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Bay Area residents organize to protect and improve the longstanding program
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• May 14, 2019
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Students attend Cal Poly event and spend weekend living in their unique designs
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• May 13, 2019
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• April 19, 2019
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Rodent ‘sets off’ electrical failure
Trustees take quick action, hire firm to effect ‘emergency electrical repairs’
Saskia Hatvany, Co-Editor
• April 19, 2019
![Laney Tower delegates pose for a photo on March 30 at the 2019 Journalism Association of Community Colleges conference awards ceremony. Reporter Isis Piccillo won first place in an opinion writing contest, Tower co-editor Saskia Hatvany placed in the news writing and editorial cartoon categories. Photo by Eleni Gastis / Laney Faculty.](https://peraltacitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/1_jTU5yYMCegMMkp00i8EgrQ.png)
Spirited journalists swarm Sacramento
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Jordan Hankston, Staff Writer
• April 19, 2019
Formerly incarcerated? Lose your ‘RAP’!
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• April 19, 2019
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Ikharo placed on permanent leave
Decision underscores longstanding infrastructure deficit; Leigh Sata named interim VC
Saskia Hatvany, Co-Editor
• March 29, 2019
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