Share: Photographed by Eizen Yap on April 12, 2025, this collection captures the first Wildland Fire Academy graduation at the Creveling Lounge. The images celebrate the culmination of eight weeks of rigorous training, where cadets forged strong bonds and prepared to embark on their new careers as seasonal Type 2 wildland firefighters with the U.S. Forest Service. Follow:
GALLERY: Courier Photographers Share Their Favorite Moments of the Season
Share: From lively sports action and playful pets to vibrant still lifes and heartfelt portraits, Courier photographers capture a wide range of moments that stood out this season. This collection highlights their personal favorites, each telling its own unique story through the lens. Follow:
GALLERY: Dialogue and Direction
Share: Captured by photographer Eizen Yap, these images document an evening of thoughtful discussion and planning during the Board of Trustees meeting on April 8, 2025. The gallery highlights moments of collaboration and exchange among board members as they explore the future direction of PCC construction projects. Follow:
Killer cultist’s courtroom cosplay is cretinous
Share: Lori Vallow Daybell, convicted child killer, doomsday podcaster, and now, part-time defense attorney (for herself, of course), has gone full legal cosplay. Most recently, she re-emerged in an Arizona courtroom where, surprise!—she once again fired her lawyers and chose to represent herself in the trial for conspiring to murder her fourth husband, Charles Vallow. She lost. Again. But if you think this is about winning, you’re underestimating the scale of Lori’s narcissism and her uncanny ability to treat a murder trial like a spiritual …
Today’s rom-coms don’t come close to their early Y2K counterparts
Share: It’s time to bring back the romance comedy magic that the early 2000s had. Although there are some acceptable rom-coms, such as “Always Be My Maybe” “Crazy Rich Asians”, and “Holidate”, that came out after the golden era for romance films, they don’t quite have the same feel as the early 2000s rom-com movies. For instance, the classic romance movie, “How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days”, released in 2003. The film stars Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey and follows an intriguing storyline. …
Coachella is not worth the high cost of hype
Share: Every April, tens of thousands of festival-goers travel to California’s Coachella Valley to enjoy a weekend of camping, music, and celebration at the iconic Coachella festival. Spanning two weekends, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival features hundreds of performances across several stages. This year’s lineup is set to make a comeback after the disappointing 2024 attendees. Coachella has undeniably shifted from its roots as a music festival that celebrated art and culture to an event that has faced criticism for becoming more about …
PCC Foundation lays the groundwork for future athletic scholarships
Share: Compared to athletes at state schools, student-athletes at community colleges are often forgotten as they’re just seen as students passing through, so they rarely receive any financial aid. The biggest reason for this discrepancy between community college and state aid for athletes is due to CA guidelines. However, the PCC Foundation has recognized its athletes’ needs and has worked to introduce PCC’s first Student Athletic Scholarships and Awards Banquet. To be clear, PCC will not be giving out scholarships directly because the college itself …
Shocker: Pete Hegseth confirms how incompetent he actually is
Share: Foolish. That’s the only word in mind when thinking or reading about Pete Hegseth, the United States Defense Secretary. In a department where strategy and development are favored, complete chaos has broken out due to his stupidity. Hegseth is foolish and has now officially demonstrated his lack of qualifications for the position. Recently, Hegseth has committed outrageous and dangerous actions, such as sharing classified information about Yemen airstrikes in not one, but two unsecured Signal chats that included the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey …
A family bond forged by fire: Inside PCC’s first Wildland Fire Academy
Share: “You really do become family.” That’s how Madeline Woodman, class leader of Pasadena City College’s first Wildland Fire Academy, or Wildland Fire Academy 1, described the eight relentless weeks of training — weeks that, in her words: “pushed every one of us physically, mentally, and emotionally,” forging a group of strangers into a unit shaped by fire. On the morning of April 12, that unit, 38 strong, gathered into the Creveling Lounge to celebrate what they’d accomplished. As friends and relatives filled the room, …
Political Dissident: What do you call a democracy that ignores its own laws?
Share: It’s a strange time to be writing a political opinion column—even for a community college newspaper. This week alone, hundreds of international students have had their visas revoked. Activists are being detained by agents in unmarked vans. A man was deported and imprisoned in a foreign country because of an “administrative error.” And the President of the United States was caught on a hot mic saying, “the homegrowns are next.” As a writer, I’ve never been so hyper-aware of what I put out into …