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Sally Yates Testifies Before Congress, Reveals Timeline of Flynn Firing

Written by Xavier Alatorre, Staff Writer May 16, 2017

Former Acting-Attorney General Sally Yates testified before the Senate last Monday, May 8. In her testimony, she claimed she alerted the White House earlier this year that former national security adviser...

Elevated Lead Levels Poisoning Families in L.A. County

Written by Xavier Alatorre, Staff Writer Apr 26, 2017

Across Los Angeles County, more than 15,000 children under 6 tested high for lead between 2011 and 2015, according to an investigation by Reuters. 323 neighborhoods were identified as having elevated levels...

North Korea Warns of “Super-Mighty” Preemptive Strike

Written by Xavier Alatorre, Staff Writer Apr 26, 2017

Tensions are reaching a fever pitch on the Korean Peninsula between the United States and North Korea as the isolated nation threatened the U.S. with a “super-mighty preemptive strike” after U.S. Secretary...

DACA recipient sues Trump administration after being deported

Written by Xavier Alatorre, Staff Writer Apr 25, 2017

Juan Manuel Montes, a 23-year-old DACA recipient, is suing the Trump Administration following his deportation back in February. Montes was granted permission to stay in the United States under the Obama-era...

United States Drops “The Mother of all Bombs” in Afghanistan

Written by Xavier Alatorre, Staff Writer Apr 18, 2017

The United States dropped the “mother of all bombs” on an Islamic State cave complex in Afghanistan Thursday April 13, the Pentagon said. It is the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in the US arsenal....

Journalist Killed In Mexico, The Fourth in Six Weeks

Written by Xavier Alatorre, Staff Writer Apr 18, 2017

A Mexican journalist, Maximino Rodriguez Palacios, was shot dead outside of a shopping center Friday April 14 in La Paz, a coastal city in the state of Baja California Sur. He was 72 years old. Palacios...

Upcoming Effects of Climate Change

Written by Xavier Alatorre and Corbin Boone Apr 17, 2017

James Cook University in Australia reported that for the second time in 12 months coral bleaching is occurring along the Great Barrier Reef. Coral bleaching has occurred three other times in the past...

Trump Launches Tomahawk Strikes Against Syria

Written by Xavier Alatorre, Staff Writer Apr 17, 2017

The United States bombed a Syrian air base Thursday April 6, after the Syrian government attacked its own civilians with chemical weapons. “Tonight, I ordered a targeted military strike on the air...

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson Used Fake Alias As Exxon CEO To Discuss Climate Change

Written by Xavier Alatorre, Staff Writer Mar 21, 2017

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Tuesday Mar. 14 that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson used an email alias while CEO of Exxon to discuss climate change. The alias, Wayne Tracker, was...

Trump’s Travel Ban 2.0 Blocked

Written by Xavier Alatorre, Staff Writer Mar 21, 2017

President Trump issued an executive order Mar. 6 revising the original travel ban he had approved in January, shortly after he took office. The original order sparked massive protests at airports across...

Coast to coast, the death penalty is still a controversial issue

Written by Xavier Alatorre, Staff Writer Mar 21, 2017

Florida Governor Rick Scott removed State Attorney Aramis Ayala from the case of an accused cop killer after she announced she would not seek the death penalty in this case or any other case thereafter....

Romanians Rally Against Corrupt Goverment

Written by Xavier Alatorre, Reporter Feb 16, 2017

Romanians gathered together to protest in the streets of Bucharest, Romania on Sunday, February 5, 2017 to defend their civil rights and to eliminate their city’s corruption. According to USA Today,...

White Nationalists Plan Show of Force on Election Day

Written by Xavier Alatorre, News Editor Nov 15, 2016

White nationalists plan a “show of force” to monitor polls throughout the country on Election Day, according to Politico.com. Andrew Anglin, a Neo-Nazi leader, has shared plans to set up cameras...

Fly The W: The Chicago Cubs are World Series Champions

Written by Xavier Alatorre, News Editor Nov 9, 2016

108 years ago, women were not allowed to vote. Today, woman are allowed to vote and some Americans will vote for the first female president. 108 years ago, Ford released the Model T, the country’s first...

Rio Hondo Welcomes A New Communications Dean

Written by Xavier Alatorre, News Editor Nov 2, 2016

Alice Mecom has officially become the new dean of Communications and Languages at Rio Hondo. Prior to becoming the division’s dean, she was an ESL Instructor in Dallas, Texas before moving to Los Angeles...

CA Department of Justice Investigates Wells Fargo

Written by Xavier Alatorre, News Editor Oct 26, 2016

The California Department of Justice is conducting an investigation into allegations that Wells Fargo committed identity fraud after the bank opened phony bank accounts using customer information, according...

RHC hosts The Silent Witness Initiative

Written by Xavier Alatorre, Staff Writer Oct 18, 2016

Seven red silhouettes stand in a row. Positioned almost shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, the cutouts represent a casualty of domestic violence, a display put on by The Silent Witness Initiative to commemorate...

Professor Gilda Ochoa speaks at Rio Hondo

Written by Xavier Alatorre, News Editor Sep 28, 2016

Professor Gilda Ochoa spoke at Rio Hondo College about academic profiling and how it impacts students of color, specifically Latinx* students in secondary school. She is a professor at Pomona College where...

Spotlight: Loren Hanna

Written by Xavier Alatorre, Staff Writer Sep 28, 2016

Professor Loren Hanna is inspiring students at California State University, Los Angeles, but before starting her career as a communications professor, she was a student at Rio Hondo College. While...

Colin Kaepernick Protests National Anthem

Written by Xavier Alatorre, Staff Writer Sep 14, 2016

The National Anthem at a U.S. sporting event is as ubiquitous as previews before a movie. August 26th, just as expected, the national anthem was sung before the start of a football game between the Green...

Spotlight: Professor Ron Reeder

Written by Xavier Alatorre, Staff Writer Sep 13, 2016

Professor Ron Reeder has been a part of Rio Hondo College for many years, first as a student when the campus opened its doors in 1963 and then as professor after receiving his BA and MA from Cal State...

Cyclists Involved In Hit-And-Run Early Friday Morning

Written by Xavier Alatorre, Staff Writer Sep 13, 2016

Three teenage cyclists were involved in a hit-and-run Friday, Sept. 2. The three young men were heading west on Beverly Blvd., near Norwalk Blvd., early Friday morning. An unidentified white car struck...

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