Highland High School is known for its outstanding athletic programs and its embrace of school pride, but there is another school feature they have begun to embrace—the Black Student Union (BSU).

“The whole point of the club for us is basically to help encourage students to recognize the culture and have development of respect of their own cultures and also respect other cultures, as well, and be empowered to do great things in education,” BSU coordinator and guidance counselor Gwen Shim said.

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—A 2,093-acre solar power project in the Antelope Valley was unanimously approved by the Board of Supervisors today, despite objections from defense contractor Northrop Grumman.

The project, dubbed AV Solar Ranch One will create “400 jobs over the next three years” and “over $50 million in local taxes,” said Frank De Rosa, senior vice president of North American project development for First Solar Inc., which will build it.