Grass Valley, Calif. — Protest has long been a way for people in the United States to express frustration and demand change, from the Vietnam War era to today’s debates over immigration, policing, and global conflict. While the issues have changed over time, one question still remains: what actually comes from these moments?
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Americans are divided by political differences, but what do we agree on? One thing I discovered talking to students and community members is that each of them agreed on one thing: preserving Free Speech was deeply important.
For some people, the phrase “war on drugs” conjures memories of the yearly school assemblies focused on the theme D.A.R.E. The local sheriff’s department would speak on the dangers of drug use while passing out pencils that read “Too cool to do drugs.” Continue Reading
On March 3rd, 2025, Governor Gavin Newsom issued an Executive Order requiring that California State workers return to work, from working remotely at home, to in person four days a week, effective July 1st, 2025. The Order will continue to offer case-by-case telework exceptions, if necessary. It also includes a goal to hire former federal workers along with firefighters and forest service staff seeking employment throughout this transition.
Given everything that occurs on campus, it can be easy to forget how much planning goes into scheduling, organizing and running each individual event. These tasks are assigned to senate members of the Associated Students of Sierra College, or the ASSC.
In this 4:51 video, reporter Tyler Williams covers views on voting in the upcoming 2024 election and voting sites on campus and in our community. Williams finds out what people think about how their vote matters.
Over the past decade, the fentanyl epidemic has emerged as a critical public health crisis in the United States. According to USAFacts.org, overdoses from the drug have claimed over 330,000 lives since 2012, devastating communities large and small in the process. In Northern California, the powerful synthetic opioid’s impact has been acutely felt in Placer and Nevada counties. Despite their similarities, the county neighbors have adopted markedly different approaches to combat the life-or-death crisis.
The things we take for granted. In our daily coexistence with different people, we take many things for granted. However, there are people in difficult circumstances who belong to minorities and even if they work hard and excel in school, they may not be able to go to college. Some might not even be able to attend community college, which is known to be the most financially accessible.
It has officially been two years since the start of the mask mandate in California and people, including students, still have strong opinions.
When you think of rivers, lakes and streams, you picture a euphoric sight. The sun shining, birds chirping and crisp, clean; clear water. The scenery draws you into a magical getaway of peace and solitude. But the harsh reality is that this is not always the case near some of Sacramento’s most prominent bodies of water.
Bends and Banks: Communities, Water, and the American River, is a set of five stories produced by a team of journalist fellows in Spring, 2022. The team includes four student journalists: Madalyn Wright, Vontress Ortega, Katelyn Vengersammy, and Aviana Loveall. They were all awarded through the California Humanities “Emerging Journalist” Fellowship with the Journalism program at Sierra College.
The year 2020 redefined the word, “essential.” Home essentials, health essentials, work essentials, but most notably essential workers. Though the Fight for 15 movements began in 2012, the COVD-19 pandemic brought a new wave of unionizing movements to fast-food chains across the nation. After years of unsafe working conditions, low wages, lack of accessible healthcare, sexual assault, sexism, and racism, fast-food workers of the Sacramento area are fighting back.