November 13, 2021 By Farhad Golriz, Staff Writer 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 witnessed the...
September 18, 2021 by Farhad Golriz, Staff Writer 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% of Afghanistan was...
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 Luna/The Citizen) May 26, 2021 By Farhad Golriz, Staff Writer Tensions between Palestine and Israel flared up...
May 25, 2021 By Moamar Abdelraham and Farhad Golriz, Staff Writers In a recent Zoom lecture, Hedayat Institute Director Nagwa Hedayat shared that the pandemic has impacted plans to have Peralta students study abroad program visit Egypt, after having previously run a...
Image by (Leticia Luna/The Citizen) April 24, 2021 By Menel Raach, Staff Writer & Farhad Golriz, Staff Writer Ramadan has always been precious for Muslims, as it centers on faith and family gathered around the table at the Iftar. It’s a time to reunite with loved...
Image by (Leticia Luna/The Citizen) April 21, 2021 By Farhad Golriz, Staff Writer 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...
Image by (Leticia Luna/The Citizen) April 12, 2021 By Farhad Golriz, Staff Writer 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...
March 28, 2021 By Farhad Golriz, Staff Writer and Misha Berman, Staff Writer In response to the increasing rise in hate crimes against the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities over the past year, the College of Alameda held an online Zoom event on Thursday,...
Innovative program enables students to earn missing high school credits through college classes March 15, 2021 By Farhad Golriz, Staff Writer Laney College’s Gateway to College (GTC) program provides a bridge to higher education, reaching out to teens who have...
Laney students now have until March 19 to submit applications (Image By Ryan Barba/The Citizen) March 12th, 2021 By Farhad Golriz, Staff Writer Laney College has extended its deadline for degree and certificate petitions to Friday, March 19, 2021. Students with 45 or...
By Emily Tenorio Molina September 21, 2023 Berkeley City College Art instructor and Bay Area...
Correction 9/9/23: An earlier version of this article erroneously referred to Chavarin as tenured...
By Isabelly Sabô Barbosa, Staff Writer May 12, 2023 The newest addition to the Board of Trustees...
Former econ professor making the most of her time as acting president By David Rowe, Associate...
By Timothy Lane April 29, 2023 Lavender Graduation, a ceremony honoring LGBTQIA+ students...
By Satch Alvarez and Sam O’Neil September 30, 2023 Peralta Community College District (PCCD)...
By Ian Waters, Staff Writer September 29, 2023 Students enrolled at each of the Peralta colleges...
By Lylah Schmedel and Ivan Saravia, Staff Writers September 26, 2023 Tonight, trustees at the...
By Emily Tenorio Molina September 21, 2023 Berkeley City College Art instructor and Bay Area...
TRUSTEES APPROVE DECISION TO RECLASSIFY HIS POSITION By Lylah Schmedel, Staff Writer September 4,...