City Times

Black awards show to air opposite Oscars

Ricky Soltero • February 28, 2016

Offering an alternative to the so called “whiteness” of the Academy Awards is the All Def Movie Awards, airing opposite the Oscars on Sunday. Hosted by Tony Rock, the All Def Movie Awards were created...

Wild ninth inning leads to City loss

Luisa Sausedo • February 28, 2016

The Mesa College Olympians defeated the City College Knights 6-5 in their first Pacific Coast Athletic Conference game of the season. Mesa (5-7) scored in the top of the first inning but the Knights...

Men’s basketball season ends with loss to Antelope Valley College

Luisa Sausedo • February 28, 2016

The Knights’ men’s basketball season came to an end Friday night when they were defeated in the second round of regional playoffs by the Antelope Valley College Marauders 83-87 in Lancaster. Knights’...

SDCCD out-state fee increases $5 per unit

Jacquelyn Lim • February 21, 2016

A tuition hike of $5 per unit for out-of -state students will come this fall affecting at least 3 percent of students at City College, and 5 percent of students in the San Diego Community College District,...

Oscars don’t offer role models for City’s students

Beatriz Merced and Destiny Ortiz • February 21, 2016

The Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, Feb. 28. All 20 nominees for leading and supporting roles are white for the second year in a row, sparking immense drama. Will Smith, Spike Lee and Jada...

City College broadcast engineer pleads not guilty in camera theft

Collette Carroll • February 16, 2016

City College’s chief broadcast engineer pleaded not guilty in his arraignment Tuesday afternoon in Superior Court to charges related to the theft of four video cameras valued at $20,000. Gerald “Larry”...

Zaphire begins her journey back

The student determined to overcome obstacles in return to class

Mike Madriaga • February 14, 2016

Zaphire Alonso crosses the U.S. border and rides the trolley twice a week to attend City College. In a wheelchair. Her boyfriend, Bernardo Machado, drops her off at the south side of the border...

Knights clinch playoffs spot

Luisa Sausedo • February 13, 2016

The City College men’s basketball team clinched at least a share of the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference (PCAC) South Championship with their seventh straight victory, defeating the San Diego Mesa Olympians...