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San Mateo district passes on Besikof
San Mateo district passes on Besikof
April 15, 2024
(Illustration: Eliot Faine/The Citizen)
CoA to host blood drive
April 13, 2024
Finalists for Laney VP of Student Services share plans for student success
Finalists for Laney VP of Student Services share plans for student success
April 10, 2024
Activities at the meeting ranged from honest discussions about shared governance to creating posters, such as the one pictured above. (Source: PCCD)
PCCD budgeting council discusses changes to shared governance
April 8, 2024
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Knowledge Saves Lives to receive new contract for security study
April 8, 2024
Student Trustee Natasha Masand believes her voice has the power to impact the PCCD community. (Photo: Eliot Faine/The Citizen)
Student trustee Natasha Masand finds her voice
March 19, 2024
College of Alameda jazz professor Glen Pearson demonstrates his musical talent on his classroom piano. Hes one of the newest members of the Count Basie Orchestra, a historic 18-piece jazz ensemble that took home a Grammy this year. (Photo: Desmond Meagley/The Citizen)
The humble Grammy-winning pianist leading CoA’s music program
March 4, 2024
Student Trustee Naomi Vasquez, who was sworn onto the Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees on Dec. 12, 2023, sees her role as an opportunity to uplift her fellow students and advocate for the value of a community college education. (Photo: Eliot Faine/The Citizen)
Student Trustee Naomi Vasquez aims to lift voices and empower students at PCCD
February 28, 2024
Childhood photo of Burgess
Tea with Tamara: Drew Burgess, art faculty at College of Alameda
February 21, 2024
New district chancellor Tammeil Gilkerson delivered an impassioned speech introducing herself to PCCD at Spring 2024 Flex Day. Other keynote speeches, performances, info sessions, and trainings were held throughout the day. (Photo: Faiza Ali/PCCD)
Spring semester kicks off at districtwide Flex Day
January 31, 2024
College of Alameda jazz professor Glen Pearson demonstrates his musical talent on his classroom piano. Hes one of the newest members of the Count Basie Orchestra, a historic 18-piece jazz ensemble that took home a Grammy this year. (Photo: Desmond Meagley/The Citizen)
The humble Grammy-winning pianist leading CoA’s music program
March 4, 2024
In Director Chelsea Bos 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
Muffler’s first headlining performance at the Golden Bull in Oakland, CA on May 24, 2023. From left to right: Wes Allerd, TJ Gardea Jr., Gaby Aravjo (Photo by Lylah Schmedel-Permanna/The Citizen)
Your next favorite post-punk band includes two Peralta students — an interview with Muffler
November 6, 2023
From The Ground Up inside of the Berkeley City College Atrium. (Photo by Emily Tenorio Molina/The Citizen)
BCC Art instructor Juana Alicia honored by the San Francisco Art Commission
September 21, 2023
(Photo: Glen Carrie/Unsplash)
Student elections open today. Has voter information been ‘widespread’?
April 9, 2024
(Photo: AlchemillaMollis/Pixabay)
Just call me Grinch
December 14, 2023
Brougham (left) and Warren (right) at the Japanese Tea Garden in SF, circa 1975. (Photo courtesy of Tom Brougham)
Former LGBTQ trustee reflects on past activism and Peralta politics, opines on chancellor search
October 28, 2023
Tammeil Gilkerson answering a question at a public forum held on Oct 25
The Citizen endorses Tammeil Gilkerson for PCCD Chancellor; Rudy Besikof strong runner up
October 28, 2023
An image of lavender-colored tassels in the foreground and rainbow pins in the background.
This is Intersectionality
May 30, 2023
(Graphic: Desmond Meagley/The Citizen)
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
(Graphic by Li Khan/The Citizen)
Laney’s Tower of Terror
December 28, 2023
(Graphic: Li Khan/The Citizen)
How $11.2 million in state funding led to a $6.2 million deficit for PCCD
December 25, 2023
The Citizen Investigates: Outside Speaker Fees
The Citizen Investigates: Outside Speaker Fees
June 22, 2023
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College of Alameda prepares to unveil Center for Liberal Arts

Upcoming building on campus marks new construction, first in decades
Wen Li, Staff Writer • November 14, 2019

As community members drive past the College of Alameda, they might have noticed a lot of construction. Even though the outside looks nearly complete, the campus’ new liberal arts building is slated...

Jennifer Fowler, instructor and Distance Education Coordinator for College of Alameda. Photo by Saskia Hatvany.

Peralta communications instructor talks online learning

Jennifer Fowler reflects on developing new teaching strategies for busy college students
Wen Li, Staff Writer • October 24, 2019

Jennifer Fowler has a very warm presence. As a communication instructor at the College of Alameda (COA), Fowler has dedicated herself to pioneering online communication classes as a way for students to...

Oakland climate strike kicks off at Laney College

Oakland climate strike kicks off at Laney College

Saskia Hatvany, Staff Writer • September 20, 2019

Climate strikers of all ages rallied on the Laney College quad before they boarded BART to join marchers in San Francisco. Students from nearby Montclair Elementary and St. Paul’s Episcopal School...

Rodent ‘sets off’ electrical failure

Rodent ‘sets off’ electrical failure

Trustees take quick action, hire firm to effect ‘emergency electrical repairs’
Saskia Hatvany, Co-Editor • April 19, 2019

The melted three-phase switch that powers the Student Center and the F building was compromised when a rodent touched two poles and caused a 1200 volt ‘arc flash’ that compromised the power distribution...

1968 Olympic protest still resonates — Tower staffer was an eyewitness to climactic events in…

Wen Li • March 16, 2019

by Toni Cervantes/Tower Staff Writer Olympic swimmer Toni (Hewitt) Cervantes was deeply affected by the events at the Mexico City Games. It was 1968: a tumultuous year in both politics and sports....

Teachers’ Strike comes to Oakland

Wen Li • March 1, 2019

Oakland Education Assn. president Keith Brown leads a march to the OUSD district office in downtown Oakland on Feb. 21. The purpose of the teachers’ strike is for higher teacher wages, more...

Broke on purpose — Clash between charter and public school proponents deepens as strike continues

Wen Li • March 1, 2019

President of Oakland Education Association Keith Brown stresses the importance of bringing back the kinds of resources and services that students used to have in Oakland schools.by Michelle Snider A...

Chancellor applies for new position

Wen Li • May 22, 2018

Jowel C. Laguerre is one of top three candidates for N.J. college By Brian Howey Peralta Chancellor Jowel C. Laguerre has applied for the job of president at Hudson County Community College in Jersey...

What took us so long to March For Our Lives?

Wen Li • March 30, 2018

Demonstrations such as these should have taken place many years ago by Alice Robinson Alice RobinsonAt the March for Our Lives rally in San Francisco March 24, it wasn’t just that speaker after...

Hill talks equality in Oakland

Wen Li • March 29, 2018

by Sarah Carpenter Anita Hill adresses a hall of about 2,000 people in her talk about racial and gender violence, as part of the Barbara Lee and Elihu Lecture Series at the Oakland Marriott. (Photo...

Legality of district contracts in question

Wen Li • October 14, 2016

The East Bay Times ran two articles, one on Oct. 9 and another on Oct. 10, about Peralta Community College District officials breaking contract-bidding and conflict of interest laws. The district paid...

Laney ESL students thrive in S.F. story telling event

Wen Li • April 18, 2015

On a blustery late-March day in San Francisco, ESL students from Laney College journeyed to San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park to celebrate “World Storytelling Day.” Storytellers and...

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