Searching for the right leader

The long journey to find a new Laney women’s volleyball coach

The Laney College women’s volleyball team won only one game in 2016. Then, last January, the head coach quit. John Beam, Laney athletic director…

Field Reports: HARTS

Two major Bay Area community college newspapers — City College of San Francisco’s The Guardsman, and the Peralta Colleges’ Laney Tower — have joined together to compare and contrast different kinds of campus services, and draw attention to how much these schools have to offer their students…

NO STADIUM AT LANEY

A COMMUNITY DECIDES ITS FUTURE

The Peralta Community College District is out of the game.

At an emergency closed-session meeting Dec. 5, the Peralta Board of Trustees announced it had instructed Peralta Chancellor Jowel…

Field Report: Food

Two major Bay Area community college newspapers — City College of San Francisco’s The Guardsman, and the Peralta Colleges’ Laney Tower — have joined together to compare and contrast different kinds of campus services, and draw attention to how much these schools have to offer their students and…

District admonished over multiple budget oversights

The Peralta district administration is wrangling with massive, years-old discrepancies in the district’s spending deficit, financial reserve, and student debts to the district.

Comfort food and kale confetti

End-of-semester Bistro meals feature every texture from crunchy to creamy

I smelled the aromas of the kitchen at what seemed like the gates to heaven’s doors upon entering the Laney Bistro. My dining…

The Women’s March was a dull affair

It’s celebrated like a holiday, and sometimes a boring holiday is a successful one.

For all the media buzz around the second Women’s March, I’ve mostly seen it met by shrugs in Oakland…

Letters to the Editor

Oakland needs to help its homeless

I want to share with you my thoughts on existing here in Oakland. I am a 20-year-old psychology major, and I have worked and attended school here for three years.

Be involved and pay attention

Decisions about your future are being made all around you — you deserve to have your say.

Last semester, Laney College did something incredible. It stood up for itself, and got its…

The ballpark is just the beginning

More developers will come, and conquer, if opposition and the media aren’t vigilant

The decision not to negotiate with the A’s over the stadium represents a temporary retreat by the…

Pixar film Coco comes out at just the right time

The holidays always brings out wholesome family friendly films and one I know I was looking forward to this year was Pixar’s highly anticipated animated film “Coco.”

Field Report: Health

Two major Bay Area community college newspapers — City College of San Francisco’s The Guardsman, and the Peralta Colleges’ Laney Tower — have joined together to compare and contrast different kinds of campus services, and draw attention to how much these schools have to offer their students…

ICE needs to pay to detain deportees

Sanctuary cities should not pay to hold prisoners for immigration authorities

Jose Ines Garcia Zarate was found not guilty of the murder of Kate Steinle on Nov. 30. The verdict in the…