By Morgan Brizee
@morgan_brizee
Jose Sanchez has gone from trying to stay alive while in a gang to having a 4.0 GPA and taking care of his three-year-old son with autism.
Sanchez came from a broken home with his abusive biological father while at…
By Mitchell Mylius
@MitchellMylius
He walked up to the counter with all his buddies. But, there was so much to choose from. All he knew was that he didn’t like the heavy, dark stuff; he wanted something light. Besides, it was only 2 p.m.
T’was…
By: Morgan Brizee
@morgan_brizee
Friends and family know her as Flicka, but on stage she is Frederica von Stade.
When von Stade was just five years old she fell in love with singing, so much so that when she graduated high school she went to…
By Morgan Brizee
@morgan_brizee
In two years, Autumn Le donated more than 250 sleeping bags to the homeless in Livermore. That values at more than $8,000. This Christmas, she also gave socks, underwear and t-shirts as gifts.
Autumn is in elementary school.
“She has absolutely made…
Claire Gallegos
@clairelizabethg
Her itinerary was planned. Her affairs were in order. Her heart was set. Then the news broke: three suicide bombers struck Paris, killing more than 100 people.
Amber Hill, a 19-year-old LPC student, immediately thought of…
The Express talking business with Patricia Stokke
If we looked in your refrigerator right now, what would we find?
Fresh fruit, one egg, coconut juice, milk, chocolate ice cream and fudgesicles. I’m a chocolate fan.
If you could invent one thing, what…
Mitchell Mylius
@mitchellmylius
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Scott Miner’s students leaned in. He fired up the torch.
Miner was doing a welding demonstration on a skyscraper in San Francisco. The building was just about ready to have some plumbing installed. All his students were crowded…
By Kalama Hines
Thank you, Ian Scotts.
Your repeated theft and disposal of the latest issue of the student-run Naked Magazine is a perfect reminder of why we are here. Your plan to censor the work of fellow Las Positas College students is confirmation…
Mitchell Mylius
@MitchellMylius
The number 13 has had a negative reputation since the dawn of numbers. In the Bible, Judas Iscariot, the 13th apostle to arrive at the Last Supper, is the person who betrays Jesus. Triskaidekaphobia is a specific fear of…
By Tami Shephard
Michael Kapetanich’s mother died when he was 12 years old, but he still hears her voice in his head. She guides him through the difficult parts of his life and provides inspiration for how to help others.
Lately, Kapetanich has been…