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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is losing funding and personnel due to recommendations made by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The Elon Musk led DOGE is not an official government department, but instead an advisory body.   The VA is part…

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — headed by Elon Musk — sent out a letter on Feb. 15 threatening to revoke all federal funding for public schools, colleges and universities housing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs and initiatives. The Trump…

An issue looms at Las Positas College in the form of a budget deficit expected to explode in the coming years. LPC ended the 2023-24 academic year with a $1.3 million budget deficit. President Dyrell Foster said it is projected to increase…

It has been less than a month since President Donald Trump took office, and his administration’s targeting of the education system has already begun. On Jan. 21, Donald Trump signed an executive order instructing federal organizations not to form contracts with private…

Las Positas College (LPC) offers a range of hands-on programs, focused on experience for students to get straight into their chosen working field. One of these programs includes the LPC Regional Fire Academy. Their training and preparations couldn’t have come at a…

In the first week of Donald Trump’s second term, the Department of Education’s (DOE) Hispanic Serving Institution webpage was gone. Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI), initially recognized by Congress in 1992, are establishments of higher education with Hispanic and Latinx full-time student enrollments of…

For the Gen Z crowd, during and after a long day filled with life's chores, the custom is to get a hit of dopamine. From a screen. The dopamine consumes them. While letting them starve. Watching them crash and collapse. The app…

For over a year, Palestinian advocacy groups in the Bay Area have persistently called on local politicians to divest from Israel. On Dec. 10, Henry Levy, the Alameda County treasurer-tax collector, announced that $32 million in public funds will be…

Fifteen minutes before 11 a.m. on Thursday, untold numbers of Californian cellphones buzzed. It was an alert from the National Weather Service issued up the Northern Californian coast to parts of Oregon. The message: “You are in danger.” “A series of powerful…