Cerritos College honored some of its students for their academic accomplishments with the Academic Excellence Awards. The awardees had an opportunity to receive their award in person at a drive thru event on campus on April 5 and April 7. “The pandemic has caused the awardees to not be formally recognized in a formal elaborate ceremony as previous years,” said...

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Alleged Ku Klux Klan members advertised a “White Lives Matter” rally at the Huntington Beach Pier on April 11. A counter-protest was organized by Black Lives Matter Huntington Beach to show resistance against the white supremacists. Black Lives Matter Huntington Beach founder, Tory Johnson, organized the counterprotest, despite Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation and BLM Grassroots releasing a statement...

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If this pandemic has taught us anything, it’s the importance of healthy living and healthy eating. Yet access to fresh produce and healthier food isn’t equal across the board and many communities have been labelled “food deserts” due to their lack of affordable and available quality food. Low-income neighborhoods (usually majority black and brown) often lack supermarkets with better quality...

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Many delays and a pandemic later, "Godzilla vs Kong" finally gets released in theaters and HBO Max and what an amazing film it was. Five years after the events of "Godzilla: King of the Monsters" the film starts with Kong interacting with a young little girl named Jia, a young native from Skull Island who Kong protects and cares for...

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We're currently three episodes into "Falcon and the Winter Soldier," and it’s clear that one of the main goals with the series is further fleshing out the characters and world of the MCU. The show is in a special position: it’s building upon a world that has been established over a decade, and it takes advantage of this fact. It’s...

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Division-I College recruiters have become wolves in sheep's clothing. Lies and myths are tools recruiters use to influence young high school athletes or junior college athletes to believe what they say is always true. According to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), more than 180,000 student-athletes receive around $3.6 billion in athletic scholarships in Divisions I and II each year....

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As the COVID-19 surge subsides, the Norwalk City leadership team has decided it is safe to return city hall appointments for all working business days starting April 6. The general public can now make appointments at city hall every Monday to Thursday and every other Friday between 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Appointments were previously restricted to Tuesdays and Thursdays....

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Oscar Torres: Hello, Cerritos College faculty members and students. Welcome back to Falcon Entertainment, the only podcast here in Talon Mark, where we talk about all things entertainment. As always, I'm your host, Oscar Torres. And unfortunately, my co-host, Rafael couldn't make it today. So instead, I brought in a special guest, a good friend of mine for close to...

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Over the Easter Sunday weekend, Cerritos College President and Superintendent Dr. Jose Fierro announced in an email to staff and faculty that the college will remain online for summer sessions before transitioning to in-person learning in the fall 2021 semester. “The college will offer 50% of all class offerings for each department in a hybrid format,” Fierro said, “As we...

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Dozens of healthcare workers peacefully protested for fair compensation outside the Kaiser Permanente Downey Medical Center on National Doctors’ Day. Unions such as the OPEIU (Office and Professional Employees International Union) Local 30 and the SEIU-UHW (Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers) supported the healthcare workers’ calls for Kaiser to fairly compensate its workers. The demonstration on March 30 called...

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