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The Vikings sit in first place of their division and are on a seven game winning streak as outside hitter Alden Jacobs scored the last point of the match defeating Moorpark 3-2 on Friday.

✍️:  Jose Calix
📷:  Paloma Maciel
Vikings sit top of their division as win streak continues with 3-2 win over Moorpark
Outside hitter Alden Jacobs scored the last point for the Vikings men’s volleyball team after a dramatic comeback to win the match 3-2 against Moorpark College at the LBCC Gymnasium on Friday. With…
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March 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The Vikings volleyball team beat Santa Monica College 3-2 on Wednesday.

✍️: Rafael Gomez
📷: Tenoa J. Stewart
Vikings volleyball extend win streak with 3-2 win against Santa Monica College.
The Vikings men’s volleyball triumphed over Santa Monica College 3-2 during a challenging home game on Wednesday, continuing their current four game wining streak. The Vikings won the first set, wi…
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March 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Vikings baseball lose 7-2 in their second game against the East LA Huskies

✍️: Valerie Schulz
📷: Brianna Apodaca

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Vikings baseball loses 7-2 in their second game against East LA
The Vikings bats went quiet as they took a loss to ELAC with a final score of 7-2 on Thursday.  The Vikings had a slow start but played a great defensive game.  By the end of the third in…
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February 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Vikings softball wins against Rio Hondo 14-6.

✍️: Ryan Guerrero
📷: Tenoa J. Stewart
Vikings Softball wins 14-6 against Rio Hondo
Vikings Softball beat the Rio Hondo College Roadrunners 14-6 in the Thursday afternoon home game, with Jaela Ruiz making the winning hit.  The first inning began with pitcher Mariah Zapata as …
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February 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
LBCC celebrated Black History Month at LAC last Thursday, Feb. 6, to honor its Black leaders, students, staff, and ancestors through song, dance, and musical instruments.

📸: Tenoa J. Stewart
✍️: Bella Schultz, Tenoa J. Stewart, Isabel Murty
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LBCC honors Black leaders with kickoff event for black history month
LBCC celebrated Black History Month at LAC last Thursday, Feb. 6, to honor its Black leaders, students, staff, and ancestors through song, dance, and musical instruments.  The event’s theme wa…
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February 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Screening of “10,000 Black Named George,” spotlights Black labor for Black History Month.

✍️: Jose Rivera, Enrique Martinez, Addison Farris
📷: Enrique Martinez
Film Screening spotlights Black Labor during Black History Month
In celebration of Black History Month, LBCC’s Black Student Success Center hosted a film screening of “10,000 Black Men Named George,” on Feb. 11. Labor center coordinator Valentina Flores or…
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February 17, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Baseball loses 16-4 to Orange Coast College in their 10th game of the season

✍️: Brianna Apodaca and Valerie Schulz
📷: Brianna Apodaca
Baseball loses against OCC 16-4 in their 10th game of the season
In the 10th game of the season, the Vikings lost against the Orange Coast College Pirates, with a final score of 16-4 on Tuesday.  Pitcher Logan Carr plateaus the momentum in just the first in…
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February 16, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Men’s Basketball loses to Compton 93-85 on Wednesday.

✍️: Rafael Gomez
📷: Tenoa J. Stewart
LBCC Men’s basketball faces a difficult loss against Compton College, 93-85
After a lengthy tug of war between both teams, Compton College proved to be a formidable opponent, beating LBCC 93-85 on Feb. 13. The match opened with a brief spotlight on LBCC’s sophomores, 4 of …
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February 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Women’s Basketball defeats Compton 66-43 in the last home game of the season on Wednesday.

✍️: Isabel Murty
📷: Katherine Elizabeth Jackson
LBCC’s women’s basketball defeat Compton 66-43 in last home game of the season
The Vikings defeated Compton College in their last home game of the season 66-43 on Wednesday as wing player Kyla Sawall scored the last two points via a layup. Before the game started the Vikings …
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February 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Women’s Beach Volley loses second game of the season to Santa Barbara college 3-2.

✍️: Isabel Murty
📷: Bella Schultz
Beach Volleyball lost second game of season to Santa Barbara 3-2
The Long Beach City College’s beach volleyball team lost their second game of the season 3-2 to Santa Barbara college on Friday. “We can have more of a sense of urgency. I think everyone wants to w…
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February 14, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Vikings football wraps up an overall successful season with a 6-5 record, an improvement from last year.

✍️: Bella Schultz
📸: Bella Schultz

#lbcc #vikings #football

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Vikings football ends with overall successful season
The Vikings ended their season on Nov. 27 with a close 39-33 loss in the Beach Bowl against Ventura College but finished with a 6-5 winning record. “I’m incredibly proud of their resilience to keep…
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December 9, 2024 at 10:08 PM
U.S. Congresswoman Nanette Barragan helps LBCC secure $1 million in federal funding to build an affordable housing complex in North Long Beach.

✍️: Ryenne Jolliff
📸: Ryenne Jolliff

#lbcc #studenthousing
LBCC receives $1 million for student housing with help from Congresswoman
U.S. Congresswoman Nanette Barragan and members of LBCC’s Board of Trustees celebrated the school receiving $1 million in federal funding to build housing for low income students in North Long Beac…
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December 9, 2024 at 10:06 PM
LBCC's in person and virtual dual enrollment workshops give middle and high school students the opportunity to enroll in spring 2025 courses.

✍️: Bella Schultz
📸: Alex Toledo

#lbcc #dualenrollment #earlycollegeinitiative
Dual enrollment workshops offer help for middle and high school students
LBCC’s Early College Initiatives program is offering dual enrollment workshops, giving middle and high school students a chance to enroll in classes for the upcoming spring semester.  The Earl…
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December 6, 2024 at 9:56 PM
LBCC’s basic needs program hosted a special food bank to give students and community members free groceries for the holidays at TTC.

✍️: Regina Melchor
📸: Regina Melchor
Basic Needs Program supplies free groceries to campus community
LBCC’s Basic Needs program held their monthly food bank at the Trades Tech and Community Learning Campus (formerly PCC) on Tuesday, providing students and community members with free groceries and …
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December 4, 2024 at 10:33 PM
A DACA student at LBCC shares her family's story amid president elect Donald Trump's recent comments about mass deportations.

✍️: Destiny Garcia
📸: Destiny Garcia

#lbcc #DACA
Undocumented student and her family face anxiety about Trump administration
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s win in the presidential election, an undocumented student and her family face anxiety over the Trump administration holding power.   Comments made…
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November 28, 2024 at 7:27 PM
An arrested professor, LBCC's election connection, and an Olympic water polo coach: revisit the Viking's 10 biggest stories from 2024.

✍️: Emma Lloyd
📸: Cain Carbajal

#lbcc #yearinreview
Year in review: The 10 biggest stories from 2024
As the fall semester comes to a close, students and staff should take a moment to review the most impactful events that happened this year. Here were the Viking’s biggest stories for 2024. ARRESTED…
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November 28, 2024 at 7:24 PM
LBCC quietly divested from BlackRock in June, failing to inform students and staff of its decision.

The divestment had nothing to do with recent calls from pro-Palestinian student activists.

✍️: Cain Carbajal
📸: Sam Villa

#lbcc #divestment #boardoftrustees
LBCC quietly divested from BlackRock in June, but not because of protestors
Long Beach City College divested from BlackRock in June of this year, but students and staff were unaware of the school’s decision for the majority of the fall semester.   Despite recent …
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November 26, 2024 at 4:10 AM
A car crash occurred today on East Carson Street going westbound between the A quad and Viking Express.

There were no serious injuries.

✍️: Sam Villa and Gilberto Roman
📸: Sam Villa
Car accident on Carson Street takes down fence
A car crash occurred today on East Carson Street going westbound between the A quad and Viking Express. A Ford Expedition swerved and hit another car before taking down the fence that splits Carson…
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November 26, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Opinion:
Undocumented Students club should be integrated with DREAMS program

✍️ : Destiny Garcia
📸 : Gilberto Roman
November 25, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Opinion: We’ve read the articles about mental health, why hasn’t it changed?

✍️& 📸: Sam Villa
Opinion: We’ve read the articles about mental health, why hasn’t it changed?
If there was ever a time for students to care more about their mental health it would be now, with the aftermath of an election, finals upcoming, and the familial stress associated with holidays, t…
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November 25, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Opinion: Using a printer on campus is now more inconvenient

✍️& 📸: Destiny Garcia
Opinion: Using a printer on campus is now more inconvenient
Long Beach City College has now made the process of printing entirely cashless, when it should be inclusive to students who carry cash, not just those who have a credit or debit card.   T…
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November 25, 2024 at 7:07 PM
LBCC's Welcome Center has been out of Chromebooks since the start of the fall semester.

“We’ve been working with the inventory that we have. Our stock was mostly from when remote learning was mandatory, and that was five years ago now.”

✍️ & 📸: Ryan Hixson
Chromebooks out of stock at Welcome Center since semester start
LBCC’s Welcome Center has been out of Chromebooks for students to borrow since the beginning of the semester, according to the signs posted around the A Building. Normally, students have the opport…
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November 22, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Opinion: LBCC desperately needs to modernize its online resources

LBCC needs to prioritize funding to modernize its online resources, just as it has with its classrooms and buildings.

✍️ & 📸: Ryenne Jolliff
Opinion: LBCC desperately needs to modernize its online resources
LBCC’s recent on-campus projects, including the construction of a new performing arts center and the remodeling of the E Building, reflect a clear investment in improving the educational experience…
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November 21, 2024 at 3:52 AM