The transition from high school to college can be a challenging and overwhelming process, especially coming straight out of high school. Not knowing any information or what steps to take can be a ...

Foodture’s CEO Vadim Wolfson entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the federal government for alleged sanctions ...

Oakland – Presiding judge Armando Pastran Jr. ruled during Tuesday’s commitment hearing that alleged Laney College shooter, Cedric Irving Jr., be “involuntarily medicated” to regain his mental ...

Over the past three years, the four colleges of the Peralta Community College District (PCCD) have invited a number of outside speakers to conduct workshops for students, faculty, and staff without ...

The Society of Professional Journalists’ Northern California chapter awarded The Citizen’s former Editor in Chief and current Multimedia Editor, Desmond Meagley, with the 2026 James Madison Freedom of ...

This is the expanded version of an article published in partnership with Berkeleyside, a nonprofit digital news platform in Berkeley. Read Trustee Nicky González Yuen’s Q&A here, and read a shortened ...

Whether it be intentional or subconscious, at some point, we all have to decide whether we want to look good or be on time. Fortunately the Laney Cosmetology department is constantly hard at work to ...

Peralta Community College District (PCCD) Chancellor Tammeil Gilkerson announced yesterday that she placed the district’s Executive Director of Public Safety Tim Thomas on leave pending resignation.

Warm lights fall on a minimalist set, fitted with a couch, a door, moving boxes, and an office desk. Out walks a couple, a young man and woman, holding groceries. “It started with an argument about ...

Following a national search, the Peralta Community College District (PCCD) announced Thursday that Greg Nelson will serve in the permanent position of Deputy Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer ...

Update: The original version of this story did not include any remarks from the Peralta Community College District, which had not responded to inquiries made by The Citizen at the time of publication.

Diana Bajrami has less than a year to accomplish her ambitious goals for College of Alameda (CoA) as its acting president but she is not letting that slow her down. Bajrami was named to the position ...