Los Angeles City College News Stories

Browse past news stories for Los Angeles City College in Los Angeles, CA.

• Agency Targeting Community Colleges Under Federal Pressure - New America Media
  posted on December 3, 2012 at 10:04:22 am
  Agency Targeting Community Colleges Under Federal PressureNew America MediaSeveral commission members are faculty members or administrators at colleges such as Sacramento ...
• LA Community College Student Pranks Class With Semester-Long Mexican Accent - ABC News
  posted on November 28, 2012 at 03:17:04 pm
  ABC NewsLA Community College Student Pranks Class With Semester-Long Mexican AccentABC NewsIn his public-speaking class at Los Angeles City College, Jose Barrientos has spoken in front of his classmates in a Mexican accent ...
• Butte College gets new superintendent-president
  posted on May 21, 2011 at 12:41:38 am
  A Los Angeles City College official has been named as the next superintendent-president of Butte Community College ...
• Butte College gets new superintendent-president
  posted on May 21, 2011 at 12:22:38 am
  A Los Angeles City College official has been named as the next superintendent-president of Butte Community College ...
• Police Seek Help In Finding Man, 80, With Alzheimer’s
  posted on April 9, 2011 at 08:25:57 pm
  Los Angeles police Saturday sought the public's help in finding a missing 80-year-old man ...
• Driving Range of the Damned: Majestic Golf Land Cost LACC Millions, Made College $820k
  posted on March 4, 2011 at 10:19:49 pm
  Maybe Los Angeles City College demolished Majestic Golf Land in January out of spite for all the trouble it's caused? In ...
• L.A. City College sports facility tripped up by one misstep after another
  posted on March 4, 2011 at 02:52:39 pm
  A washboard field. A cracked track. Six certified lanes, not the eight required for conference meets. And all this on the roof of a parking structure that had problems ...
• Ex-L.A. City College Baseball Coach awarded $1.2 Million in Retaliatory Firing by Los Angeles Community College District
  posted on February 22, 2011 at 08:54:53 pm
  A former Los Angeles City College Head Baseball Coach and Adjunct Instructor at Los Angeles City College (LACC) and Southwest College was awarded $1.12 million Thursday by a Los Angeles Superior Court ...
• LA jury awards more than $1 million to fired coach
  posted on February 18, 2011 at 04:30:37 pm
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former Los Angeles City College coach has been awarded more than $1 million in a lawsuit that claimed he was fired for reporting wrongdoing. City News Service says a jury ...
• LA jury awards more than $1 million to fired coach
  posted on February 18, 2011 at 04:15:27 pm
  The Associated Press The Associated Press LOS ANGELES A former Los Angeles City College coach has been awarded more than $1 million in a lawsuit that claimed he was fired for reporting wrongdoing. ...
• LA jury awards more than $1 million to fired coach
  posted on February 18, 2011 at 04:06:11 pm
  Associated Press - February 18, 2011 11:04 AM ET LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former Los Angeles City ...
• Ex-L.A. City College coach awarded $1.2M in retaliation firing
  posted on February 18, 2011 at 03:15:13 pm
  A former Los Angeles City College head baseball coach was awarded $1.12 million ...
• Jury Awards $1M To Fired Los Angeles City College Coach
  posted on February 18, 2011 at 01:22:09 pm
  A former Los Angeles City College coach has been awarded more than $1 ...
• Judge rules L.A. City College coach can proceed with racial, sexual harassment suit
  posted on February 11, 2011 at 03:56:47 pm
  A lawsuit by the former head baseball coach at Los Angeles City College -- who alleges he was discriminated against because he is ...

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