Blog Posts

  • Free Speech at DVC not Exercised as Often as it could Be

    Just because you’re a student, doesn’t mean you don’t have freedom of speech. But your exercise of that right or any other right has to be weighed against its societal impact,” said Diablo Valley College political science professor Scott MacDougall. DVC is not facing the same problems as the University of California, Berkeley, which has…

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  • Antioch Fall-o-ween Brings Out Resident Ghosts and Ghouls

    Superheros, Disney characters, video game characters and even Michael Myers all lined up outside Antioch Water Park the Friday before Halloween.  The attendees all wait for the doors to open to the Fall-o-ween event hosted by Antioch Recreations Department.  Sara Rivera, a 45-year resident of Antioch, who attended the event with her family said that…

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  • Leading the Charge: Antioch Council of Teens

    Every second and fourth Wednesday of the month, middle school and high school teens from all over Antioch gather in a side room at the Antioch Water Park located on Lone Tree Way.  Though they come from different schools– some public, some private – they all have one thing in common. They all are a…

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  • A Simple Task or a Significant Event?

    Shot in northern California in 2020, a gajra is adjusted by a family member while guests arrive for the Nikah portion of a Muslim wedding ceremony. Worn as necklaces, hair accessories and bracelets by Southeast Asian women at weddings and other celebrations, gajras are flowers strung together with thread or wire. The strings that hold…

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  • The Creation of a Series

    Hands: Creating Life’s Stories is a series that I began developing during the height of the pandemic in 2020. I was teaching classes virtually as an elementary school paraeducator and writing as a way to cope with everything. By the sixth week of teaching online and watching the kids and adults struggle, I realized how…

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