Comedian Ashley Padilla is a breakout star on Saturday Night Live whose skits keep going viral. And her roots trace all the way back to Livermore. Jaxyn Good, managing editor of The Express, has the story of Padilla's journey and what she…
The way Ashley Padilla commands the Saturday Night Live stage, melting into her characters, it’s easy to forget that even that most excessive mom-bob isn’t actually her hair. That after curtain calls, she doesn’t leave Rockefeller Center in a Honda Odyssey…
Design major Jasmine Doan joined the Art and Design Club to connect with other artists. Beyond the creative endeavours of pumpkin-painting and sticker-making, club members bond over a new passion: frustration with their club’s pending eligibility and lack of funding.
To become…
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…
Las Positas College has exited hold-harmless status, a state-sanctioned provision that locked funding for the school based on 2017-18 metrics. The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District (CLPCCD) met enrollment, financial aid and student completion standards to surpass the funding cap, making the…
Only 13% of community college students graduate within the standard two-year period.
Obstacles such as work, family obligations or changing majors can delay graduation. Las Positas College’s rigorous winter intersession aims to fill those gaps.
The school has unveiled 42 courses for…
At Las Positas College’s Welcome Back Performing Arts Faculty Concert, musician and new faculty member Ann Miller performed a solo violin piece — Bach’s “Andante” from Sonata No. 2.
Miller’s shoulders rose and fell in dynamic waves as the volume of the piece…
It’s not uncommon to hear a professor, peer or parent brag about the high ranking of Las Positas College. That ranking has likely contributed to many applications. The school was ranked as the No. 2 community college in California and number four…
Las Positas College has shaved $2 million off its budget deficit projection thanks to strategic spending and new revenue streams.
Back in February, LPC projected it would end the 2024-25 fiscal year with a $5 million budget deficit, meaning the school’s expenses…