Year: 2012

The two Journalism classes (writers and photographers) that make up the staff of the Courier had just wrapped their last meeting of the semester June 7 when news began breaking of a criminal investigation of two senior college officials.

As staffers were preparing for finals and summer vacation, their journalistic instincts took over.

Twenty minutes before President Mark Rocha began his hastily arranged news conference downstairs from the newsroom, the Courier published its first breaking news alert to its online readers.

A new report on the safety of the U Building questions the initial evaluations that the school had done in previous years, which became the basis of determining to abandon the building.

A special meeting of the Measure P Citizens Oversight committee has been called for Wednesday, the Courier learned late Monday afternoon. 

 

A jury has convicted a former PCC student with voluntary manslaughter in the second trial regarding the slaying of his girlfriend and hiding her body in a trash can full of kitty litter.

The college president on Monday announced the appointment of a replacement for Vice President of Administrative Services Rick van Pelt who was placed on leave Thursday after Los Angeles County District Attorney’s agents served a search warrant on his office and home.

The Associated Students of Pasadena City College announced late Sunday night that it is seeking an audit of all district acc

Students with final exams scheduled this morning found themselves taking them outside of their classrooms, as power is cut off to half of the campus. The electricity also is out beyond the campus, with traffic signals not functioning up and down Colorado Boulevard.

College President Mark Rocha has just finished an on-camera interview with two Courier editors regarding the bribery crisis.

President Mark Rocha is now overseeing the Facilities Services Department after two senior officials with responsibility for its operations were placed on administrative leave in connection with the bribery probe.

The events of Wednesday, June 6 became one of the most intense and frustrating reporting experiences I have had, until the following day. On Thursday morning, as I was helping to fill up the Courier newsstands, I handed a paper to a worker who mentioned there were “suits” on campus at 5 am that morning. On my way back to the newsroom, at about 8:45 a.m., I saw Dowell and President Mark Rocha walking into the police station.