Laney College News
Browse past news stories for Laney College in Oakland, CA:
- Arts Calendar (The Berkeley Daily Planet)
posted on November 5, 2009 at 05:22:31 pm
Poetry Flash with Barbara Claire Freeman and Endi Bogue Hartigan at 7:30 p.m. at Moe’s Books, 2476 Telegraph. 849-2087. - El Cerrito man sentenced in slaying of San Leandro resident in 2008 (The Daily Review)
posted on October 29, 2009 at 07:12:20 am
Victim was riding in vehicle on Highway 101 in Mill Valley when shooting occurred - El Cerrito man gets 21 years for slaying in burrito road-rage incident (San Jose Mercury News)
posted on October 29, 2009 at 12:28:57 am
A 21-year-old El Cerrito man was sentenced to 21 years in state prison Wednesday for fatally shooting a San Leandro man riding in a Hell's Angels convoy traveling through Marin County last year. - Shooter sentenced for Mill Valley slaying of Hells Angels associate (Marin Independent Journal)
posted on October 29, 2009 at 12:06:45 am
An East Bay man was sentenced to 21 years in state prison Wednesday for fatally shooting a man riding in a Hells Angels convoy traveling through Marin County last year. - Storm spikers unbeaten in conference play (The Weekly Calistogan)
posted on October 28, 2009 at 07:32:15 am
The Napa Valley College women’s volleyball team pulled off a victory that was twice as sweet on Friday night. - Storm unbeaten in conference (The American Canyon Eagle)
posted on October 24, 2009 at 07:12:25 am
The Napa Valley College women’s volleyball team pulled off a victory that was twice as sweet on Friday night. - News Briefs (Alameda Sun)
posted on October 23, 2009 at 01:12:15 am
Effective Tuesday, Nov. 9 criminal cases heard at the George E. McDonald Hall of Justice in Alameda will be heard at the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse, 661 Washington St. in Oakland. - Missing Alameda man found in Modesto (Contra Costa Times)
posted on October 22, 2009 at 08:42:39 pm
An Alameda man reported missing last month was located in Modesto, where he turned up at a homeless shelter.Dante Marshall, who has the mental capacity of a 12-year-old and who has a history of going missing, was staying at the shelter under an assumed name, police said. - Laney College president likely going to Washington (San Jose Mercury News)
posted on October 22, 2009 at 11:35:43 am
Chong is expected to be the next Bay Area higher-education leader to join the Obama administration. - Laney College president likely going to Washington (Lamorinda Sun)
posted on October 22, 2009 at 03:49:19 am
OAKLAND — Laney College President Frank Chong likely will leave the Oakland community college for a job with the Obama administration. The U.S. Department of Education is in the final stages of hiring Chong as the deputy assistant secretary for community colleges. - Laney College president likely going to Washington (Contra Costa Times)
posted on October 21, 2009 at 07:27:38 pm
Chong is expected to be the next Bay Area higher-education leader to join the Obama administration. - Bay Area News Group sues Peralta over public records (The Daily Review)
posted on October 20, 2009 at 02:13:00 pm
The Oakland college district denied access to records that included a report by its inspector general about ties between Chancellor Elihu Harris and a friend and business partner who was awarded a $940,000 no-bid contract. - Eagles take two on the road (The Ukiah Daily Journal)
posted on October 19, 2009 at 03:51:07 pm
After splitting conference matches the week before, the Mendocino College Volleyball team nabbed road victories on two consecutive nights last week. - Oregon State recruits one Rodgers brother, gets two (Salem Statesman Journal)
posted on October 18, 2009 at 10:21:32 am
Oregon State didn't discover James Rodgers until about two weeks remained until signing day in 2007. - JC football, Week 6: Laney football defeats Cabrillo in Golden Gate Conference opener (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
posted on October 17, 2009 at 08:47:57 am
OAKLAND -- Laney College's football team scored the game-winning touchdown with 33 seconds left to sink Cabrillo in its Golden Gate Conference opener 28-24 on Friday night. - Women of Black Panther Party rekindle memories at Oakland Library event (Oakland Tribune)
posted on October 17, 2009 at 03:29:25 am
The Black Panther Party's most captivating and charismatic leader has been dead for 20 years, and the once-notorious black power group splintered apart years earlier. But those who gathered Thursday at the Oakland Library were transported back in time as the women of the Black Panther Party rekindled memories and showed that the social justice programs created four decades earlier still are very ... - Black Panther Party 43rd Anniversary History Month (San Francisco Bay View)
posted on October 15, 2009 at 01:41:14 am
This October will mark the 43rd anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party. To celebrate this milestone, the It’s About Time Committee and The Commemorator are presenting a two-day Book Fair and Teach-In at the Laney College Student Center on Friday, Oct. 23, 12-3 p.m., and Saturday, Oct. 24, 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., as just one of many scheduled October events. - Alameda: Police search for missing man (Alameda Journal)
posted on October 13, 2009 at 12:03:38 am
ALAMEDA — Police are searching for a developmentally handicapped man who has been missing since last month. Dante Marshall, 29, was last seen Sept. 29, when he told his family that he was on his way to visit the flea market at Oakland's Laney College. - Heralded Peralta bus program headed for failure (Lamorinda Sun)
posted on October 10, 2009 at 04:32:27 pm
OAKLAND — A program giving college students unlimited bus trips appears headed for failure after thousands of the students failed to pay a $31-per-semester fee, leaving the college district owing $500,000. - AC Transit says Peralta owes $500k after students refuse to pay bus fees (Contra Costa Times)
posted on October 9, 2009 at 10:06:16 pm
Thousands of Peralta students have refused to pay a $31 fee for unlimited AC Transit trips, and the district has told the bus agency it can't pay the difference. - Community Calendar (The Berkeley Daily Planet)
posted on October 8, 2009 at 07:31:03 pm
Helios Community Open House A presentation on the new Biosciences Institute to be built in downtown Berkeley at 7 p.m. at Pat Brown’s Grill, in the Genetics and Plant Biology Building, UC campus. - Will Reisman (The San Francisco Examiner)
posted on October 8, 2009 at 04:45:45 am
Why I like my job: The Examiner gives us the opportunity to go out and speak with real people, to hear what matters the most to them in their community. - Rollins rebounds from benching to spark playoff-bound Phillies (York Daily Record)
posted on October 6, 2009 at 01:23:24 pm
Philadelphia Phillies shortstop Jimmy Rollins bounced back from a horrible start to the season to finish with strong offensive numbers and will lead the Phillies into the playoffs against the Colorado Rockies starting on Wednesday. - Local roundup: Aptos kicks off its own water polo invitational with victories (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
posted on October 3, 2009 at 08:47:57 am
Aptos High's girls water polo team won its first two games at the Aptos Varsity Invitational, beating Valley Christian 13-7 in the first game and Lynbrook 14-5 in the second. - There's No One in Charge (East Bay Express)
posted on September 23, 2009 at 07:26:23 am
By Robert Gammon. - Margerum is taking his Fame in stride (The Salt Lake Tribune)
posted on September 21, 2009 at 11:13:19 am
Former Stanford star, now San Jose State receivers coach, remains modest, credits Walsh after his selection to college hall. - Aiming for the sky (China Daily)
posted on September 21, 2009 at 06:04:39 am
Americans Steven Lavoie (left) and Roger Glenn (right) are determined to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the successful flight of Feng Ru, "Father of Chinese Aviation". - Knapp: Jordan not able to talk the talk (San Francisco Chronicle)
posted on September 16, 2009 at 07:40:32 am
The catalog of slights in Michael Jordan's Hall of Fame speech sounded petty to a lot of listeners. To others, it seemed genuine, a reflection of the scorched-earth competitiveness and prove-you-wrong mentality that fed Jordan's spectacular career. To me, it... - Margerum is taking his Fame in stride (San Jose Mercury News)
posted on September 16, 2009 at 04:29:33 am
Former Stanford star, now San Jose State receivers coach, remains modest, credits Walsh after his selection to college hall. - Margerum takes Hall of Fame honor in stride (Contra Costa Times)
posted on September 16, 2009 at 02:55:32 am
Stanford great, now an assistant at San Jose State, remains modest, credits Walsh for success