It’s been about a fortnight since Taylor Swift released her latest album, “The Tortured Poets Department.” It’s been almost three months since the album was announced and I began to call it her “Dead Poets Society.” I did this as it felt…
LPC students are helping address the pervasive issue of stolen catalytic converters.
I’m hardly a technology prude. I had rooftop solar long before door-to-door salespeople were hocking panels. I had a laptop with wireless internet ages before hotspots existed and mobile phones were flipped open (it was a thing in 1996, look it up). …
Las Positas students and faculty gathered to celebrate the Year of the Dragon as part of the Lunar New Year Festival on Wednesday, Feb. 21. Sui Song from the Administrative Services Office championed the event, recognizing LPC has never had an Asian…
She didn’t know it at 15, but today’s Queen of Pop Taylor Swift is doing just as she wrote in her 2008 song “Fifteen.” She is literally dating the boy on the football team, just as she wrote in her lyrics 15…
In a few weeks, the Bay Area’s streets and storefronts again will be beset with card tables guarded by vested purveyors of one the most addictive of substances known to humanity: Girl Scout Cookies. As a “girl dad,” I’m an accomplice, box…
Las Positas College was recently ranked fourth in a Best Community Colleges in America, based on U.S. Department of Education data for 2024. The data and rankings are compiled by the college ranking and listing service Niche.com. There are a total of…
On Nov. 30, 2023, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Lisa K. Sepe-Wiesenfeld dismissed a lawsuit claiming that Santa Monica College’s Covid-19 mandates violated a student’s religious freedoms and right to privacy. College freshman Carter Sparks filed suit on Jan. 11, 2022,…
This time we didn’t rent a car. The plan was to take the shuttle, reduce our carbon footprint and save a few bucks on vacation. But it also means no Target run for forgotten items. Instacart to the rescue. I’ve never used…
Join a soccer team or a Scout troop and attend backyard birthday parties. Not long ago, these were standard rites of passage for youth in American suburbia. As teens, you may still be in that Scout troop or playing sports. Spending time…