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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
Peralta Community College District's only student-run publication.

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Peralta Community College District's only student-run publication.

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James Millett

James Millett, Managing Editor

An aspiring Andy Rooney, James Millett has spent one semester writing for The Citizen. His personal mantra “hell is other people” is taken from a play by Sartre, “No Exit.” Millett’s theme song is “Desperado” by Rihanna. In his spare time, Millett likes to sit.

All content by James Millett

Lock-down Diaries: James

Special multimedia edition: Playing with time
James Millett, Managing Editor
May 1, 2020
Still image from “Bad Boys for Life” runtime 2 hours 4 minutes, rated R, released Jan. 17, 2020.

Bad Boys for Life: Movie Review

James Millett
April 21, 2020
Tony Chiodo winds up for a pitch in the second inning against the Mendocino Eagles. Photo by James Millett

Two Eagles enter, one Eagle leaves empty-handed

Laney Eagles baseball defeats Mendocino College Eagles 5-3
James Millett, Managing Editor
March 6, 2020
A sign supports Measure Q along the sidewalk in the Rockridge neighborhood of Oakland

Measure Q falls short

James Millett, Managing Editor
March 2, 2020
District-wide class cuts provoke faculty outcry

District-wide class cuts provoke faculty outcry

Saskia Hatvany and James Millett
February 10, 2020
Berkeley City College students travel to D.C. to protest DACA hearings

Berkeley City College students travel to D.C. to protest DACA hearings

Students from Undocumented Community Resource Center advocate at national rally
James Millett, Staff Writer
November 27, 2019
Life after justice: Exonerated student begins new chapter at Laney College

Life after justice: Exonerated student begins new chapter at Laney College

After serving 36 years for a crime he did not commit, Archie Williams enrolls in music classes
James Millett, Staff Writer
November 14, 2019
Best-selling author Tommy Orange captivates at Oakland Museum of California

Best-selling author Tommy Orange captivates at Oakland Museum of California

James Millett, Staff Writer
November 7, 2019
California Community Colleges Chancellor Eloy Oakley. (Photo courtesy of California Community Colleges)

California Community Colleges prioritize remedial class reform, financial aid, diversity

Student journalists interview Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley
James Millett and Isis Piccillo
October 24, 2019
California Assembly member Jacqui Irwin (D), who proposed the AB 705 legislation, speaks in an informal video for students on the California Community College State Chancellor’s Office website.

AB 705 accelerates students through community college

New reports show greater success for students in transfer-level courses
James Millett, Staff Writer
October 9, 2019
Still image from ‘Hustlers,’ 1 hour 50 min., rated R, released Sept. 13, 2019.

Movie Review: Hustlers

James Millett, Staff Writer
October 1, 2019
Bill 302 Dies — But For Wrong Reasons

Bill 302 Dies — But For Wrong Reasons

James Millett, Staff Writer
September 9, 2019
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