Share: The Pasadena City College Board of Trustees elected a 12 member Bond Oversight Committee within the college’s community to ensure that funds from the $565 million Measure PCC are used for what was promised at their meeting in March. After the election results were certified in January the Board began the 60 day process to elect the committee, and began its search. In a press release from PCC following their confirmation and the announcement at the board meeting, the trustees explained the importance of …
Video: With the U.S. debt ceiling, can we raise the roof forever?
Share: As the debate over the U.S. debt ceiling heats up and the GOP keeps mounting pressure on the administration, we asked PCC economics instructor Dr. Rebecca Johannsen to help us make sense of it all. “The U.S. has a pattern of having more spending than what they are bringing in in income every single year whether there is a recession or not, so it’s called deficit spending,” says Johannsen. Deficit spending, she explains, forces the government to borrow money to cover their expenses …
PCC students build solar panel water bots for global contest
Share: It’s a quiet Saturday afternoon on campus. The empty hallways echo every footstep and the classrooms’ lights are all dark. All but one. “What do you guys think of this one?” says Thet Paing Da Na as he shows his teammates the logo the team has been working on. Across the table plumes of smoke rise from Rene Nunez’s soldering. In his hand is the circuit board for the rover’s power train. On the other side of the room, Doug Foster and Puthyrath Hy …
Bookstore vendor contracts up for bid next month
Share: The contract for PCC’s bookstore’s current vendor is set to expire this June and the school will open the service for solicitation. “The current contract expires 6/30/2023. Once the notice of intent to award is approved at the board meeting, the awarded vendor will begin operations 7/1/2023,” Executive Director of Business service Darlene Inda said in an email. Contracts with vendors are legally limited to a total of 5 years and the current vendor, Follet Higher Education, has been operating the bookstore since May …
Brother of slain ‘Tortuguita’ offers insight on ‘Cop City’ tragedy
Share: This story has been corrected. Blackhall Studios was involved in the land swap and not Shadowbox Studios. “I saw an article about someone having been killed and I wanted to get a hold of Manny as soon as I found out. I haven’t received a text or a call back and now my mom is calling. When my mom called I missed the call and she seemed really upset about the attacks and said ‘Call me as soon as you can.’ My optimism faded …
Community colleges won’t face the brunt of California budget cuts
Share: PCC and other California Community Colleges are facing possible spending cuts due to the budget deficit in California. “Right now we are in pretty good shape but there are storm clouds in the horizon,” said board of trustees member Jim Osterling. “the state has given us a heads up and plenty of lead time to be able to do our best we can and adjust for that.” The run of budget surpluses California has been enjoying in recent years has come to end. Recent …
Campus cadet corps enrollment down, but trend is reversing
Share: In recent years, police recruitment numbers have diminished significantly at Pasadena City College as college enrollment numbers have decreased and national efforts to defund and disarm the police become increasingly popular. “I will try to go out there, you know, I’ve gone to things like the Veterans Resource Center,” PCC police officer Tyler Robbins said. “If I have an opportunity to go to different groups and speak, then I try to recruit at those, or at least just get the information out there.” Police …