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7 months ago

Column: A meeting of Cal State L.A. student encampments, 55 years apart

LA Times

Richard Santillan, from left, Raul Cardoza and Monte Perez speak with members of the Gaza solidarity encampment at Cal State L.A. on Saturday. “I was really happy when I heard about this encampamento,” said Phillip Castruita, a co-founder of Cal State L.A.’s first Latino activist group, United Mexican American Students. “All of us carried what we learned from it,” said …

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9 months ago

Rebecca Grossman ‘naive,’ not conniving, with jailhouse calls; judge won’t reprimand her

LA Times

Convicted murderer Rebecca Grossman’s jailhouse telephone antics aren’t worthy of any sanctions, a judge ruled Friday, calling her actions the result of “naivety” while agreeing to delay her sentencing by two additional months. accuses Rebecca Grossman of ‘illegal conduct’ from jail, her legal team of jury tampering In a motion filed Monday, prosecutors say the convicted murderer used jailhouse phones …

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1 year ago

Sexual misconduct scandals rocked this California university system. Top leaders escaped scrutiny

LA Times

The California State University Board of Trustees failed to prevent a sexual misconduct crisis at the 23-campus system they oversee. State Assemblymember Akilah Weber said that no trustee “has been holding the chancellor or the individual campuses accountable.” “It’s very clear that what we cannot do is take them at their word,” said Weber, who attended a recent legislative hearing …

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1 year ago

Julián Castro to head the California-based Latino Community Foundation

LA Times

Julián Castro will be spending more time in California once he takes the helm as the chief executive of the San Francisco-based Latino Community Foundation, billed as the largest network of Latino philanthropists in the United States. The foundation announced Castro’s new role early Wednesday, about five months after Jacqueline Martinez Garcel announced she’d be stepping down from the CEO …

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1 year, 1 month ago

He was sentenced to 162 years in prison. Now he’s free and working at the California Capitol

LA Times

In his tan suit and gold tie, Jarad Nava blends in easily at the California Capitol, as though he’s always belonged to its mahogany and rose-hued halls. At a time when “so much in life felt so powerless,” Nava said, the Pomona Don’t Care Krew, or DCK, felt like a real family. “It does recognize the work he has done …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Powerball's Oct. 9 drawing grows to $1.55billion - now the fourth-largest jackpot of all time

Daily Mail

This colossal amount has become the fourth-highest US lottery jackpot in history The Powerball jackpot has swelled to $1.55billion after nobody took home the big prize Saturday night. The growing amount has now become the fourth-largest US lottery jackpot of all time after Saturday's pull marked the 34th consecutive drawing without a winner. The growing amount of $1.55billion has now …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Powerball winner buys a $47m LA mansion, here's why it's a ‘terrible’ buy

Hindustan Times

The richest Powerball winner in the US has reportedly bought an extremely luxurious $47 million mansion in Los Angeles, but financial planners believe it is a “terrible” purchase, as are a vintage Porsche 911 and other properties he now owns. 31-year-old Edwin Castro became an overnight billionaire after getting $2.04 billion in a California lottery. Edwin Castro became an overnight …

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1 year, 3 months ago

California is now practically drought-free, but we keep wasting so much rainwater

LA Times

A driver whose car stalled out on flooded Avenue 48 asks for help from a passerby during Tropical Storm Hilary. He still called Hilary’s rainfall “an unexpected boon” for Southern California’s local water supplies, but said too much of the storm’s water washed away — the latest reminder of the state’s urgent challenge to better capture rainwater to help refill …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Mildred García, champion of college access, is named CSU chancellor amid system crisis

LA Times

Mildred García, a longtime higher education leader who previously served as president of Cal State Dominguez Hills and Cal State Fullerton, was named chancellor of the California State University on Wednesday, trustees announced, stepping into the top position at a fraught time for the nation’s largest public four-year university system. García’s predecessor, Joseph I. Castro, was forced to resign last …

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1 year, 7 months ago

CSU didn’t investigate claims that Fullerton president inappropriately touched students

LA Times

The Cal State Fullerton campus received three reports alleging that students were inappropriately touched by President Framroze “Fram” Virjee. The other accused the president of touching a student’s arm and rubbing her back “without her consent” — behavior that she and a witness agreed was “unacceptable.” The campus official in charge of enforcing sexual harassment policy “assessed the information” and …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Activists’ network in Mexico helps U.S. women get abortions

Associated Press

CHIHUAHUA, Mexico — Marcela Castro’s office in Chihuahua is more than 100 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, yet the distance doesn’t prevent her from assisting women in the United States in circumventing recently imposed bans on abortion. “We seek what the State has denied us out of prohibition.” Mexican women face a scenario that resembles the U.S., where more than …

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1 year, 8 months ago

California Powerball winner buys 2nd multimillion-dollar home — this one in Altadena

LA Times

The winner of the $2-billion Powerball jackpot bought his second multimillion-dollar home in recent weeks, dropping $3.98 million on an Altadena house not far from where he purchased his life-changing lottery ticket. Edwin Castro, who came forward last month as California Lottery’s first billionaire winner, closed on the Altadena home not long after purchasing a $25.5-million home in Hollywood Hills. …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Winner of record-breaking $2bn Powerball jackpot buys $25m California mansion

The Independent

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1 year, 10 months ago

Meet Edwin Castro, US' Biggest Lottery Prize Winner Ever

News 18

Haven’t we all dreamt of winning the lottery? Castro bought the winning ticket at a Los Angeles convenience store in November 2022, when he matched all five winning numbers and the Powerball number, beating the odds of one in 292 million. The lottery officials revealed that Castro wanted his name to be private, but they had to reveal it publicly …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Winner of record $2bn Powerball lottery jackpot revealed as Edwin Castro from California

The Independent

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1 year, 10 months ago

Winner of California’s $2B lottery gets largest U.S. jackpot

Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The winner of the largest U.S. lottery jackpot in history is a former student in the California public school system who wants to mostly stay out of the spotlight. California’s lottery benefits public schools, and Castro’s statement identified himself as “being educated in the California public education system.” “It’s gratifying to hear that, as a result of …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Sole winner of November’s $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot is announced

CNN

CNN — The sole winner of November’s record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot was named Tuesday at a news conference in California. Edwin Castro won what is the largest-ever lottery jackpot, and he opted for the lump sum payout of $997.6 million, the California Lottery said. “As much as I am shocked and ecstatic to have won the Powerball drawing, the …

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1 year, 10 months ago

These Palm Springs hiking trails take you through a lush oasis — and into California history

LA Times

Stop to sniff the creosote bushes. Agua Caliente Tribal Ranger Christopher Castro leads hikers through Tahquitz Canyon near Palm Springs. Tahquitz Canyon and its visitor center are run by the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, whose reservation includes a large chunk of Palm Springs and the Coachella Valley. He called it “a project that clearly defines who we are …

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2 years ago

Catfishing a girl, killing her family: Inside Virginia cop’s alleged California rampage

LA Times

The burned Riverside home where the bodies of three people were found Friday. He said it wasn’t immediately clear whether she was threatened or coerced by Edwards, but investigators are reviewing the “digital crime scene” and conducting interviews. Corinne Geller, the state police spokesperson, said that during Edwards’ 15-month tenure at the agency, he “never exhibited any behaviors to trigger …

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2 years, 3 months ago

‘$250,000 cash in a brown paper bag.’ How legal weed unleashed corruption in California

LA Times

In the San Gabriel Valley, a city councilman demanded bribes from businesses seeking cannabis licenses, according to a source cooperating with the FBI. In another small L.A. County city, a cannabis industry group offered $15,000 to council candidates who would pledge to support changes to city regulations that weed businesses wanted — an exchange one legal expert said “flirted at …

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2 years, 3 months ago

Here’s how to prepare for a blackout in a heat wave

LA Times

Are you at risk of a power outage? If outages are initiated, consumers can expect to receive notifications from power providers on areas affected and time duration.” That means it’s a good time to prepare to lose power. “If you’re staying at home and there’s a prolonged outage, you want to use perishable food from the fridge first, then the …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Column: Cancer patients need options to survive. Poor Californians often have none

LA Times

Primo Castro’s mother died of gallbladder cancer in 2004. Because it’s a comprehensive cancer center, one of eight in California with the designation from the National Cancer Institute, we had access not just to cutting-edge medicine and best-of-the-best doctors, but to a community of people who understood what we were going through even when we didn’t ourselves. Currently in California, …

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2 years, 5 months ago

After Times investigations, state will investigate CSU sex harassment scandals

LA Times

Sonoma State and two other CSU campuses will be subject to a state audit. In requesting the audit, members of the Joint Legislative Audit Committee cited Los Angeles Times investigations that uncovered inconsistencies in how sexual harassment and workforce retaliation complaints are investigated across the 23-campus system and detailed millions of dollars in payouts to top executives, some of whom …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Four high-ranking men at CSU campuses were accused of sexual harassment. All were treated differently

LA Times

Cal State Channel Islands investigated a top administrator on allegations of sexual harassment after he moved to a new campus. “You don’t want every campus creating their own approach.” Providing clearer guidance would help ensure a more consistent and fair process for everyone involved, including students, said Sharon Reiter, a former associate vice president at Cal Poly Pomona who oversaw …

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Column: A meeting of Cal State L.A. student encampments, 55 years apart

Rebecca Grossman ‘naive,’ not conniving, with jailhouse calls; judge won’t reprimand her

Sexual misconduct scandals rocked this California university system. Top leaders escaped scrutiny

Julián Castro to head the California-based Latino Community Foundation

He was sentenced to 162 years in prison. Now he’s free and working at the California Capitol

Powerball's Oct. 9 drawing grows to $1.55billion - now the fourth-largest jackpot of all time

Powerball winner buys a $47m LA mansion, here's why it's a ‘terrible’ buy

California is now practically drought-free, but we keep wasting so much rainwater

Mildred García, champion of college access, is named CSU chancellor amid system crisis

CSU didn’t investigate claims that Fullerton president inappropriately touched students

Activists’ network in Mexico helps U.S. women get abortions

California Powerball winner buys 2nd multimillion-dollar home — this one in Altadena

Winner of record-breaking $2bn Powerball jackpot buys $25m California mansion

Meet Edwin Castro, US' Biggest Lottery Prize Winner Ever

Winner of record $2bn Powerball lottery jackpot revealed as Edwin Castro from California

Winner of California’s $2B lottery gets largest U.S. jackpot

Sole winner of November’s $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot is announced

These Palm Springs hiking trails take you through a lush oasis — and into California history

Catfishing a girl, killing her family: Inside Virginia cop’s alleged California rampage

‘$250,000 cash in a brown paper bag.’ How legal weed unleashed corruption in California

Here’s how to prepare for a blackout in a heat wave

Column: Cancer patients need options to survive. Poor Californians often have none

After Times investigations, state will investigate CSU sex harassment scandals

Four high-ranking men at CSU campuses were accused of sexual harassment. All were treated differently