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Pico Rivera PE teacher earns school $20K grant
Joshua Perea was an all-around child athlete. He played soccer, baseball, football and then took up track. So it's no big surprise that he decided to become a physical education teacher. His contribution became that much greater when he was selected among 46 Southern...

Boxing coach earns her school a $20,000 grant
Daysi Garcia was a child athlete. She took up boxing however only later in her teen years. Now, she's a coach and created a boxing club at PUC Excel Charter Academy in Lincoln Heights. Her contribution became that much greater when she was selected among 46 Southern...

A Return To SoCal: The U.S. Open At LACC Is The Start Of Something Big
Even for those who closely follow the machinations of professional golf’s major championships, the announcement came as quite the surprise. The Los Angeles Country Club was already scheduled to host its first U.S. Open in 2023, and it figured that both the club and...

WWE Breaks All-Time WrestleMania® Gate Record
WWE announced that WrestleMania Goes Hollywood (WrestleMania 39), which will originate from SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles across two nights, broke the company’s all-time gate record for any WrestleMania, despite having yet to announce a single match. The previous record...

Educators Selected for “Champions Educate Here” Legacy Program By College Football Playoff Foundaton, Los Angeles Host Committee & LA84 Foundation
With the 2023 College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship less than a month away at SoFi Stadium, the College Football Playoff Foundation, the Los Angeles College Football Playoff National Championship Host Committee, the LA84 Foundation and the Play Equity...

Inglewood coach receives major grant from CFP Championship
The College Football Playoff National Championship Game is coming to SoFi Stadium in January. Inglewood High School track coach, Reginald Bellamy, received a $20,000 grant through the Champions Educate Here legacy program the CFP Foundation, the LA84 Foundation and...

2023 College Football Playoff National Championship to Generate Up to $225 Million For Local Economy
A new report issued by Micronomics Economic Research and Consulting outlines significant gains for Los Angeles when the region hosts the College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship at SoFi Stadium on January 9, 2023, in the City of Inglewood. According to the...

SoFi Stadium awarded 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup Final
Concacaf has announced that the Final of the 2023 Concacaf Gold Cup – the 17th edition of the Confederation’s flagship men’s national team competition – has been awarded to the world-renowned SoFi Stadium. The state-of-the-art venue, home to the NFL’s Los Angeles...

LACC to Host 2032 Women’s Open, 2039 U.S. Open
The Los Angeles Country Club will continue its relationship with the USGA when it serves as the host site for the 2032 U.S. Women’s Open Presented by ProMedica and 2039 U.S. Open Championships. The club has previously hosted three USGA championships, most recently the...

LASEC Fall Updates
The College Football Playoff National Championship Runs Through Los Angeles We are now less than 100 DAYS away from hosting the College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship on January 9, 2023, at SoFi Stadium. This will be the first national championship back...

Building on the success of Super Bowl LVI, LASEC Business Connect helps more diverse local businesses get in the game
A community-focused café and restaurant delivering fresh, affordable, and healthy food to South LA. A personal branding and event photography company recently empowered to open its own studio. A third-generation, family-owned sweet potato pie bakery putting “the...

College Football Playoff Foundation And Los Angeles College Football Playoff National Championship Host Committee Reveal “Champions Educate Here” Legacy Programs
As the countdown continues for the 2023 College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship, the College Football Playoff Foundation, the Los Angeles College Football Playoff National Championship Host Committee, and the LA84 Foundation today announced plans to...

Super Bowl LVI and MLB All-Star Week showed how the Los Angeles region wins through major events
When a home run soars over the outfield fence or a referee signals a touchdown, fans feel the thrill in real time. But the value of major sports and entertainment events ultimately runs much deeper, extending beyond the field of play and into the communities that make...

WrestleMania® 39 Breaks Ticket Sales Record
WWE® today announced a record for first-day ticket sales for WrestleMania 39 taking place at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Over 90,000 tickets were sold within the first 24 hours – more than any event in WWE history and a 42% increase over first-day sales for...

MLB All-Star attendance hits 14-year high
MLB’s All-Star festivities in Los Angeles this week were a hit locally. The three days of MLB All-Star ballpark events -- including the Futures Game and Celebrity Softball Game on Saturday, the Home Run Derby on Monday and the All-Star Game on Tuesday -- generated a...

Southern California is on the clock: Dates are announced for 2028 L.A. Olympics
Years, months, weeks, even days — there are plenty of ways to measure the time between now and the start of the 2028 Summer Olympics. Regardless of the increments, the clock started ticking Monday afternoon as LA28 organizers announced the dates for the massive...

LASEC Summer Updates 2022
After 42 years, we are welcoming the MLB All-Star Game back to Los Angeles. We are also celebrating the 75th anniversary of LA’s own Jackie Robinson becoming the first Black American to play in Major League Baseball. Today’s baseball greats will descend on our region...

MLB All-Star Metrics: Baseball Fans Turn Out For Record-Setting MLB All-Star Week In Los Angeles
Major League Baseball All-Stars shined bright in Los Angeles contributing to a successful week of All-Star ballpark and fan events, innovative broadcast elements, community enrichment activities, social engagement, youth baseball and softball events, and more....

L.A. still buzzing about MLB Home Run Derby
Even with MLB’s jewel event looming a couple of hours away, much of the buzz on the field at Dodger Stadium ahead of last night's All-Star Game still concerned the lingering excitement about a Home Run Derby on Monday that included a little bit of everything, from...

MLB ASG full of Hollywood moments in L.A.
MLB played its first All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium in 42 years yesterday, with the "emotional night" ending in a 3-2 American League victory. A sellout crowd of 52,518 watched as "memories shined, greatness glowed," as the "almost perfect night ... contained...