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Analyzing #Metoo

BreAnna Crawford, @Lyniece_
October 19, 2018

When actress Rose Mcgowan came out with sexual assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein in 2017, she kickstarted the major growth of the #Metoo movement. Women then came together on social media to...

LGBTQ community comes out

Hillary Hetrick, @hillarymhetrick
October 18, 2018

Los Medanos College Allies Club and LMC faculty from the LGBTQ community celebrated “Coming Out Day,” an event that addresses LGBTQ issues and encourages community visibility. Three faculty members...

Carissa sits in grass with her daughter, Reese.

Scoring goals on and off the field

LILLY MONTERO, @lilly_montero3
October 18, 2018

Carissa Day’s life took an unexpected turn when in her junior year of high school she found out she was pregnant with her first child, Reese Everleigh Treff. Reese was unplanned, but ultimately a blessing...

Ramirez’s road to outreach

Lilly Montero, @lilly_montero3
October 12, 2018

As Student Outreach coordinator, Elizabeth Ramirez helps hundreds of high school students every week better determine what they are going to do with their future. She encourages them to go college, get...

Oktoberfest part 2: E.J. Phair

Oktoberfest part 2: E.J. Phair

PERRY CONTINENTE, @perrycontinente
October 11, 2018

For the first in the Oktoberfest series click here! When looking for experimental, cutting edge beer people don't often think of Pittsburg. Which is a shame, given that E.J. Phair is brewing some truly...

Oktoberfest part 1: Five Suns Brewing

Oktoberfest part 1: Five Suns Brewing

Perry Continente, @perrycontinente
October 4, 2018

Downtown Martinez’s food scene has blossomed in recent years with the addition of several colorful restaurants and bars. One of these new arrivals, Five Suns Brewing, is an absolute gem.   Five...

Guisada and pollo tacos.

Food review: Nido Kitchen and Bar

Perry Continente, A.R. Broom, and Jesus Cano
September 27, 2018

Perry Continente, "4 Stars out of 5" Nido’s modern spin on classic Mexican food can be a colorful and oddly nostalgic experience, and usually is, but the occasional blunder mars this otherwise exemplary...

Dr. Luis Zuniga poses at the piano.

Music director talks life and hard work

Lilly Montero, @Lilly_Montero3
September 20, 2018

Los Medanos College music director, Dr. Luis Zuniga, grew up in a no-nonsense kind of home when it came to education. “Education was more like a religion,” said Zuniga about the atmosphere in his...

Victor Coronado poses in front of

Professor takes steps to success

Anthony Martinez
September 13, 2018

“Sí se puede.” These three words of inspiration have pushed people in their toughest times, lead civil rights movements and even helped a senator become president of the United States of America....

Farmers give yoga a twist

Farmers give yoga a twist

Lilly Montero, @Lilly_Montero3
September 10, 2018

“I will not be offended if you don’t stretch. I know you’re here for the goats,” Gina Bravo, the yoga instructor said. The class laughed. They were there for the goats.   First Generation...

A driving passion

A driving passion

A.R. Broom, twitter.com/AlexanderRBroom
April 26, 2018

Like many enthusiasts, Samuel Camarista became interested in cars from learning how to work on his family’s vehicles with his father. “Growing up, learning tools, passing them to him, watching him...

Bone takes on colorism and afrofuturism

‘Bone’ takes on colorism and afrofuturism

Kimberly Stelly, twitter.com/kstelly1994
April 25, 2018

Colorism isn’t a typical theme in your average young adult novel, but in Toni Adeyemi’s “Children of Blood and Bone: Legacy of Orïsha,” it’s front and center. Adeyemi takes afrofuturistic elements,...

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