Horace Mitchell, Ph.D., president of California State University Bakersfield believes in excellence. Serving his seventh year as president of the 8,000-student campus, Mitchell is also an advocate of higher education.

“Education is a prerequisite for individuals to be able to fully take advantage of opportunities, not just locally but in the world,” Dr. Mitchell said. “It provides a foundation for a good quality of life and supports economic development in the region.”

LANCASTER, Calif.—Two firefighters who were killed trying to protect their fellow firefighters stuck in the path of last year’s Station Fire had a section of highway through the burned area named after them.

The Angeles Forest Highway, also known as County Road S-2, was given the honorary name of the “Capt. Ted Hall and Engineer Arnie Quiñones Memorial Highway” at a ceremony at a Lancaster fire station.