Ashley FreitasStaff writerWith the time to start applying to different colleges and universities coming up some students may still be looking around for where they want to go. The U.S. News created a list of the top ten public universities for the…
Augusta HohnStaff writerJanice Newton’s dimpled smile hides an unimaginable reality.
Ten years ago, I stood in her family’s living room just days after her mother had passed away due to a heart condition. I was overwhelmed by the warmth and love that Janice,…
Lisa LeffAssociated PressSAN FRANCISCO -- The fees to attend California's community colleges are by far the lowest in the United States -- less than half the national average -- yet at least 40 percent of the 2.4 million students in the largest…
Phillip Matier And Andrew RossSan Francisco Chronicle
Major League Baseball would help the Oakland A's move across the bay and play at rival Giants' AT&T Park in San Francisco if Coliseum officials don't come to terms on a new short-term lease for the team, sources tell us.
The A's…
Will TannerA&E editor On Oct. 31 around 9:15 p.m. the Las Positas campus was set upon by police. Campus Safety and Security officers saw people in the parking lot with “guns” though a security camera feed.
The campus security officers immediately called the Livermore…
Travis DannerEditor in chief Arcade Fire “Reflektor” (2013)What’s a band to do after it’s graduated from being the little-band-that-could into a mainstream award-winning juggernaut?
A double album, of course!
“Reflektor,” Arcade Fire’s first LP since 2010′s “The Suburbs,” (which won a Grammy for Album of…
Ashley FreitasStaff WriterIf one was to pass by the 2300 building they may notice what looks to be children’s play structures peeking over the top of the fences that surround it and the faint sound of the laughter of children. But there…
Kalama HinesFeatures EditorHe’s toured with R&B pioneer Tina Turner. He’s recorded with Blues icon B.B. King. He’s played in concerts alongside the legend that is Ray Charles.
Now this exhibit of music history rubs shoulders with a different group: Bay Area community college…
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Kalama HinesFeatures EditorWhat do Miley Cyrus, Howard Stern and this newspaper have in common?
All three of these things flex the muscles of their constitutional rights.
Rights that have been the backbone of this country for centuries. And while nearly all Americans are quick…