Cal State Poly Pomona News

Friday, November 20, 2009 at 10:41 a.m. I've known Fred Aguiar since 1995 when I began feasting on all the nutty stuff going on in Chino, his hometown, as a metro columnist for the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin.

When you let monkeys run with scissors, the scene at the jungle barber shop should not be a surprise - a zebra with a mohawk, a giraffe with a beehive and a lion sporting rollers in its mane.

A recent report card on California's ability to fire poorly performing teachers won't end up on anyone's refrigerator.

For 10 years Cal Poly Pomona, through the Cal Poly Pomona Downtown Center, has been an active and visible part of the Arts Colony.

More than 400 potential students and their parents flocked to International Polytechnic High School's open house Thursday, looking for a private school education at a public school cost.

Jasmine Northup said she hopes her lyrics will change how state universities are funded.

It hasn't been an easy road for 12-year-old Sarah Rose. At the age of 6 1/2, she was removed from her home because she was neglected by her parents.

City leaders gave preliminary approval this week to a proposed ordinance that is expected to help authorities deal with loud, unruly parties before violence or other problems break out.

Cal Poly Pomona says personal information for hundreds of student applicants was made available on the Internet for five years.

Jason Pavletich sold his 154-pound lamb Saturday at Fairplex during the The L.A. County Fair's Junior Livestock Auction but the animal will be going back home to Bakersfield.

Cal Poly Pomona inadvertently disclosed to the public the personal information of hundreds of applicants, including their social security numbers and addresses, for five years, officials announced today.

World War II pilot Walter "Pat" Hollywood celebrated not only the sacrifices of American service members Wednesday, but also his 90th birthday.

As cuts to the California State University budget continue, system officials said they have no choice but to limit enrollment.

Cal Poly Pomona professors and students on Friday will join dozens of people at the Leonard Transportation Center for a research conference.

For decades, California has been on the cutting edge of America's social and economic evolution.

ABC7 has an update for you now on a California National Guardsman from Salinas, who's been deployed to Afghanistan for a year.

Kimberly Stalwick, Pacific Divisional Manager for Hahn Family Wines, passed away suddenly on Monday, November 2, 2009 due to complications from cancer.

Officials at Cal Poly Pomona might have to terminate 10 to 20 programs and disciplines, including philosophy and graduate history, to meet budget demands brought on by the state's economic crisis, officials said.

Management guru Peter Drucker was a "great man with a really warm and sincere heart," Claremont artist Opoku Acheampong said.

After just returning from the Northwest and visiting several fresh produce stands there, I wasn't quite ready to resume shopping at Stater Brothers, Vons and Trader Joe's as I regularly do.