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![The Citizen Investigates: International Travel](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Travel-Story-e1721903440729-1200x800.png)
PCCD spends $87k on overseas trips yet F-1 student population declines
Lylah Schmedel-Permanna, Managing Editor • July 25, 2024
![Raymond Quan, one of two candidates turned down for the Vice Chancellor of Human Resources role, answers a question at his public forum.](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/PXL_20240626_193325892-1200x1000.jpg)
Andrea Epps tapped for interim VC of Human Resources
Desmond Meagley, Staff Writer • July 21, 2024
![A blue phone in the Laney College parking lot. District officials are advising community members to take precaution in parking lot areas after a recent vehicle burglary.](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_6822-e1720830697795-1200x801.jpeg)
Li Khan, Editor in Chief • July 12, 2024
![PCCD offices. (Photo: Li Khan/The Citizen)](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/IMG_6501-1200x900.jpeg)
District faces $11.2 million deficit
![Students discuss their work in class at the MESA center at American River College on April 25, 2024. (Photo: Cristian Gonzalez/CalMatters)](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/042524_ARCMESA_CG-06-1200x800.webp)
Li Khan, via CalMatters • July 9, 2024
![They conquered gloom and Zoom: 2024 college grads on what comes next](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/052024_Vy-Le_LA_CM_08-1200x800.webp)
![Breaking: PCCD appoints former San Leandro police chief to Interim Executive Director of Public Safety](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_9300.jpeg)
Abdul Pridgen will lead the district’s community-based safety program
Li Khan, Editor in Chief • June 21, 2024
![A cap at the Laney College commencement ceremony on May 24 reads in Spanish, This is for my mom who gave me everything. (Photo: Marcus Creel/PCCD)](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Z625318-1200x798.jpg)
Romi Bales, Staff Writer • June 17, 2024
![Greg Nelson to be Chief Operating Officer](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Greg-Nelson-Headshot-1-e1718425982919.jpg)
Nelson to be first COO since leadership restructure
![Abigail McMurry, Acting President of Associated Students of Laney College, spoke against last-minute class cancellations at the May 14 Board of Trustees meeting.](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Abigail-McMurray-1200x800.jpeg)
Ian Waters, News Editor • June 1, 2024
![Merritt Librarian reimagines alebrijes sculptor’s life in new picture book](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Pedro-and-the-Monster-Eater-1-899x1200.jpeg)
Desmond Meagley, Staff Writer • May 30, 2024
![Melanie Dixon appointed CoA President](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Melanie-Dixon-1-e1716529606317.jpeg)
After two years of acting appointments, the College of Alameda will finally fill the presidency with a permanent hire this summer
Ivan Saravia, Staff Writer • May 23, 2024
![CoAs next president is one of these three college leaders](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/F0A1383-1200x800.jpg)
Community feedback on the candidates is due midnight tonight
![Armando Franco, BCCs new MESA Program Director, sits at his desk in a corner of the MESA center at BCC. The new program will offer support for low-income, first-generation students in STEM.](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Armando-Franco-1200x800.jpg)
Armando Franco reflects on journey from first-generation college student to experienced mentor
Ivan Saravia, Staff Writer • May 21, 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.](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/IMG_7788-1200x800.jpg)
Desmond Meagley, Staff Writer • May 20, 2024