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The student news site of California State University - Los Angeles

University Times

The student news site of California State University - Los Angeles

University Times

A shot Sister of Watts' backpack giveaway. Courtesy of Sister of Watts.

Meet the Sisters of Watts, famously featured in the Super Bowl

Evelyn Contreras, Community News Reporter March 19, 2022

Sisters Keisha and Robin Daniels, who grew up in Watts, wanted to do something for the neighborhood.  Along with their neighborhood friends, the Daniels wanted to find a way to give back to their community...

Picture of Carmen Cuba in the Zoom meeting.

Stranger no more: ‘Stranger Things’ casting director speaks at Cal State for the first time

Priscilla Caballero, Reporter & News Break Anchor February 25, 2022

Cal State LA alumna and Emmy award winning casting director, Carmen Cuba, is famously known for her work on “Stranger Things,” “Magic Mike,” “Now You See Me” and “The Martian,” just to...

Marcos Aguilar and Minnie Ferguson at the Anaheim Convention center for the 2018 ACSD Conference where they were guest speakers.

El Sereno charter school’s two-decade journey: From recruiting in Mexico to overcoming challenges at home

Catherine Valdez, Social Media Editor March 10, 2021

When husband-and-wife team Marcos Aguilar and Minnie Ferguson wanted to start a charter school centered on their culture and taught partly in Nahuatl, a native language of the Aztecs, they realized they...

Bobby Lee Verdugo is shown dressed as Santa Claus for his family.

Bobby Lee Verdugo: A civil rights activist. To his family, much more.

Ethan Axtell, Community News Reporter May 27, 2020

Eastsiders knew Bobby Lee Verdugo as a civil rights activist. His loved ones remember him as a great father, the family comedian and “Santa Claus.” Verdugo died on May 1 at age 69, surrounded...

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