Opinion

The silence of this brisk September morning in Berkeley slowly swelled with the murmur of cadets gathering around the Detachment 085 flagpole. Friday’s sun was still in its slumber as nightfall lingered. Frost glazed the covers of buildings, cars and foliage. The…

An eight-lane track lies on the Las Positas campus. An installation worth hundreds of thousands, only being used by the college running/jogging class.  In 2017, Las Positas traded its track and field program as well as the cross-country program to Chabot College…

The rolling hills surrounding Las Positas campus aren’t the only green students want to roll in.  As marijuana use continues to rise and dispensaries pop up in California, it seems that the commercialization of the drug is inevitable. As other Bay Area…

In January 2007, Netflix debuted its "Watch Now" feature. It began with about a thousand titles being made available to stream instantly and the standard Netflix subscription allowed for six hours a month. With Hulu's launch nine months later, and YouTube's launch…

It felt like a normal Sacramento day. I was rolling in from the bay, driving on interstate 80, music blasting when I made the merge over to 5. I was one exit away from home when I saw it. A staple of…

Philip Harben was the world’s first TV celebrity chef. When television was black-and-white, Harben dominated the screen with “Cookery.” From 1946 to 1951, he proudly wore his classic striped apron. The debut was the preparation of lobster volsau-vents.  Harben began his cooking…