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Taylor Lobb @TAYLORLOBB No medical card necessary. No lies about glaucoma. No excuses about anxiety, or back pain. Or insomnia. California residents are now free to use marijuana recreationally. This means at the turn of the calendar year, it will be legal to sell marijuana for recreational use.…

Rachel Hanna @RACHELCH97 Stress, being overwhelmed and unsure of what major to choose.  For some, college can be a trying time for students figuring out which road they want their future to go down.  Before Ruby Elias joined the Puente program at LPC, these…

Julia Coty @JULIACOTY Heroes Around Us Name- Olinser Perez Branch- U.S Marines Hometown-San Leandro, California Years served- 2003-2014 Major- Engineer Technology 20 miles northeast of Baghdad, the closest town being Karma near Al-Anbar Province, platoon sergeant Olinser Perez and his two other men were tasked with a mission to recover…

Elizabeth Joy @ELIZABE3603091 A sanctuary is defined as “a place of refuge and safety,” and sanctuary status was the main topic at the last Las Positas and Chabot District Board meeting on Oct. 24. According to many of the attendees, this was the furthest thing…

Julia Coty @JULIACOTY Chrystal Grow Branch- US Air Force Years served- 1981-2014 Major- Accounting Hometown- Twain Harte, California   Hearing the shrill sound of the F-111s coming down the runway, Chrystal Grow got ready to approach the tactical…

Rachel Hanna @RACHELCH97 Most people enjoy receiving free things, especially when it comes to school. Saving a few bucks here and there will help students financially during their time in college. Las Positas College offers Office 365 for Education, which includes Microsoft providing students with…

Rachel Hanna @RACHELCH97 For students who are interested in learning about why we do what we do as humans, hearing neuroscientist Dr. Robert Sapolsky speak in the main theater on Thurs. Oct. 12 at 7:00 P.M. would have been enjoyable for them. Sapolsky is a…

Tim Guan @TIM_GUAN30 The new transportation proposal devised by the student government aims to create an affordable and free transportation service to all students– at the cost of a new fee students will have to pay. By fall of 2018, students will need to decide…

Christopher Hartwell @SILENCESEEN As some areas face the grim prospect of their belongings being claimed to the ash and scorched earth left behind by the California blazes, community colleges like Las Positas have reached out in support of these neighborhoods. After the damage caused by…

Christopher Hartwell Justine Chavez @SILENCESEEN @JUSTINECHAVEZ Authorities were forced to lock down Las Positas College after a student was reported to have a gun. At approximately 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 4, a campus faculty member noticed a pair of students exiting a vehicle with what looked…