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Trustees Louis Quindlen (left) and Paulina Gonzalez Brito switched roles at Friday's board elections. (Courtesy of Ken Lester and Paulina Gonzalez Brito)
Quindlen/Brito duo tops board elections for a second year
December 17, 2024
Many of PCCD's neglected facilities need critical repairs, leading to high costs, Deputy Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer Greg Nelson said during the November meeting.
Facilities ‘in the red,’ districtwide employees get 1 percent raises and more at 11/12 meeting for Peralta trustees
December 11, 2024
Dozens of community members weighed in on the timeline for selected a new Interim DA for Alameda County at the Board of Supervisors meeting Wednesday. The board voted to extend the timeline by a week, after some speakers voiced concerns that the timeline felt "rushed."
Supes approve DA timeline; Royl Roberts eyes Interim DA role
December 10, 2024
Photo Illustration by Li Khan/The Citizen
Who is Royl Roberts? Little-known Peralta veteran temporarily fills recalled DA’s shoes
December 6, 2024
Professor Dr. James W. Reede Jr. lectures students on the environmental impacts of California policies in the seminar hall of the Black Honors College at Sacramento State University on Oct. 3, 2024. (Photo: Louis Bryant III/CalMatters)
Black California students want more support. A new law names colleges that serve them best
December 4, 2024
New CoA President wants to be a role model for students
New CoA President wants to be a role model for students
December 12, 2024
Laney's student body president, Frida Veliz, wants to help connect students to the resources she didn't have access to when she first started college.
New ASLC President Builds Community
December 11, 2024
Cheryl Lew has been an instructor in the Culinary Arts department since 2012 and was tenured in 2015. Her focus is on baking and pastries.
Multi-layered, highly decorated pastry chef Cheryl Lew brings culture and chemistry to Laney’s culinary department
December 11, 2024
Laney Engineering Department Chair Mallory Barkdull tallies points as her students pit their soccer-playing robots against each other. The friendly tournament challenges contestants to learn design and coding skills through play.
Robot soccer teaches students nuts and bolts of engineering
November 26, 2024
A new space for LGBTQ+ students has popped up on the Laney College campus. The Queer Community center will host events and offer resources to LGBTQ+ members of the Peralta community.
‘We’re here, we’re in school, we have dreams’: New Laney queer center offers safe haven for LGBTQ+ students
November 20, 2024
A seven-year relationship ends in a tumultuous fight in Jeffrey Lo's "A Kind of Sad Love Story," performed live at the Laney Theater last month. Shown: Maya Wooten, Jesse Savoey
‘It started with an argument about bags’: Laney Theater performs A Kind of Sad Love Story
December 8, 2024
Merritt Librarian reimagines 'alebrijes' sculptor’s life in new picture book
Merritt Librarian reimagines ‘alebrijes’ sculptor’s life in new picture book
May 30, 2024
College of Alameda jazz professor Glen Pearson demonstrates his musical talent on his classroom piano. He's one of the newest members of the Count Basie Orchestra, a historic 18-piece jazz ensemble that took home a Grammy this year.
The humble Grammy-winning pianist leading CoA’s music program
March 4, 2024
In Director Chelsea Bo's first feature-length film, half-sisters Harper (left, Chelsea Bo) and Georgie (right, Ava Acres), thrown together by circumstance and a weak blood relation, must untie the knots in their relationship. The film won "Jury Prize Feature" at the Alameda International Film Festival last week. (Courtesy: Paxeros)
No Right Way, Chelsea Bo’s hard-hitting emotional rollercoaster about the complexities of sisterhood, shown at Alameda International Film Festival
February 29, 2024
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Queer Black History: A review of ‘Rustin’
February 28, 2024
Incumbent Area 2 Trustee Paulina Gonzalez-Brito, pictured here in The Citizen's newsroom, has what it takes to stay on the Peralta board for another four years.
EDITORIAL: Keep Paulina Gonzalez-Brito on the Peralta board
September 25, 2024
Staff Writer Desmond Meagley stands in the very spot where a security guard confronted him last month: the doorway of the men’s restroom in the Laney College Library. Meagley, who is transgender, tried to report the incident, but reached a dead end when an administrator told him he would need the security guard’s name.
The Catch-22 in AP 3435, Peralta’s Harassment Protocol
May 19, 2024
Social Media Editor Isabelly Sabô stands in front of the door to The Citizen's newsroom. Sabô is an international student from Brazil.
We’re not just ‘rich kids on vacation’: The journey of an international student
May 5, 2024
(Photo: Glen Carrie/Unsplash)
Student elections open today. Has voter information been ‘widespread’?
April 8, 2024
The state flag of California flies underneath the American flag on the west side of the Laney College campus. Behind, the Tribune Tower, which once housed Oakland's daily print newspaper, sits in the city skyline. Both California and the United States have open government laws that establish the public's right to information, but the Peralta Community College District consistently lags behind in comprehensively fulfilling requests for public information made by student journalists at The Citizen. (Photo: Li Khan/The Citizen)
We sued our district over public records and won. Here’s what we learned
February 22, 2024
The American Straight A Academy helped students in China receive transfer degrees from the Peralta Community College District without paying international tuition or setting foot in California. The for-profit company, registered in Dallas, Texas, has not disclosed how much students pay for the experience.
Investigation: A look at the for-profit Chinese business that sold Peralta classes overseas
October 30, 2024
Investigation: Over half of PCCD conflict of interest disclosures nowhere to be found
Investigation: Over half of PCCD conflict of interest disclosures nowhere to be found
September 17, 2024
The Citizen Investigates: International Travel
The Citizen Investigates: International Travel
July 25, 2024
Sunshine Week 2024: Spotlighting public records
Sunshine Week 2024: Spotlighting public records
March 17, 2024
The UC Berkeley chapter of End Overdose at Sproul Plaza in Berkeley on Jan. 23, 2024. The organization passes out free fentanyl test strips to students, and gives other organizations training on Narcan usage. (Photo: Juliana Yamada/CalMatters)
Narcan at California colleges: Are students getting overdose medication?
March 8, 2024
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Afghanistan in the eyes of an Iranian

Afghanistan in the eyes of an Iranian

Farhad Golriz, Staff Writer • November 13, 2021

The struggles, pain and sadness of the Afghan people are not just recent hardships. The Afghan people have been through the most heartbreaking of life’s moments for more than 20 years.  The world...

The Voice of The Homeland of Afghanistan 

The Voice of The Homeland of Afghanistan 

Farhad Golriz, Staff Writer • September 18, 2021

On April 14, President Biden announced that the US military would withdraw from Afghanistan by September 11 2021. On July 12, US military forces vacated the Bagram Airfield. A month later, over 65%...

From the River to the Sea: The Struggle for a Free Palestine من النهر إلى البحر: النضال من أجل فلسطين حرة

From the River to the Sea: The Struggle for a Free Palestine من النهر إلى البحر: النضال من أجل فلسطين حرة

Farhad Golriz • May 26, 2021

The Fight For Liberation From the Bay Area To Sheikh Jarrah الكفاح من أجل التحرير من الخليج إلى الشيخ جراح (Photos by Farhad Golriz, main graphic by Leticia...

Peralta Campus Solutions: How to navigate the system update

Peralta Campus Solutions: How to navigate the system update

Farhad Golriz, Staff Writer • April 21, 2021

Berkeley City College ambassadors led an online Zoom workshop for students on how to navigate the updated online Peralta Campus Solutions (CS) System with step-by-step instructions. When adding...

Twelve Months in Zoom World

Twelve Months in Zoom World

Farhad Golriz, Staff Writer • April 12, 2021

One year ago, during my second semester of community college, in-person class was suddenly canceled and moved to online learning. All of this happened as I was just getting used to attending my journalism...

Gateway to College At Laney: High Schoolers & Higher Ed

Gateway to College At Laney: High Schoolers & Higher Ed

Innovative program enables students to earn missing high school credits through college classes
Farhad Golriz, Staff Writer • March 15, 2021

Laney College’s Gateway to College (GTC) program provides a bridge to higher education, reaching out to teens who have struggled academically. GTC at Laney is holding a series of workshops to...

Laney College extends deadline for degree and certificate petitions 

Laney College extends deadline for degree and certificate petitions 

Laney students now have until March 19 to submit applications
Farhad Golriz, Staff Writer • March 12, 2021

Laney College has extended its deadline for degree and certificate petitions to Friday, March 19, 2021.  Students with 45 or more associate-level units were informed of the deadline extension in...

Select job opportunities open at UC Berkeley

Select job opportunities open at UC Berkeley

Farhad Golriz, Staff Writer • March 6, 2021

The University of California Berkeley currently has some employment opportunities for select positions, even during the pandemic. On March 3, Talent Acquisition Advisor Alex Reyes gave a presentation...

Peralta Foundation scholarships application deadline approaches

Peralta Foundation scholarships application deadline approaches

Farhad Golriz, Staff Writer • February 18, 2021

The Peralta Colleges Foundation will award several scholarships to students across the district, with March 1 being this semester’s deadline for all students to submit applications for these scholarships.  There...

Three Peralta Colleges receive Equity Champion of Higher Education Award

Three Peralta Colleges receive Equity Champion of Higher Education Award

Farhad Golriz, Tayler Shaw, and Jose Hernandez • December 7, 2020

The inaugural Equity Champions of Higher Education awards took place on November 19, a ceremony that honored community colleges with accomplishments in academic success for Black and Latino students...

Understanding the Supreme Court nomination process

Understanding the Supreme Court nomination process

Peralta professors discuss Amy Coney Barrett nomination
Farhad Golriz, Staff Writer • October 13, 2020

Yesterday, President Donald Trump’s third Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, began her confirmation hearing in Washington, DC. Due to a controversial nomination history and with the presidential...

Peralta spring 2021 semester officially remote

Peralta spring 2021 semester officially remote

Farhad Golriz, Staff Writer • September 11, 2020

The Peralta Community College District will continue online instruction for the spring 2021 semester, Executive Director of Public Information, Communication and Media Mark Johnson confirmed today during...

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