City Times

Voices demand workers’ rights (with gallery)

Diego Lynch • May 20, 2014

On May 1, students and San Diego area activists gathered to celebrate “May Day” also known as International Worker’s Day. Unrecognized by the US Government, May Day represents the struggles of the...

Blending art with dance (with photo gallery)

Diego Lynch • May 15, 2014

The show could not be contained on one stage. Black-clad performers embodying an oil spill. Dancers tossing up sand with their hands. A group of young men and women sliding down parking lot stairs. Each...

Solar students get hands-on learning and provide service to community

Celia Jimenez • May 2, 2014

City College students participated for the first time in a hands-on project installing free solar energy systems in two houses in San Diego valued at $20,000 each. The students worked alongside GRID Alternatives,...

Chicano history as you’ve never seen before

Celia Jimenez • April 5, 2014

On March 26 filmmaker John Valdez came to City College and held a screening of a part five PBS documentary "Latino Americans" as part of the World Cultures program to show the history of the Chicano movement...

Moving minds beyond stars

Celia Jimenez • March 27, 2014

Lisa Will identifies herself as a geek. Her favorites books are those related to science and astronomy. Her first encounters with these subjects on TV and film were through watching “Star Trek”...

“Fruitvale Station” screening leaves students speechless

Celia Jimenez • March 12, 2014

City College's Black History month celebration came to an end on Feb. 27 with the showing of the award winning film "Fruitvale Station," based on the true story of Oscar Grant and his death at hands of...

A gritty tale of wilderness survival

Celia Jimenez and Louis Christian Alvarez • February 27, 2014

“If we can survive the night, we’ll survive the day.” That was the motto that explorer Lee Bergthold told to photographer Christina Bowers as they made their way through their expedition through...