California State University At Northridge

Cal State Northridge guard Josh Jenkins remained hospitalized in stable condition Monday after being injured in a single-car accident Saturday in which the driver was killed, the school announced. Jenkins, the team's point guard, is out of action indefinitely but could be released from the hospital soon, school spokesman Bob Vazquez said. California Hospital Medical Center spokeswoman Katreena Salgado said she did not have further information on Jenkins' injuries.

The large wave of refugees from war-ravaged Central America that arrived two decades ago has transformed more than neighborhoods, the workforce and restaurant cuisine of Southern California. Now, as Vanessa Guerrero's new diploma shows, the influence of that migration is being embraced academically by one of the region's largest public universities.

Vying to build the best bridge to nowhere, engineering students from across the U.S. and Canada on Saturday joined trusses to struts and abutments to beams, creating sturdy 20-foot spans as they raced against the clock in the finals of the National Student Steel Bridge Competition at Cal State Northridge.

Hoping to create a new San Fernando Valley landmark, Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky is scheduled today to boost county support of a new, $100-million performing arts center at Cal State Northridge. Yaroslavsky will contribute $2 million in taxpayer money from his district's share of the county's capital projects budget. The 1,700-seat venue will operate in partnership with the county-owned Music Center downtown, which includes the Center Theater Group and the Los Angeles Opera.

It was four years ago, but Katie Holloway can't forget. The college coach, on a recruitment trip to Lake Stevens High in Washington state, proclaimed the highly ranked senior as the missing piece to her women's basketball program. She invited Holloway for an official visit -- a scholarship as part of the deal. Holloway remembers shifting in her chair at that moment, knowing she was about to reveal what she had staunchly kept concealed for so long. She wears a prosthetic lower right leg.

Streaking Cal State Fullerton kept its longshot NCAA tournament dreams alive Wednesday night with a 73-63 Big West tournament first-round victory over Cal State Northridge, the Titans' third win in a row and fifth in six games. Junior Justin Burns led sixth-seeded Fullerton with 19 points and 12 rebounds, while senior Jamaal Brown scored 18 and junior Bobby Brown added 17 for the Titans. Fullerton will play No. 3-seeded Cal State Long Beach in the quarterfinals tonight at 6.

Cal State Northridge stands by the authenticity of eight Chinese artifacts donated to the university, despite doubts expressed by a retired curator and reported in the university's student newspaper, a CSUN spokesman says. Meanwhile, a Northridge jewelry manufacturer is suing the donor, his Nevada-based company and others, alleging contractual fraud in connection with the transfer of ownership of other artifacts. The objects donated to CSUN and those identified in the suit by Zalemark Inc.

Two Cal State Northridge students have been accused of hacking into a professor's computer, giving grades to nearly 300 students and sending pizza, magazine subscriptions and CDs to the professor's home. Lena Chen, 20, of Torrance and Jennifer Ngan, 19, of Alhambra are to be arraigned Aug. 21 on misdemeanor charges of accessing computers illegally and other counts. If convicted, they face up to a year in prison.

Even though he quit Cal State Northridge in 1963 after his freshman year, former California Lt. Gov. Mike Curb has warm memories of the school, the place where he started earning his fortune in the music industry. Curb, 61, now chairman of Curb Records in Nashville, showed his gratitude Wednesday, pledging $10 million to the university. Half of the money is intended for the university's planned $100-million regional performing arts center.