By Morgan Brizee
@morgan_brizee
Standing on Pier 39 in front of the Hard Rock Cafe strumming the guitar and singing to one of Journey’s songs to strangers on a Saturday: This is what Jay Moini does on his free time.
Jay Moini…
Las Positas has had more than a few students go on to bigger things. Several local celebrities - KTVU’s Gasia Mikaelian, for one - started at Las Positas or otherwise have direct ties to the campus. Nineveh Dinha is in the first…
By Kalama Hines
@HINESight_2020
What started in 1977 with “A New Hope” will be expanding on Dec. 18 with an awakening. Star Wars mania has recaptured the imagination of billions.
It hasn’t garnered mass adoration spanning nearly four decades for its entertainment value alone, however.…
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…