Former LRPD officer sentenced to 81 years in prison
February 19, 2020
“I will do whatever to keep my student’s safe,” Noah Winchester, former corporal with the Los Rios Police Department once said. That statement came during a November 2014 ride along with a former American River College Current reporter who observed Winchester conducting an off-campus drug bust. ...
Student involved in accident in ARC parking lot
October 2, 2019
At least one American River College student was involved in a car accident in parking lot A just before 11 a.m. Wednesday. According to ARC Public Information Officer Scott Crow, there were several vehicles involved but no one was injured. Crow said that although Los Rios Police Department w...
Art student detained by ICE
September 30, 2019
American River College art student Miguel Gonzalez-Miranda’s portrait “Inner Puzzle” has sat in a narrow closet in the back of the James Kaneko Gallery since early spring. Intended to hang in a student art show in February, the glass-framed, mixed-media collage was too heavy to hang and needed...
Metro Fire tests parking structure fire procedures
September 19, 2019
Sacramento Metro Fire District engines 24 and 103 visited American River College morning to practice emergency procedures and test the standpipe water system in the ARC parking structure. Because fire engines are too large to drive into the garage, Captain Matt Owston said the parking structu...
LRPD updates include recruitment and non-lethal force training
Hannah Yates and Patrick Hyun Wilson
May 8, 2019
By Hannah Yates & Patrick Hyun Wilson During a meeting of the Los Rios Community College Board of Trustees in January, Los Rios Police Chief Lawrence Savidge presented a slideshow providing an update on the needs of the LRPD. The police department is implementing changes to the department across the dis...
“White lives matter” graffiti found in ARC restroom
March 20, 2019
On Monday evening, the phrase “white lives matter,” a slogan associated with white supremacy movements and far-right political ideologies, was found scrawled in a restroom on the American River College campus, according to an email sent to staff by ARC President Thomas Greene Tuesday afternoon. ...
ARC monitors creek levels for flooding
February 27, 2019
With rain expected through the rest of the week and a flood warning issued for North Central California through Thursday, the American River College administration is monitoring and preparing for how the weather — and potential flooding — may affect the campus and surrounding areas. Flooding...
Surveillance increased after Art Department locker break-ins
October 29, 2018
On the weekend of Oct. 12, multiple lockers were broken into outside of the Fine and Applied Arts Department at American River College, according to staff in the Fine and Applied Arts offices. Public Information Officer Scott Crow and those who work in the art department also said some classes were i...
Breaking News: Student arrested at CRC for weapon violation
October 25, 2018
The Los Rios Police Department arrested a student near the parking structure at Cosumnes River College on Wednesday for an on-campus weapon violation. The incident prompted the LRPD to send out a district-wide Rave Alert at 5:46 p.m. warning students and staff to avoid the parking structure area, a...
Goggles and tricycles for campus safety at ARC
September 26, 2018
"How many zombies would Rob Zombie rob if Rob Zombie could rob zombies?" asked Officer Rosie Salazar of the Los Rios Police Department in front of the American River College Library on Sept. 12. “It is a tricky question,” Salazar said while giving the students a handout from the California Office of...
Are we prepared for a school emergency?
March 14, 2018
By Brienna Edwards and Luis Gael Jimenez Parkland, Florida became home to one of the world’s deadliest school massacres when Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was victim to a mass shooting on Feb. 14 Thirty four bullets punctured flesh, tearing apart families and stealing innocence. Sevent...
ARC President warns students of ‘outside group’ planning protest at ARC
March 2, 2018
According to a campus-wide email sent out by American River College President Thomas Greene, an “outside group” calling itself Project Truth will be on school grounds as part of an anti-abortion demonstration March 5 and 6. According to the group’s event page on All Events: “Project Truth will be ch...
LRCCD announces spring 2021 will be held online
September 21, 2020
Students protect themselves as Covid-19 continues to be a concern
September 21, 2020
ARC library provides access to free course materials
September 17, 2020
American River College’s tutoring program makes virtual change
September 16, 2020
ASB meetings will remain online through the fall semester
September 14, 2020
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March 17, 2020
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