Dr. Mary Hill-Wagner, author of “Girlz ‘N the Hood: A Memoir of Mama in South Central Los Angeles,” will sign copies of her book on Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 1 p.m., at the USC bookstore, 840 Childs Way in Los Angeles. The public is invited to attend. To learn more, visit http://www.maryhill-wagnerauthor.com.
Three local Pac-12 teams will be moving on to postseason competition. The UCLA women’s basketball team will compete in the WNIT as the UCLA and USC men’s teams will head to the NCAA Tournament.
Following the retirement of Chief John Thomas last month, the University of Southern California (USC) announced a nationwide search for its next Department of Public Safety (DPS) Chief. As of Monday, February 14, Associate Senior Vice President, Safety and Risk Assurance, Dr. Erroll G. Southers has been leading focused meetings that are open to the public.
Nicole White-Gamble has been named director of Roll Services by Los Angeles County Assessor Jeff Prang. In this position, she will oversee Ownership Services, Appraisal Standards, and the Business Solutions Group
The COVID-19 winter surge has impacted different age groups in different ways, as caretakers struggle to take care of the elderly during this pandemic and parents remain wary of their children returning to in-person classes.
Despite surging COVID-19 cases across Los Angeles County, USC plans to continue in-person classes for the spring semester, but the university indicated today that a temporary remote-learning start to the semester is a possibility.
The Powerful New Memoir Provides Real-World Advice on Tackling Adversity
USC athletes set a school Graduation Success Rate for the eighth consecutive year while UCLA’s rate was three percentage points lower than its record set two years ago, according to figures released today by the NCAA. USC had a 92% Graduation Success Rate, one percentage point higher than last year. UCLA’s rate was 89%, one percentage point less than last year.
Lincoln Riley is scheduled to be introduced as USC’s football coach today one day after his unexpected hiring after five seasons as Oklahoma’s coach drew praise from Trojan legends and college football analysts.
Lincoln Riley was formally introduced today as USC’s head football coach, with the university president comparing him to a
“unicorn in the forest” who will return the program to greatness on the field while molding players both on the field and as members of the community and Trojan family.
USC football’s legendary rivalry game against UCLA was a total embarrassment for the men of Troy. Trojan fans came out wearing their gear in full support and on Saturday, USC fell to the Bruins, tying a record for the most points they’ve allowed in program’s history at 62.
UCLA will have additional personnel to manage the line of fans entering Pauley Pavilion for its men’s basketball games, beginning with tonight’s game against Long Beach State.
Athletic director Martin Jarmond tweeted Saturday there would also be additional structures for a better controlled line in an attempt to avoid the surge that occurred Friday when fans waited for hours to enter Pauley Pavilion for game against Villanova, prompting fears of a deadly crush similar to what happened at the Astroworld festival in Houston Nov. 5, when 10 people suffered fatal injuries in a crush of fans after panic ripped through the crowd during rapper Travis Scott’s set. The were no injuries reported in connection with Friday’s game, the first sellout for a UCLA basketball game at Pauley Pavilion since the Jan. 11, 2020, game against USC. Pauley Pavilion’s capacity is 13,659. There were about 50,000 people at the Astroworld festival.
The Los Angeles City Council today advanced a draft map of proposed new borders for its 15 districts, ahead of the first of two state-required public hearings on the map tomorrow. Over the last week, council members made significant changes to a draft map originally recommended by a civilian redistricting commission. City Council President Nury Martinez had blasted that original map, saying the commission’s drastic changes to council districts “confused and alienated thousands.”