The first meeting of the PCC Board of Trustees “Community Listening Tour” will be held this week in Altadena. The board will be discussing having future meetings in all districts.
Board fires vice president of administrative services
The Board of Trustees voted Wednesday morning to fire Richard Van Pelt, vice president of administrative services. President Mark Rocha has also recommended the termination of Alfred Huthchings, supervisor for Facilities Services.
Board meeting relocated due to limited space
The Board of Trustee meeting that was to be the start of the ‘Community Listening Tour’ has been moved back to PCC due to limited space.
Moving forward
PCC President Mark Rocha asserted on Tuesday that he will be moving forward in finding replacements for two high-ranking school officials.
VIDEO: Moving forward
PCC President Mark Rocha tells the Courier that he will be moving forward in finding replacements for two high-ranking school officials in an on-camera interview in his office on Tuesday, June 12, 2012.
Credit: Anthony Richetts/Courier
EDITORIAL: A dark chapter dawns
Spring 2012 has been the most volatile semester in the recent history of PCC. The semester that began with protests has ended with more protests and the criminal investigation of two administrators.
Van Pelts paid $279,000 for home in tony neighborhood
Early on June 9, a squad of apparently unmarked law enforcement cars descended on the home owned by “Richard P. and Carol J. Van Pelt.â€
FROM THE EDITOR: A very Special Edition
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.
Initial report on U Building questioned by new evaluation.
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.
BULLETIN: Bond panel calls special meeting
A special meeting of the Measure P Citizens Oversight committee has been called for Wednesday, the Courier learned late Monday afternoon.