CORONAVIRUS

SDCCD to require booster shots for fall 2022 in-person classes

The district’s requirement that individuals be masked on campuses will remain in effect after statewide mandate ends

Jakob McWhinney • February 16, 2022

The San Diego Community College District announced on Feb. 15 that beginning in fall 2022 all students who attend in-person classes will be required to have received a COVID-19 booster shot.

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MAGAZINE: Holidays can still be celebrated from home

City Times offers students a pandemic-friendly, practical guide for holiday celebrations

Deserie Larios, Staff Writer • December 21, 2020

With San Diego moving to the purple tier, California’s strictest level, many students and families are wondering how to quarantine efficiently during the holiday season. City Times offers activities you can still do safely and at a distance during the pandemic.

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BREAKING: Alert announces new stay-at-home orders

The order will last for the next 3 weeks

Gabriel Schneider, Managing Editor • December 8, 2020

California has issued another stay-at-home order sent over an Emergency Alert to mobile devices today. 

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Latino communities suffering disproportionately from COVID-19

San Diego moved into most restrictive purple tier on Nov. 10

Katia Pechenkina, Staff Writer • November 10, 2020

The virus has exposed racial, healthcare and housing disparities that have existed for generations and have left the Latino community more predisposed and vulnerable to COVID-19.

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City College convocation offers view of what to expect through pandemic

President Ricky Shabazz, Chancellor Constance Carroll share updates in dressed-down virtual ceremony

Christina Painton, Staff Writer • August 31, 2020

Instead of seeing President Ricky Shabazz in a suit and tie speaking on a stage behind a podium, students, faculty, staff and administrators tuned in for a virtual convocation on August 14.

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Timeline: The impact of COVID-19

The roots of the current pandemic trace back to late last year in China

Gabriel Schneider, Staff Writer • June 10, 2020

San Diego City College has directly been affected by the spread of coronavirus, causing the shutdown of campus on March 16 through the fall 2020 semester. But the origins of COVID-19 go much further back. View an interactive timeline going back to the beginning of the pandemic.

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City College students with children juggle school work, motherhood

Single moms get creative to keep their kids entertained

Sophia Traylor, Staff Writer • June 9, 2020

As the spring semester at San Diego City College came to a close, Tanisha Taylor and India Marsh found creative ways to pair being a single parent with juggling classes. 

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REVIEW: ‘Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story’ shines light on injustice

The documentary showcases the victim of a broken social justice system

Elisabeth Vermeulen, Staff Writer • June 3, 2020

Brown’s experience in the justice system as a person of color is a common social issue faced by many for decades and is still shown today through the current events such as the Black Lives Matter protest after the death of George Floyd by officer Derek Chauvin.

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VIDEO: City College volleyball commit overcomes change during pandemic

High school students like Geenen saw massive changes to their senior year

Vicky Pineda, Co-Editor-in-Chief • May 29, 2020

Mission Bay High School senior Jillian Geenen recently shared her story about committing to San Diego City College to play volleyball.

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City College EOPS advises students on transferring

The online forum included representatives from UC San Diego

Chris LeFall, Staff Writer • May 28, 2020

City College students concerned about the impact of the pandemic on transferring brought questions to an EOPS forum on Zoom on May 13.

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UPDATE: City College professors share the challenges of remote learning

Online classes have perks and disadvantages, but the quick transition to remote learning has been a struggle for some faculty

Melisa Cabello-Cuahutle, Managing Editor • May 27, 2020

The SDCCD provided a week of training to professors to prepare for remote learning. Students and faculty, including those who had already been teaching online, had to adapt to the quick transition.

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California community colleges sue federal government over aid

The office of the state chancellor is pushing back on eligibility requirements

Valerie Vizcarra, Staff Writer • May 22, 2020

The state chancellor's office filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos over the eligibility requirements of emergency relief funds.

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