Share: Every Wednesday night, a group of queer and transgender skaters gather outside of a local skatepark in Glendale. Near handball courts and on flat ground, beginning skaters are allowed a safe space where they can practice balancing on their skateboards, learn to land tricks or meet other queer skaters. This group goes by the name Boos Cruise and describes themselves as “a collective representing queer, BIPOC, non-binary, trans, skaters, and aspiring skaters.” Julian Chavez serves as the community leader of Boos Cruise, and shares …
Slammed PCC students struggle to find the fun in reading
Share: Required reading dredges up dark thoughts of stress-induced headaches, avoidable all-nighters, and hard-earned grades for PCC students, but leisure reading is something different entirely. Extracurricular reading is an aspiration, a fantasy in which homework, jobs, and every other thing that fills up Google Calendars doesn’t exist, in which anticipated books don’t have to be things that will be finished when “someday” comes, and yet some students are still trying to make it a reality. One of these students is Bridget Perez, a third-year child …
Blotter: Ice cream vendor disturbed the peace
Share: Monday, September 12 2022 Two transients were escorted off campus. A suspicious person was apprehended in Lot D but he ended up being a student. Tuesday Sep 13, 2022 Vehicle hit and run occurred in Lot 5. A parent reported an unsafe driver who almost hit her daughter. Two transients were escorted off campus. A student reported having difficulty breathing and paramedics were called. Wednesday Sep 14, 2022 An officer reported a burglary after he found a storage bin in Lot D unsecured. Vandalism …
Marauders steal a win against Lancers football
Share: Streamed live on youtube while the sun was setting, the visiting PCC Lancers football team took on the Antelope Valley College Marauders for the first time ever Saturday, September 24. The play-by-play was called by Emery Johnson, fans were able to watch the game live thanks to SoCal College Sports who stream all the home games for AVC football, the camera work and replays gave the game a professional touch. Although the video feed was bad at first due to the sun setting, the …
Lancers conquer Victor Valley in shutout win
Share: PCC’s Men’s Soccer prevailed Friday afternoon in a 90 minute match against Victor Valley College. The winning marks a promising start for the new season with a record of 4-1-2. In a relatively smooth performance, the Lancer’s overtook their opponent winning 5-0. With the assistance of Jordy Aviles, Esai Matchan struck the first goal of the night. “It was hot at first but once the clouds came through, It all got a little better,” said Lancer Robert Acosta. The audience was not substantially large …
Stiffer water laws needed to hold irresponsible Californians accountable
Share: Los Angeles is one of the most popular destinations in the world. But how do attractions from Hollywood Boulevard to Disneyland impact water usage and waste? In 2014, Disneyland spent 3.35 million dollars on water alone. The exact amount of water being used is unknown because water usage figures are largely private in the state. California is wasting trillions of gallons of water every year. In a dangerous drought exacerbated by global warming, we need to enact tougher water restriction laws. Governor Gavin Newsom …
On The Spot: Students weigh in on Andrew Tate
Share: On the Spot covers the controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate and get PCC student opinions on him. Follow:
‘Sanctuary’ not guaranteed for those living in America’s margins in ‘Sanctuary City’
Share: Pasadena Playhouse’s ‘Sanctuary City’ unflinchingly examines the devastation wrought by unkept promises. In 2001, in Newark, New Jersey a high school girl, known only to the audience as G bangs desperately on the window of her best friend, B, begging to be let in. Something happened at home, something that’s happened a hundred times before and is going to happen a hundred times again. But, in spite of the late hour, his Mother sleeping in the other room, B lets G in where she …
Blotter: heat exhaustion and shattered window on campus
Share: Monday, September 5 Nothing to report. Tuesday, September 6 A student fainted and then was transported to the health center where they were treated by a nurse for heat exhaustion. Pasadena Police Department was called after someone wielding a stick attempted to hit an MTA bus driver on Colorado Blvd. There was a welfare check on a transient laying on the sidewalk, north of Lot 1. Wednesday, September 7 A female student reported that she had been struck in the abdomen while walking westbound …