Vendor removal sparks controversy

Controversy is raging around an attempt by the district to remove Laney food cart vendors. Sahki Sadiqyar and Mohammed Shojaee have run Marco Polo hot dog carts since the early 1990s; they received a memo dated Jan. 25 and signed by Chancellor Wise Allen that they were in violation of Oakland ordinances regarding mobile food vendors. Full story

Study of family balance in ‘Body Awareness’

Ensemble cast shines in Baker’s newest play

All households maintain a delicate equilibrium. In Aurora Theater's new production, "Body Awareness," that equilibrium is disturbed for Joyce (Jeri Lynn Cohen) and Phyllis (Amy Resnick), a lesbian couple, when they host a guest artist for a week. The anchor for this year's Global Age Project (GAP), Annie Baker's newest play is smart, sensitive and hilarious. Full story

Laney to host Bay Valley title game

Eagles play for conference championship on Feb. 17 - Defeat Solano 58-48 in BVC semifinal

  In a game that very little went right for the Laney women's basketball team, sophomore guard Sonia Aguilar scored 19 points to lead the host Eagles to a 58-48 victory over Solano College on Feb. 15 in a Bay Valley Conference semifinal game. Full story

Photo Essay - Drop the swap

On February 14, Students and faculty petition Morgan Stanley to "stop breaking our heart" and end business practice that removes $1.6 million from school district annually. Full story

Clean energy fosters a healthy society

Feb. 9th, fifty students and admirers packed into room E207 of Laney College for a lecture on efforts that would allow inhabitants of the Bay Area to see their homes in a new light. Speaking was Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO of Green For All. Full story