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Here is the April issue of the Catholic Agitator.

In this issue:

Occupy the Temple by Jeff Dietrich Healing and Restoring To Wholeness by Faustino Cruz It Felt Like Home by Rebecca Casas PLC Resisters Occupy Vandenberg: an Interview with Dennis Apel The Catholic Church: Morality Cop or Prophet by Theo Kayser

Well, at least there’s one county board of supervisors in the San Joaquin Valley that still cares about creating jobs and linking their population to the job engines of the coasts: Fresno County supervisors this morning reiterated their support for California’s high-speed rail project despite a strong show of disapproval from the Tea Party. After [...]

Because Democrats failed to pass a new Transportation Bill when they controlled both Congress and the White House in 2009 and 2010, the bill’s renewal has been stuck in limbo since the far right seized control of the House of Representatives in the 2010 elections. Despite some efforts to get a new bill approved this [...]

The California High Speed Rail Authority is pushing back hard against a flawed study that claimed high speed rail operating costs in California would be higher than current planning suggests. Michael Rossi, one of Governor Jerry Brown’s appointees to the CHSRA board, found more flaws in that report: But in a letter to the authors [...]

For the last four years there have been regular indications that the private sector is very interested in participating in the California high speed rail project. Many critics and reporters have dismissed that interest, in part because no firm commitments have been made. Of course, the public sector hasn’t made a firm commitment either, so [...]

Good article in the Fresno Bee about Republican candidates in the Central Valley making opposition to the high speed rail project a top priority in their campaigns – even when it means reversing long-held positions: For Republican candidates this election season, high-speed rail is Enemy No. 1 — or had better be. And that’s putting [...]

I’ll on my way to Hawaii for the week, so posting will probably be a bit lighter than normal. If anyone wants to submit a guest post, now would be an excellent time to do so. As a conversation piece, there’s this New York Times article on the new private high speed train service in [...]

Kings County political leaders have become vehemently opposed to the California high speed rail project, despite the clear need for the Hanford-Visalia region to have better connections to metropolitan regions around the state. So it’s very strange to see those same leaders demanding preservation of Amtrak service in Kings County: According to the California High [...]

Our old friend Ralph Vartabedian is at it again. The notably biased anti-HSR reporter is out with a new article in the LA Times about a study on HSR operating costs: The state rail authority has grossly underestimated future operating costs of California’s proposed bullet train, meaning taxpayers potentially will have to provide billions of [...]

Follow Rachel’s day-to-day training on her twitter and facebook pages and read more of Rachel’s marathon experience every other Sunday in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. By Rachel Luna, Staff Writer Posted: 01/21/2012 06:13:54 AM PST I wasn’t thrilled with the fact that I pretty much got brushed off by my insurance company when I [...]

Follow James’s day-to-day training on his Twitter and Facebook pages and read more of James and his exercise regimen at Chatelaine.   By, James Fell I’m finally going to do it. I’ve registered to run my first ever marathon in Los Angeles this coming March 18. Of course, I needed to discuss this with my wife [...]

Follow Rachel’s day-to-day training on her twitter and facebook pages and read more of Rachel’s marathon experience every other Sunday in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune. By Rachel Luna, Staff Writer Posted: 01/03/2012 03:55:01 PM PST Three weeks ago I injured my knee, which consequently brought my marathon training to a halt. A simple twisting movement [...]

Check out the following LA Daily News story on one of our 2012 Honda LA Marathon Official Charities, ARC.     If you’re looking for the longest shot in the field at this year’s Los Angeles L.A. Marathon in March you’ll find it working out three days a week at the track in Beeman Park in Studio City. Team ARC, [...]

C.J. Lin, staff writer at the L.A. Daily News is training for her first marathon, the Honda LA Marathon.  You can follow C.J.’s day-to-day progress on her twitter page and watch for her stories in the Los Angeles Daily News. By C.J. Lin, Staff Writer Posted: 02/25/2012 Updated: 02/27/2012 Part of an occasional series about [...]

Runners must be registered by February 15 at Noon (PST) for their name to appear on pace cars Last year, for the first time ever, Honda wrapped two of the elite pace vehicles with approximately 18,000 marathon participant’s names.  The name-covered cars were shown publicly during the pre-Marathon Expo at Dodger Stadium, as well as [...]

ASICS America Corporation, a proud partner of the 2012 Honda LA Marathon, has expanded its award-winning “Support Your Marathoner” program to the West Coast. Similar to the program offered at the 2011 ING New York City Marathon, it allows friends and family to send pictures, texts, and video messages of support to the marathon runner [...]

C.J. Lin, staff writer at the L.A. Daily News is training for her first marathon, the Honda LA Marathon.  You can follow C.J.’s day-to-day progress on her twitter page and watch for her stories in the Los Angeles Daily News. By C.J. Lin, Staff Writer Posted: 02/04/2012 06:13:27 PM PST Updated: 02/04/2012 06:16:18 PM PST [...]

Follow James’s day-to-day training on his Twitter and Facebook pages and read more of James and his exercise regimen at Chatelaine.   By, James Fell   See that picture on the left? That’s me running in -27ºC. I posted the pic to my Facebook fan page and the general consensus revealed in the comments is that [...]

It took four years and a lot of work to resurrect the Tools for the Trades program at LATTC. Through the vision of Fashion chair Carole Anderson and the re-committed LATTC Foundation, the program was back in place including an incredible student rally and then a very special night where the tools were distributed. This [...]

Not since 2008, has LATTC presented a Tools for the Trades campus rally. But it has been resurrected thanks to Fashion chair Carole Anderson and the LATTC Foundation which set aside $53,000 in scholarships for tools for vocational students. It was an energetic and spirited event that showed the real camaraderie of our students. Congratulations [...]

More than  50 LATTC Diesel Technology students attended the annual 2012 American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Bus & Paratransit Conference. This conference is held at a different city each year and this year it was held in Long Beach.   It is the premiere conference for public transit.  Transit companies from across the country attend to [...]

Once again our people have made this college shine. Acting Vice President of Academic Affairs, Leticia Barajas has been honored with a prestigious ACCORD community development award for her extraordinary efforts in fostering workforce development. And a member of our WED team, Marcia Wilson, has been honored with a Jane Addams faculty award for her [...]

Fall 2012 Schedule of Classes (PDF version) Fall & Summer 2012 Important Dates (PDF) For the most current information, please see the Course Offerings page Important Dates REGISTRATION DATES EOPS & DSPS Students (in person or on-line) begins May 7 – 9, 2012 Continuing Students (on-line ONLY) begins May 10 – June 3, 2012 New [...]

No one works harder at connecting industry partners with our Chemical and Process Technology department than Dr. Renee Madyun. Whether it’s scholarships or work placement or changing industry standards or industry donations, she is tireless in placing the Trade Tech programs out in front. Recently she gathered industry partners on campus to discuss strategies to [...]