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CalWORKS housing workshop on campus

By Grace Ramsey @JGR7797 Bills, work, kids, keeping up with due dates for classes, putting food on the table and on top of that keeping your house. Homelessness can happen to anyone, it doesn’t discriminate not even if you’re a student. It’s an epidemic…

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Students selling schoolwork online

By Vanessa Luis @vanessamluis Even cheating has had a technological upgrade. Playing the system used to require carefully crafted cheat sheets and hand signals with classmates. Now there are virtual wholesalers for cheating. “CourseHero comes off,” Las Positas geology professor Tom Orf said, “if you…

News by Alex Lontoc March 12, 2018

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Food stamps to be replaced with food box program

By Alex Lontoc @ALEXXLLONTOC Monday, Feb.12, Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney announced the food stamp reform. The idea is part of the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2019 budget. It would slash the current Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to…

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Original LPC faculty remembered

By Christina Vargas @CHRISTINA_VARG Esther Goldberg, 86, one of the first faculty members of Chabot Valley Campus — which later became Las Positas — died in her Castro Valley home on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018. Goldberg was accomplished in her fields of study. She attended…

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LPC offers over $400K in scholarships

By Alex Lontoc @ALEXXLLONTOC Education is not cheap. Many college students work long shifts or part-time jobs to pay for classes on top of living expenses. Having access to scholarships is a big weight off their shoulders. Las Positas is offering over $400,000 in scholarships…

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New degrees for LPC in Fall 2018

Brandon Byrne @brandonbyrne18 Students wanting to Transfer with AA- T degree to the four year institution needs to be aware of possible snags. Las Positas College offers Associate Arts Degree with transfer to four-year colleges. The students at LPC can talk to counselors to…

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Remembering LPC faculty members

In memory in Ethan Castor By Vanessa Luis @VANESSAMLUIS On Nov. 15, 2017 Las Positas unexpectedly lost a dear family member, Mr. Ethan Castor. He was 38 years old. Castor had been with Las Positas in some capacity for nearly 20 years—first as a student,…

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Remembering LPC faculty members

In memory of Dennis Nelson By Blake Sperling @RATIO_ There are some people who were born solely for the purpose of impacting the lives of others. Those who think selflessly and acquire fulfillment from attributing to others success and accomplishments. These rare kinds of individuals…

News by Christina Vargas February 2, 2018

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LPC president returns despite brain cancer

By Christina Vargas @CHRISTINA_VARG Russell is going down in LPC history. He is nose-to-nose with death, battling with metastatic melanoma for about a year and a half. But his method of fighting includes returning to work. He’s not back in his post as president of…

News by Grace Ramsey February 2, 2018

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Fentanyl epidemic claims local student

By Grace Ramsey @jgr7797 This past November, just days after sharing Thanksgiving dinner with his family, Valentino Villar spent the night at a friend’s house and died. According to Villar’s aunt Elizabeth Ponce, her nephew and his friend planned to take Xanax on the night…

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