El Camino College Teams with Red Rocks CC to Create Aerospace Workforce Program
El Camino College of Torrance and Red Rocks Community College in Colorado have teamed to create a major aerospace workforce collaboration of great significance to the Southern California region. The initiative, called “Space, Cyber and Supply Talent Development Center” (SCSTDC), bridges two aerospace hubs that share economic and workforce...
Van Espabohdi: Sky is No Limit for So Cal Aerospace and Starburst Accelerator
By DONNA BALANCIA Van Espahbodi, the managing partner and co-founder of Starburst Accelerator helps aerospace companies grow. Espahbodi, a 20-year aerospace strategist with an eye on the future, said fertile ground is about for creative companies on the rise. Starburst Accelerator, led by Espahbodi and founder François Chopard, help...
COO Lisa Arinwine Keeps the Legacy of F & E Aircraft Maintenance Flying High
By DONNA BALANCIA Lisa Arinwine is the COO of F and E Aircraft Maintenance, which she has piloted since the company founder, her husband Everett Arinwine, passed away in 2010. Today, business is flying high. Everett founded and built F and E Aircraft Maintenance up from a small aircraft...
Airline Stocks Fly High on Hope for $25B Government Bailout
Airline stocks were flying high on Thursday on the news that U.S. senators are pushing for another round of payroll assistance to the tune of $25 billion. Senators talked bailout of the airlines with a second package amounting to a $25 billion payroll assistance program. Another spike in coronavirus...
Young Duke Student, Nicholas Richard-Craven of Pasadena, Has Set his Sights on Mars
By DONNA PARKER BALANCIA Nicholas Richard-Craven is a bright young leader who is truly aiming for the stars. The Pasadena scholar plans to be among the first African-Americans involved in the Mars missions. Richard-Craven is a remarkable young man who has been striving towards his dream of pursuing a...
Slingshot Aerospace and Non Profit 211 LA County Team on FoodFinder Resource App
Slingshot Aerospace and the non profit 211 LA County unveiled an online mapping tool that allows users to identify and locate more than 2,000 food resources within the county during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The customized tool, called 211 LA FoodFinder, is powered by Slingshot Earth and is...
Boomers Want The Travel as a Rock N Roll Experience
By DONNA BALANCIA When rock and roll music came on the scene in the 1960s, a generation of young people fell in love with the new sound. Fifty years later, they have not let go. Baby boomers are digging into their pockets to see their favorite bands—wherever they may...
Los Angeles Times: Female Sports Reporters Still Have to Fight Prejudice on Beats
ROB GLOSTER, (UPI) – Sept. 8, 1985 – Sportswriter Donna Balancia had two team officials block her from the New York Giants’ locker room after a recent preseason game. Jenny Kellner has been propositioned by players who flaunted their naked bodies for her. Dozens of other female sports reporters...
Equal access to locker room still a tough issue
United Press International — Donna Balancia had two team officials block her from the New York Giants locker room after a recent preseason game. Jenny Kellner has been propositioned by players who flaunted their naked bodies for her. Dozens of other female sports reporters have been denied access to NFL...