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Chapman University has chosen one of its own, former law school dean and fundraiser Matt Parlow, to be its 14th president.Parlow is succeeding Daniele Struppa, who said in May that he would retire in late 2025, ending a nine-year stint leading the private university in Orange.Chapman’s trustees ended their nationwide search for a new president with a homegrown candidate.Parlow, a 49-year-old Los Angeles native who got his law degree at Yale University, spent 12 years at Chapman as a law professor and then law dean, with a six-year gap in between teaching law at Marquette University.In the past three years,…

(Photo: Bureau of Land Management California) APPLE VALLEY, Calif. (VVNG.com) — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in California is holding several hiring events to fill season wildland firefighter and support positions. Applicants are encouraged to attend the in-person events, but may apply online in advance. During in-person events, hiring officials will answer questions, review resumes, conduct interviews and help potential candidates navigate the application process. California Desert District Hiring Event is taking place on December 12 – 14, 2024, from 9am to 4pm at the Apple Valley Fire Center located at 18809 Central Road in Apple Valley. (Photo: Bureau…

More than 1,000 Amazon workers in San Bernardino, California unionized this week with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. They aren’t the first employees at the e-commerce giant to unionize. But Amazon has been resisting, challenging or ignoring union efforts at several of its facilities for years now. So what comes next? This news is bigger than just one more Amazon warehouse fighting back. “Because this is the largest air hub facility on the West Coast,” said Kent Wong, who teaches at UCLA’s labor center. “So the fact that this organizing is taking place at this facility is a big deal.”…

Last week, we celebrated ChatGPT’s second birthday with a review of how it can be used in commercial real estate . Today, I’d like to zero in on some specific tools that we are using in the trade to make the day-to-day easier and more efficient.For industrial real estate, AI tools are tailored to address the challenges and opportunities in logistics, warehousing, manufacturing and distribution.Here’s a breakdown of recommended tools specifically for the industrial real estate sector:Market analysis, site selectionCoStar/LoopNet: Industry-standard platforms offering market analytics, property listings, and comparable data for industrial real estate.Reonomy: Uses AI to analyze industrial property…

A man lost control of his Mercedes-Benz and it crashed into a 24 Hour Fitness pool on Friday night in Redlands, authorities said. The Redlands Fire Department received a call at around 9:30 p.m. reporting a submerged vehicle at the gym, 27621 San Bernardino Avenue, near the 210 Freeway. The 57-year-old man’s four-door black Mercedes had crashed through the glass panel windows of the gym’s indoor pool facility. Redlands Fire Department Battalion Chief Josh Shannon said the man had his car in reverse gear when he unintentionally drove the vehicle into the lap pool. “Thankfully, the driver, who was the…

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and FARNOUSH AMIRI, Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been hospitalized after she “sustained an injury” during an official engagement in Luxembourg, according to a spokesman.Pelosi, 84, was in Europe with a bipartisan congressional delegation to mark the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. Her spokesman, Ian Krager, said in a statement that she is “currently receiving excellent treatment from doctors and medical professionals” and is unable to attend the remainder of events on her trip.He did not describe the nature of her injury or give any additional details, but a…

The high school football season went out with a bang Saturday night with its CIF State championship games. With so much on the line, stadiums were filled with fans and teams battled each other to win the state titles. Take a look at the Southern California News Group’s collection of images from those games. And check out the online High School Sports sections to see all of the stories, scores and more. Edison’s football team celebrates their victory at the CIF State Division 1-A championship game between Edison High and Fresno Central High at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo on…

There’s a lot of string to gather as prosecutors and journalists try to put together the life story of Luigi Mangione, the alleged assassin of UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson in New York City this month.Insofar as there’s an ordinary shooter profile — not sure such a profile actually exists, but I think you know what I mean — Mangione is a crazy outlier.And I do mean crazy. The guy is clearly extremely mentally ill. What caused that condition, biological or circumstantial, we’ll likely find out.But I would venture to say that most ghost-gunmen with a vendetta in Midtown Manhattan don’t…

Elaine S. Povich | (TNS) Stateline.orgJill Norton, an education policy adviser in Massachusetts, has a teenage son with dyslexia and ADHD. Shelley Scruggs, an electrical engineer in the same state, also has a teenage son with ADHD. Both students go to the same technical high school.But this fall, Norton and Scruggs advocated on opposite sides of a Massachusetts ballot referendum scrapping the requirement that high school kids pass a standardized state test to graduate.Norton argued that without the high bar of the standard exam, kids like hers won’t have an incentive to strive. But Scruggs maintained that kids with learning…

Photo byPain In The PassHIGH DESERT, CA. (Pain In The Pass) >> A Wind Advisory for Saturday afternoon throught the night. A Gusty Wind Event is for the mountains, Victor/Apple Valley, Lucerne Valley, and the Mojave Desert locations.A weather system is going to sweep through Southern California on Saturday. Gusty southwest winds are expected with the weather system. Also there is a small chance of rain showers this afternoon.The Pain In The Pass has issued a Wind Advisory for the high desert. With winds blowing around 20-30+ mph in the Victor/Apple Valley area. Parts of the Barstow area will have…