One thousand and twenty-two. As of Sept. 2, that is the number of people that have been shot and killed by police this year alone. These are shootings that could have been avoided if the justice system saw everyone as equal…
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the graduation rate for African Americans attending a two year college is 23 percent. The average graduation rate for African Americans attending a four year college is even lower at 21 percent.
LPC recently…
Sounds of fireworks, bullhorns and music filled the streets last week in Oakland. Chants of “Justice for Jacob Blake” and “No justice, no peace” could be heard from the high end apartment complexes near Oscar Grant Plaza. Some small business owners handed…
The sex education I received in high school back in the 1960’s made me more confused than educated me. I am an older student; I graduated high school in 1972. No, that is not a typo but is 1972.
Sex education has…
Across the nation, students who were not born in this country or a citizen evidently have it harder than all the U.S citizen born ones. Regardless of having the same goals and ambitions, those who already have it hard have to work…
President Donald Trump has had a real chance to step in and be the leader that the country needs in its most vulnerable time. Instead, he has only exasperated the situation and has created more division in this country. Whether it was…
Former Dance Instructor, Susan Lloyds dances in an empty Dance studio in the 4000 building.
When Susan Lloyd, a former dance instructor, left LPC for Utah, college administrators decided not to replace her immediately. As a result, there are no dance classes…
Marie Hinojosa, a resident of the Montage community next to Las Positas College, uses the website Nextdoor to complain that she cannot enjoy her balcony on the weekends due to noise and fumes from motorcycle classes being held in the college parking…
Livermore residents marched for the second time this week in response to the shooting of George Floyd. The Black Lives Matter chapter of the Tri-Valley led the protest along with the Mayor of Livermore John Marchand and Livermore Police Chief Micahel D.…
Protestors throughout the Bay Area are marching in response to the death of George Floyd, an unarmed black man who was killed by police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A recent protest in Dublin garnered much support from the Tri-Valley and surrounding areas…