Occidental Athletics website, Becky Roark was hired over the summer as the Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine. Assistant Athletic Director (AD) for Communications Joe Perrino said Roark took the position over from Joe Gonzalez. According to the Pomona-Pitzer Athletics website, Gonzalez was Occidental’s Assistant AD for Sports Me
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According to Athletics Communications Assistant Justin Lee, Occidental’s athletics program currently has five student commentators working in game management, each one assigned to the sports they are most knowledgeable about. Lee said these commentators narrate and analyze the plays happening in front of them over a broadcast on through FloSports. “[The comm
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Students at Eagle Rock Junior/Senior High School (ERHS) have raised concerns about a new Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) construction project to replace their natural grass athletic field with artificial turf. According to the LAUSD, this plan was made in response to the track and field facilities no longer meeting competition standards. LAUSD sp
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Jack Elfenbaum Jack Elfenbaum (senior) placed 4th at the Men’s Open 8K at the UC Riverside cross country invitationals Sept. 19, with a time of 24:33.7. Last season, Elfenbaum placed in the top half of the NCAA Championships and received First-Team All-SCIAC honors at the SCIAC Championships. Elfenbaum said he is grateful for his four years spent with the cr
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Zero Fox, a restaurant, coffee shop and sports bar, opened at 4607 York Blvd. earlier this month. According to co-owner Roberto Herrera Jr., the project had been in the works for more than a decade. Herrera Jr. said he grew up blocks away from the space. Herrera Jr. said the idea for Zero Fox originated […] The post Family business Zero Fox opens on York app
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The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s (Metro) North Hollywood to Pasadena Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project is scheduled to be completed in 2028, just in time for the Olympics. The Colorado Boulevard portion of this project is currently in the utility exploration phase. According to Metro’s website, the project includes a dedicated bus
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In early September, the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC) banned many Iranian-American students from accessing their LSAC accounts for taking the Law School Admissions Tests (LSAT). As an Iranian-American dual citizen, this is something that I have been dwelling on over these last few weeks. Growing up, I was a part of an immigrant family who idolized the
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Originally opened in Oakland in 2013, the Vintage Synthesizer Museum (VSM), owned by Lance Hill, is a self-funded public access studio holding some of the world’s rarest analog machines, modern synthetic materials and bizarre effects, according to their website. According to Hill, VSM is set up so patrons can play the instruments the moment they […] The post
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September 2026 Hollywood star Sydney Sweeney launched an advertisement in partnership with Novig, a federally regulated U.S. prediction market. In the ad, Sweeney is posed nude with different sports equipment while encouraging the viewer to place bets on the Novig website. The ad posits the website is about “Just Sports,” yet visually contrast this statement
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