Samira Felix

Holocaust survivor Gabriella Karin returned to the University of La Verne on Sept. 22 to share her story and her art to about 40 students and faculty members in the Campus Center Ballroom. The lecture was hosted by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life and the Tikkun Olam club. 

Artist Kameelah Janan Rasheed returned to Pomona College after graduating in 2006 with “Worshiping at the Altar of Certainty: 1985,” a site-specific exhibition that is featured in the Benton Museum of Art.

Ophelia's Jump’s production of “Black Super Hero Magic Mama” by Inda Craig-Galván, which opened Saturday, explores the grief of an African American mother after her son is killed by a white police officer. In it the mother withdraws from the real world into a fantasy world where she is a superhero. 

University of La Verne students were happy to hear about President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan announced late last month.

On Aug.1, the La Verne City Council approved the distribution of $300,000 in American Rescue Plan funds for the city’s  Homeless Outreach Support Team, or  HOST,  specifically to fund overtime for police officers for the next three years. 

The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California declared a water shortage emergency on April 27, and issued a one-day-a-week outdoor watering restriction for parts of Los Angeles, Ventura and San Bernardino counties, which is home to about 6 million southern Californians effective June 1.