“The motivation to reopen was to support and aid our Falcon community of working parents and our students, who we promised to serve to be successful and remain enrolled in their classes,” Director Debra Ward said in regards to the Aug. 24 reopening of the Child Development Center. Despite COVID-19 health and safety protocols in place, such as the daily...

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The Associated Student of Cerritos College held a senate meeting on Nov. 18 to discuss funding requests, Geography Club budget, and inaugurate a new associate justice. In attendance were Vice President Armando Avila, Senator Omar Gutierrez, Senator Jose Hernandez, Senator Ethan MacLaughlin, Senator Grace Medrano, Senator Rebekah Montes de Oca, Senator Sarah Orellana, Senator Jay Perez and Senator Lesly Rodriguez....

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Cerritos College held their annual Turkey Trot, which was done as a drive-thru food drive this year, to collect canned foods for the Norwalk food pantry. Ni Bueno, health education department chair, said they collected a total of 1,086 food items, of which the Child Development Center collected and donated 599 food items. The event is typically a fundraiser and...

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For the first time in 16 years, Cerritos College will adopt a new design for its official logo and retire the one that has represented the school since 2004. Implementation will follow a logo and branding transition scheduled for 2021 according to the administration, but the winning results of a student survey were presented to the Board Of Trustees during...

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“This was a Congolese dance I did for my final last year,” said Franceema Kamidi who was showing a video of a traditional dance she performed for a dance course at Cerritos. Kamidi, a Cerritos College student and culinary arts major originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo, along with Hansjeet Dugaal Singh, a computer animation major from India, got...

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President Trump was at his golf course in Virginia when he learned about his loss to President Elect Joe Biden. Upon returning to the White House, Trump was spotted just outside the building wearing a white Keep America Great cap as he gazed across the crowd. Earlier in the day, Trump asserted on Twitter “I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A...

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Vice President Joe Biden has been chosen by the American people to lead the country out of the economic and mortal despairs caused by a raging pandemic amid searing division in the country. His win, declared on Saturday Nov. 7, finally manifested itself after a long week of uncertainty as millions of mail-in ballots were slowly counted. With battle ground...

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In January 2021, Kamala Harris will become the first Female-African-Indian-American to hold the office of Vice President of the United States. Harris announced she was running for president in 2020 and was seen as a strong contender. She had a confrontational exchange with former Vice President Joe Biden during a debate over race-related issues and his past positions. Despite her...

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Incumbent Martha Camacho-Rodriguez was defeated by challenger Mariana Pacheco, a teacher and director of nursing at Downey Adult School, for Trustee area one. This was the only race within the Cerritos College board of trustees, other elections such as Marisa Perez Trustee area four, did not have contenders. Pacheco, mother of Downey Mayor Blanca Pacheco, was well known throughout Downey...

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Students and faculty will be showing films and discussing the norms and cuisines inspired by a variety of cultures for International Education Week (IEW) running through Nov. 16-20. Presenters will be covering topics from countries in Africa, Asia and Europe. IEW started as a ‘joint initiative’ between the U. S. Department of State and the U. S. Department of Education....

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