Experience

The media scares the public

Daraja McDonald, Staff Writer
March 21, 2020

We all know the only thing on everyone's mind right now is the notorious novel Coronavirus. As you may know, the Coronavirus, or the COVID-19 virus, has caused a worldwide scare to all of humanity. It...

The new normal - Day 5

The new normal – Day 5

Jordyn Toscano, @jordyntoscano
March 21, 2020

Editor’s note: “The new normal” is a continuing series that looks into how members of the Los Medanos College community are coping with a shelter-in-place order amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  As...

China should let journalists back

Spencer Batute, @batutie_
March 21, 2020

We at the Los Medanos College Experience condemn the recent expulsion of American journalists from reporting in mainland China. During this trying time of pandemic, a tit-for-tat war, which encroaches...

Custodian Reynaldo Flores wipes down all door handles and surfaces everyday on campus. Photo taken March, 17.

Custodians clean the closed campus

Yesenia Mendez, Staff Writer
March 18, 2020

Due to the recent campus closure caused by COVID-19 virus concerns, the Los Medanos College custodial staff has been working around the clock to ensure the campus is sterile and safe for the return of...

Amidst growing coronavirus concerns, Brentwood shoppers take extra precautions as they swoop down on local markets, leaving bare shelves and low stocks. Photo taken March 14.

‘Shelter in Place’ hits Contra Costa County

Katie Loughran, @Katie__Loughran
March 18, 2020

Contra Costa County is among five other Bay Area counties to be put under a shelter-in-place directive by county public health officials. This includes all Contra Costa Community College District sites,...

Krys Shahin on a conference call with her dog Apollo interested in what she is doing.

The new normal – Day 1

Krys Shahin, @krysshah
March 17, 2020

Editor's note: Today is the first day of the public health order requiring citizens of Contra Costa County and five other local municipalities to shelter in place. "The new normal" is a continuing series...

Campuses in CCCCD close

Campuses in CCCCD close

Krys Shahin and Jordyn Toscano
March 15, 2020

Interim Chancellor Gene Huff sent out a press release to all employees of the Contra Costa Community College District today, March 15, to alert them that all campuses will be closed until further notice. As...

Psychology Professor Estelle Davi voices her opinion March 11 on the Academic Senate’s contingency plan for alternative instruction.

District reacts to COVID-19 pandemic

Jordyn Toscano and Krys Shahin
March 12, 2020

Editor's note: There are now 2,523 confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus in Contra Costa County with 32 hospitalizations and 67 deaths as of June 24. As more cases of the novel Coronavirus are identified...

Fiscal impact

Bailee Lewis and Adriana Ivanoff
March 12, 2020

The worldwide pandemic caused by the massive spread of the Coronavirus is not going to just affect people's health, but all businesses relying on face-to-face communications or outsourced factories. This...

Online transition

Weston Hopkins and Selena Buitrago
March 12, 2020

With the potential threat of the COVID-19 virus spreading in the Contra Costa Community College District, Los Medanos College will begin a trial period of online-only lecture classes in place of face-to-face...

Study abroad

Yesenia Mendez and Spencer Cameron
March 12, 2020

The Contra Costa Community College District is canceling all unnecessary trips that consist of traveling for staff and students. As of March 10, Los Medanos College reports to have zero confirmed cases...

Student workers Jocelyn Villalobos and Richard Preza work at the Information Desk where there is a new hand sanitizer pump for all to use.

Combating the Coronavirus

Krys Shahin and Jordyn Toscano
March 5, 2020

The Contra Costa Community College District, along with other schools in the Northern California Study Abroad Consortium, are responding to the Novel Coronavirus outbreak in Europe by bringing home all...

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