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Thousands of Los Angeles members of the striking Writers Guild of America West and other unions and LA City SEIU had a strike vote and may join the writers on strike....
Posted: Sat, May 27, 2023 5:18pm PDT
The Van Nuys/North Hollywood community college – Los Angeles Valley College or LAVC for short – had it's website was hacked in 2017 in a cyber-security attack that cost the LACCD $28,000 in bit-coin. Now it appears to be hacked again....
Posted: Tue, May 23, 2023 12:49pm PDT
Los Angeles Valley College serves Van Nuys, North Hollywood, Studio City, Valley Glen, Sherman Oaks, Valley Village, Toluca Lake, Burbank, Universal City. Here's what we know so far about the Media Arts Program that ripped off students and taxpayers....
Posted: Mon, May 22, 2023 8:28am PDT
Photo of Lynda Carson in front of the Oakland City Council years ago advocating for tenant's rights....
Posted: Mon, May 22, 2023 2:15am PDT
Faculty infighting and an attitude of entitlement in a Community College Film School, deprived low-income students in the Van Nuys/North Hollywood area of technical training and financial aid, while two full-time film professors bilked California taxpayers over $3.5 million dollars in salaries....
Posted: Sun, May 21, 2023 10:45pm PDT
Wage theft is a crime. In 2013, Secretary of Labor Julie Su formed a criminal investigation agency to stamp it out in California and put the bad guys in handcuffs. That didn’t stop the Grant Director at Los Angeles Valley College, serving the Van Nuys, North Hollywood and East San Fernando Valley, from perpetuating it against low-income students....
Posted: Fri, May 19, 2023 8:14am PDT
Neighborhood Councils are intended to provide input and oversight regarding problems in the community; but new emails show that Jo Ann Rivas may have been on the take regarding problems at Los Angeles Valley College serving the North Hollywood/Valley Glen/ Valley Village and Van Nuys neighborhoods....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2023 8:17am PDT
Department Chair of the Media Arts Department at Los Angeles Valley College in Van Nuys/North Hollywood lied about his professional credentials, while collecting a lucrative annual salary teaching screenwriting to students on the taxpayers dime....
Posted: Wed, May 17, 2023 7:42am PDT
15 Long Beach Wells Near Site of Last Year’s Oil Slick...
Posted: Tue, May 16, 2023 7:11pm PDT
Our unique journey from slavery to freedom in California remains an open secret. Honoring our "hidden figures" who served our Armed Forces, enslaved and free, before, during and after the US Civil War opens a new chapter in California History....
Posted: Mon, May 15, 2023 1:19pm PDT
Alot has been published in the past two weeks about low-income students being defrauded at Los Angeles Community College District campus L.A. Valley College in Van Nuys/North Hollywood. More is expected to be published. Here is what we know so far....
Posted: Sun, May 14, 2023 3:15pm PDT
The bombshell revelations about the Valley Academic and Cultural Center construction being used a scheme to defraud Pinner Construction in turn surfaced revelations about the Media Arts Department that the VACC is supposed to house. ‘Dozen LAVC Cinema Student Narratives challenges Erika Endrijonas’s LACCD Success Story’ pulled focus on what was really happening at Los Angeles Valley College. Now focus turns to the role played by community members in the racketeering scheme....
Posted: Sat, May 13, 2023 4:16pm PDT
Did Los Angeles Valley College Media Arts Department award fake degrees to inflate success stats? Multiple documents suggest they may have....
Posted: Thu, May 11, 2023 8:26pm PDT
$100 million dollar building sold to taxpayers as needed for low-income students will open a almost decade late. In the meantime low income San Fernando Valley students have struggled with mold, asbestos, and flooding....
Posted: Tue, May 9, 2023 8:56am PDT
Erika Endrijonas has been announced as a finalist for President of Los Angeles City College, but new information shows she fostered an existing culture of retaliation while President of Los Angeles Valley College....
Posted: Mon, May 8, 2023 3:38pm PDT
WSPA and Big Oil wield their power in 8 major ways: through (1) lobbying; (2) campaign spending; (3) serving on and putting shills on regulatory panels; (4) creating Astroturf groups; (5) working in collaboration with media; (6) sponsoring awards ceremonies, including those for legislators and journalists; (7) contributing to non profit organizations; and (8) creating alliances with labor unions....
Posted: Mon, May 8, 2023 1:56pm PDT
2023 California Juneteenth we trace both free and enslaved from 1535 Baja California Sur to 1776 Mission Delores San Francisco on the way to June 19, 1865....
Posted: Sun, May 7, 2023 10:31am PDT
Erika Endrijonas has built a reputation as a rockstar "professional problem solver" in California's Community Colleges, but a dozen newly surfaced student narratives from her time as President at Los Angeles Valley College are creating cracks in this image....
Posted: Fri, May 5, 2023 8:40am PDT
Initial prisoners of War in the 15th Century and Trans Atlantic Trade in Human Cargo - Slavery in Alta California (1840-1875) the authentic story soon come alive near Murphy's Corral at the dawn of California's Bear Flag Revolt....
Posted: Thu, May 4, 2023 12:18pm PDT
Embattled community college administrator questioned about her role in rackateering scheme, while seeking new role as President of Los Angeles City College....
Posted: Tue, May 2, 2023 4:53pm PDT