Assemblyman Chris Holden (D-Pasadena) has introduced a bill that proposes a bond measure for California school construction and repairs. Assembly Bill 148 (AB148) does not specify the amount the bond measure requests, but Holden’s office indicated it would be around $1 billion in immediate funding and would serve as the start of broader reforms to how the state funds school repairs.

Today’s news that the administration and Academic Senate have reached an agreement on full-time faculty hiring is a positive sign that collegial discussion may be beginning to mitigate the bitter division at PCC. With accreditation on the horizon, it is imperative that academic and administrative bodies alike continue to work together to reach equitable solutions that both sides are comfortable with.

Clad in camouflage jerseys in honor of Veterans Day, the Pasadena City College Lancers (2-8, 1-5) ended their season with a 28-3 loss to the Bakersfield College Renegades (5-4, 3-2) at Robinson Stadium on Saturday. Field position proved to be a major factor as Bakersfield began two drives inside the PCC 20-yard line, scoring touchdowns on both.

A chorus of “Eww!”. reverberated around the historic mansion. The voices belong to roughly two-dozen middle schoolers all crowded into a child’s bedroom that is filled with toys and furniture from over a century ago. They had just learned that long ago, mattresses were commonly stuffed with straw, making them very attractive to bugs.

Louis is making a serious bid at overtaking Las Vegas as the world capital of terrible ideas. In the latest triumph of the moronically tone-deaf, a St. Louis police association has publicly protested the “hands up, don’t shoot” gesture made by five St. Louis Rams players before their game against the Oakland Raiders Sunday.

PCC officials recently released the final version of the Accreditation Self-Evaluation report, which at times paints an unflattering view of the school’s recent history. The report has been the subject of extensive discussion and revisions by both administration and Academic Senate members, with the Planning and Priorities Committee (P&P) having the final say on what was included.

A campus police officer sustained minor injuries detaining a wanted man inside the W building shower area last week. Officer Tyler Robins of the PCC Police suffered bruising to his left arm and hand in what he estimated to be a five to 10 minute struggle to place the man in handcuffs, during which time he deputized a cadet to assist him.

The question of how many full-time instructors should be hired resurfaced at Monday’s Academic Senate meeting, drawing an exasperated apology from administrative leadership and exposing divisions within the faculty group. “[I offer] a personal apology, from this interim superintendent, for being a little too ‘full-disclosure’ at the CAPM meeting,” said Miller.

Academic Senate president Eduardo Cairo announced that the senate executive committee would work only the minimum number of required hours in response to interim president Robert Miller’s estimates of full-time faculty hiring needs that Cairo said merely attempt to meet state minimums. Cairo urged faculty to follow suit, recommending that they conduct their classes, office hours, and the mandatory five and a half hours of professional development time (also known as release time) per week and nothing more.

You are not going to get Ebola, OK? You can come out of the isolation tent you’ve constructed out of Home Depot tarps and stop coating your entire body in Purell. The last couple weeks of cable news has taken uninformed hysteria to a new height, with anchors and pundits doing their level best to get scientists to agree with them that yes, Ebola is here and is collaborating with ISIS and the Oakland Raiders to steal Christmas.

One night in 1986, a young college student was murdered in her dorm room at Lehigh University. She did not know her attacker, a fellow student, had been stalking her for some time. She did not know that there had been several reports of violent incidents on her campus in the months leading to her tragic death, and thus she did not feel that she was in any danger.

The Lancers women’s soccer team lost on the road to Pierce College 2-0 on Tuesday after conceding two late goals, including one on a contentious penalty kick. Despite a first half that saw the Lancers maintain better possession, Pierce finally broke through on a penalty kick goal by forward Paige Wolny in the 78th minute.