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California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office hosts Student Media Teleconference

Pamela Rudd, Staff Writer • February 24, 2023

Interim Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, Daisy Gonzales, held a media conference Feb. 1, focusing on current programs that benefit students and highlighting Black history month. Gonzales...

The Citizen files suit against Peralta Community College District over outstanding public records requests

Pamela Rudd, Staff Writer • January 30, 2023

The Citizen, Peralta Community College District’s (PCCD) only student run publication, has filed suit against the district to compel the release of public records associated with multiple requests...

MACRO Wants You! Find How to Apply

The Mobile Assistance Community Responders program of Oakland is ready to serve the community with compassion and empathy and -- it wants you!

Pamela Rudd, Opinion Editor • December 15, 2021

Oakland is about to launch a new pilot program: Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland (MACRO) designed to replace the Oakland Police Department’s response to non-violent emergencies and...

An Old Student Opines on Belonging and Otherness

Pamela Rudd, Opinion Editor • November 23, 2021

In America, old people are seen as irrelevant - It doesn’t matter your race, religion or political party. We don’t count for much. With our social security, our homes bought for the price of today's...

Let Freedom Ring

Pamela Rudd, Opinion Editor • October 12, 2021

It’s time for America to reconsider that our country, built on the bedrock values of liberty and freedom, is now torn apart in a fight between those who believe in an individual’s right to mask...

Fraudulent students and their bots plague Peralta College District

Laney and Merritt in Oakland are among the California colleges being impacted by scammers trying to steal financial aid. Such cases have increased during the pandemic.

Pamela Rudd, Editor • September 17, 2021

The shift from in-person to remote learning has led to an invasion of bots and “phantom students” who are taking advantage of Peralta Community College District’s enrollment system to fraudulently...

At public forums, three chancellor candidates vie for district’s top position

Pamela Rudd, David Rowe, and Luke Wrin Piper • June 3, 2021

Dr. John Maduko Pamela Rudd, Opinion Editor Dr. John Maduko was interviewed on May 27 in front of the PCCD community via Zoom for the position of chancellor. Following some opening remarks,...

Peralta’s security plans still unclear

Despite assurances from the district, confusion still surrounds the CRC and Zulu contracts

Pamela Rudd, Opinion Editor • May 6, 2021

It’s been five months since the Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees approved multi-million dollar security vendor contracts for Zulu Community Protection Services (Zulu) and Community...

The View from Big Ridge

Pamela Rudd, Opinion Editor • April 19, 2021

A year later and I sit on the deck of an Airbnb under a canopy of trees and rain clouds. This is the first time our book group has met since the pandemic broke. Aptly, we are reading H is for Hawk,...

Peralta District ignores Freedom Of Information Act request

Pamela Rudd, Opinion Editor • January 12, 2021

Nearly one month after the Peralta Community College District awarded $6.2 million in contracts to four local security firms that would replace the Alameda County Sheriffs, public records requests...

Inside our newsroom: Pam

Despite our diversity, we have become a “family.”

Pamela Rudd, Opinion Editor • October 26, 2020

This piece is part of a series that members of the Citizen staff wrote to share our stories and in response to comments that Trustee Linda Handy recently made about our newsroom. ~~~ The first...

Vote!

Election Day is in less than two weeks! Here is all you need to know about who can vote and how to vote

Pamela Rudd, Opinion Editor • October 21, 2020

Tuesday, November 3, 2020, is the California General Election. WHO CAN VOTE All US citizens and residents of California who are 18 years old by November 3, 2020, can vote. If you have a misdemeanor...