El Camino College officially opened the Black Student Success Center located in Communications Room 110 on Wednesday, April 26. El Camino College President Brenda Thames thanked the Black Student Success Center (BSCC) coordinator and co-advisor of the Black Student Union Keiana Daniel for her leadership in creating the center. “This has been a labor of love. Having birthed a few...

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On Nov. 10, 2022, a 23-member grand jury at Clara Shortridge Foltz Courthouse in Downtown Los Angeles determined there was enough evidence to indict Weijia Peng for the murder of El Camino College student Juan Carlos Hernandez, 21. Peng, who was extradited from Turkey where he fled not long after Hernandez’s disappearance, did not appear in court. Since then, the...

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Individuals and businesses in 51 out of 58 California counties, including Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside and Ventura, have until Oct. 16, to file state and federal taxes. The deadline for the rest of the country remains Tuesday, April 18 since this year April 15 falls on a Sunday and April 16 is Emancipation Day in Washington D. C....

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El Camino Police Chief Michael Trevis, Sergeant Ruben Lopez and several other officers responded to a swarm of bees that occupied the hood of a car in parking Lot B on March 23. The police department said the bees were potentially “dangerous.” The bees could have been charged with grand theft auto, terrorist threats, attempted assault or trespassing. The police...

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The only elevator in El Camino’s Arts and Behavioral Science Building located at the southwest entrance was out of order on Tuesday, April 4. The out-of-order notice was posted over the elevator’s call button and was just inches from a sign acknowledging the elevator’s use for students with physical disabilities and employees. Nearly all art-related classes, labs and instructor offices...

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The price of eggs across the country, especially in states like California, has left communities already reeling from the impacts of inflation and supply-chain issues scrambling for solutions. Average egg prices have increased more than 150% since January of last year, rising from $1.92 per dozen eggs to $4.80 per dozen, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to...

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The third defendant accused of murdering 21-year-old El Camino College student Juan Hernandez was arraigned at Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Downtown Los Angeles on Monday, Nov. 21. Shortly after the killing of Hernandez, Weijia Peng fled to Turkey and for nearly two years he has been detained by Turkish authorities while the U. S. Department of Justice...

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Spanish major Heman Urban focused on creating a bright yellow Lamborghini at an art-making and wellness workshop. It had been renamed Carros Caros (Expensive Cars). The description to the side had a quote from Urban: “When I was in México, I assumed everyone drove one of these here. Guess not.” Urban is part of El Camino College's UndocuWarriors Club which...

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Free access to menstrual health products will soon be more accessible around campus. Other factors such as a new state law, a growing social movement and renewed pressure from students contributed to El Camino College working to provide free health products. The Menstrual Equity for All Act says community colleges must provide an “adequate supply” of menstrual products,\ free of...

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More than 100 students, faculty and staff gathered on Wednesday, Sept. 28 to celebrate the opening of El Camino College’s new Social Justice Center located in the Communications Building across from Student Services. Multiple instances of civil unrest such as the protests following the murder of George Floyd under police custody and escalating attacks on the human rights of the...

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