Share: This week, our photojournalists were tasked with seeking out and capturing sunsets. Featuring some shorelines out of town as well as light breaking through our recent local clouds, this gallery acknowledges autumn’s beginning as the sun begins to set on our year. Marcy Facundo-Moya/Courier A family rinses off sand as the sun sets on Venice Beach on Sunday, September 21, 2025.Guillermo Garcia/Courier View of Downtown Los Angeles during sunset at Ascott Hills Park, Los Angeles, on Tuesday, September 23, 2025. Altocumulus and altostratus cloud …
Pasadena women’s volleyball gets tied down by Vaqueros
Share: On Wednesday, September 10, PCC faced Santa Barbara In a heated match. Both teams have performed well this season, but PCC suffered a hard defeat. The game started heated as both Pasadena and Santa Barbara went point for point. Both teams hit and scored evenly, culminating in a heated volley halfway through the set that ended in a PCC loss for the point. After that, Santa Barbara cemented their lead for the rest of the set, with the Lancers barely keeping up. The first …
All aboard the A line: 4 new cities hop on the world’s longest light rail line
Share: Last Friday, Metro celebrated the opening of new A Line stations, connecting more historic neighborhoods to the LA transit map. This is a further realization of the public transit goals that LA has been working on since 1990. The main event was at the North Pomona station and was attended by Los Angeles and California officials. All four of the new stations had free merchandise and food trucks for all who wanted to join the stations’ first voyages. There was a large turnout for …
SHEIN did the right thing this time, but they aren’t blameless
Share: The infamous Luigi Mangione is the alleged CEO-killer turned social media’s favorite white boy. His face was wanted by law enforcement, now wanted by fast fashion. With the emergence of a recent listing on the global fast-fashion megacorporation website, Shein, morbid irony stalks Mangione’s ongoing trial. The very man who became a symbol against corporate exploitation is now being commodified by one of the most exploitative corporations in the world. In December of 2024, Luigi Mangione was arrested for the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare …
Meet the Lancer leaders spearheading this year’s student body
Share: Last spring the associated students (ASPCC) executive board elections took place and this fall we have a completely new board! It’s time to get to know this year’s PCC’s student government representatives’ plans and goals for fall semester. The Office of Student Life (OSL), was designed to oversee our clubs, leadership opportunities, and school involvement here at PCC. Through the OSL themselves a program was created for the student voices to be amplified past the Pasadena community. Hence the creation of the associated students, …
Has Terence Crawford claimed boxing’s all-time crown with his win over Canelo?
Share: After Terence Crawford took down Canelo Alvarez in front of 70,000 fans at Allegiant Stadium on Saturday, September 13, 2025, the conversation about where Crawford ranks in the boxing pantheon has echoed throughout the sports world. The 37-year-old Crawford put on a boxing clinic against the legendary Álvarez, improving his flawless record to 42-0 via unanimous decision. The victory over Álvarez, who many have considered the face of boxing for nearly a decade, passed the torch on who is the undisputed best in the …
Lancers locked in with latest lineup after losing season
Share: One of the worst things a college coach can do is have a losing season. The only thing worse than that is having two losing seasons, and Coach Peron for PCC, with his tenacious attitude, is determined not to let that happen. Last year, PCC’s women’s basketball teams lost multiple sophomore players before the first tip, leaving a team full of freshmen to try and lead the team. The Lancers struggled last year, ending with a 5-23 record, the worst under Coach Peron. When …
U-Pass fee decision pushed to spring as students wait and worry
Share: Following the end of the first week of the fall semester, a large line of students, both new and old, eagerly wrapped around the CC building. As each student approached the window, ready to fill out surveys, some chatted about their commute with their new U-Pass. “I live just about 13 minutes away and am often very reliant on my U-Pass to get to school and home,” said one of the students, Jakob Keener. The U-Pass program offers transportation services to select California colleges, …
Annual ArtWalk draws in a crowd
Share: The clouds slowly passed over Pasadena, tempering the scorching heat, the warm breeze and inspirations swept over the streets on Sunday afternoon carried passerby towards the large crowds of people enjoying the 17th Annual ArtWalk hosted by the Playhouse Village. Countless people walked up and down East Colorado Blvd. and their parallel streets to immerse themselves in the flavors of neighboring cultures, handmade clothing and art pieces, music, and community activities. This year’s Artwalk partnered with Jackalope, an Indie Artisan Fair created to bring …
Charlie Kirk’s legacy should concern us more than those who aren’t mourning him
Share: On September 10th, headlines were filled with news of political commentator Charlie Kirk’s demise at the hands of a shooter while on the first stop of his American Comeback Tour at Utah Valley University (UVU). In the wake of Kirk’s killing, the issue of political violence has been raised as right-wing conservatives hailed Kirk as an “American Martyr” and immediately blamed the left for his assassination. Yet, the biggest controversy regarding Kirk’s death has been conservatives’ condemnation of people celebrating Kirk’s death or feeling …