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A Sacramento City College counselor and a community chaplain counsel a student grieving on Sept. 4, over the fatal shooting on the campus the day before. Counselors and Chaplains were made available to students, faculty and staff from 9 to 2 p.m. Friday, 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday and 9 to 6 p.m. Tuesday. (Photo by Barbara Harvey)

Sac City College mourns shooting

John Ferrannini and Barbara Harvey September 4, 2015

By Barbara Harvey and John Ferrannini As students, faculty and staff at Sacramento City College came together to mourn, new information has come to light about the victim of Thursday’s fatal shooting...

A photo taken by the staff of the Sac City Express, the student newspaper at Sacramento City College, shows the aftermath of the fatal shooting on the campus this afternoon. (Courtesy of Sac City Express)

Update: Altercation preceded fatal shooting at Sacramento City College

Barbara Harvey September 3, 2015

An altercation preceded the fatal shooting that left one man dead and two injured at Sacramento City College on Thursday, according to SCC public information officer Rick Brewer. The altercation, which...

A map posted by the Sacramento Police Department shows where a fatal shooting took place at Sacramento City College just before 4 p.m. on Thursday. One male victim has been pronounced dead, while two other male victims were transported to the hospital. (Photo courtesy of Sacramento Police Department)

Breaking news: Sacramento City College on lockdown after fatal shooting

Barbara Harvey September 3, 2015

Sacramento City College is on lockdown following a fatal shooting that occurred near the baseball field just before 4 p.m. on Thursday. One male was pronounced dead on the scene, while a second male...

Assembly bill would expel students for violence, threats

Barbara Harvey and Barbara Harvey August 20, 2015

A bill that would allow California Community Colleges to suspend or expel students who have committed or threatened to commit violent acts, regardless of whether it occurred on or off campus, was approved...

Kenneth Chandler Anderson, 24, was found guilty of five counts of forcible sexual penetration by a foreign object, and one count of unlawfully attempting to dissuade the victim from reporting the crime to law enforcement in Sacramento Superior Court on Aug. 14. (Mugshot courtesy of Sacramento County Sheriffs Department)

Former ARC student found guilty in Subway rape case

Barbara Harvey and Barbara Harvey August 17, 2015

A Subway employee and former American River College student accused of sexually assaulting his co-worker and preventing her from calling police was found guilty by jurors in Sacramento Superior Court on...

Dominique Polani, who was arrested Friday as a suspect in a string of Sacramento bank robberies, attends American River College according to her Facebook page.

Alleged bank robber an ARC student according to her Facebook page

Update July 23, 2015, 11:39 a.m.: A previous version of this story falsely claimed that Polani registered for classes at American River College. In fact, she applied but never attended classes. Update...

Trial of Travis and Nettie Reay: The expert witness speaks out

Barbara Harvey and Barbara Harvey May 5, 2015

During the trial of Travis and Nettie Reay, expert witness Linda Barnard, Ph.D, was called upon by Nettie’s defense team to testify that the abuse Nettie suffered at the hands of Travis had caused Nettie’s...

Rail riders: Inside the invisible culture of train hopping

Rail riders: Inside the invisible culture of train hopping

Barbara Harvey and Barbara Harvey May 4, 2015

Sometime after sending his last text message on March 10, 2013, 19-year-old first-time train hopper John Paul Alpert was murdered. One year later, detectives in Roseville, California issued arrest warrants...

My parents are murderers: Killers daughter confronts stigma to speak out

My parents are murderers: Killers’ daughter confronts stigma to speak out

Barbara Harvey and Barbara Harvey May 4, 2015

Karen Reay sat quietly in the back of her high school class, staring in disbelief at a page of search results. She had finally worked up the courage to Google her parents’ names, something she had dreaded...

Surviving suicide

Surviving suicide

Barbara Harvey and Joseph Daniels May 4, 2015

Pauline Ghost woke up at Mercy San Juan Hospital, confused and alone after a day of binge drinking. Shortly after waking, she was told by hospital staff that she had attempted to take her own life by overdosing...

Something for nothing: The rise of crowdfunding

Something for nothing: The rise of crowdfunding

Barbara Harvey and Barbara Harvey May 4, 2015

Stewart Ludwig was down on his luck. After a long stretch of unemployment, the ARC theater major hadn’t been able to pay rent for three months. He had noticed friends donating to the crowdfunding efforts...

Campus Pulse: How do you feel about Obamas plan to make community college free?

Campus Pulse: How do you feel about Obama’s plan to make community college free?

Barbara Harvey and Meredith Durham January 26, 2015

                                                                                       

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