Many students at LPC once dreamed of attending a prestigious university, but chose a more affordable option to pursue their goals. For many, financial limits, poor grades, or personal circumstances made the junior college route the most realistic choice.
Las Positas is one…
Upstairs in the 1600 building. Past the glass doors. Tucked behind the front counter of easily the most important office on campus. A woman sits quietly. Out of the way, as if she’s avoiding a spotlight, making a front-facing position feel like…
From the start of the AI boom, users have spoken to chatbots as if they were real people. They attach names to them, give them personalities and even generate images of what their chatbot “companion” would look like as a Studio Ghibli…
In the midst of a muggy Chicago summer, Mason Bruce witnessed the scale of professional American basketball firsthand.
The United Center crowd pulsed with enough energy to power the city. Eyes locked in on the court. Fans relinquished their emotions to the…
Adhering to the post-football game tradition, on a Friday evening in October, a group of high-schoolers gathered at an In-N-Out in Burbank for a celebratory cheeseburger.
The youth gathered around the pickup counter like a barricade at a concert. Phones out. Shoving…
On Nov. 20, the Trump administration filed a lawsuit against California, Gov. Gavin Newsom, the attorney general and the governing boards of the University of California, California State University and the California Community College system, which includes LPC. The lawsuit challenges California’s…
Somewhere between political rallies and college curriculums, cruelty became a virtue. Maybe it started when showing basic human decency was deemed “snowflake behavior.” Maybe it trickled down from the president’s podium to the professor’s desk, where the syllabus now doubles as a…
At first glance, Las Positas College looks like any other community college. But there’s something special about this campus. Students from across the Tri-Valley — and from other states, cities and countries — are choosing to travel to a campus tucked into…
A year ago, none of the three Hawks' sophomores — forward Arteen Arianmanesh, goalie Sahib Sandhu and midfielder Angel Rondan — could’ve imagined they’d go from newcomers to the core of a nationally recognized team.
What started as a season of uncertainty…
The Las Positas women’s volleyball team finished the 2025 season 15-11 after opening the year with one of the program’s strongest midseason runs. The Hawks won 11 straight matches between Aug. 29 and Oct. 1. The momentum didn’t carry into conference play,…
