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The American River Current
The student voice of American River College since 1955

The American River Current
The student voice of American River College since 1955

The American River Current
A Sacramento City College student's phone shows a time-stamped message from the district's emergency message system, run by WARN Command, coming 40 minutes after the fatal shooting that occurred on campus began on Sept. 3. The district is considering new options for which company to use for the ALERT system. (Photo by Barbara Harvey)

Los Rios to consider new companies for ALERT system

John Ferrannini • November 25, 2015

The Los Rios Community College District is considering a different system to alert people of campus emergencies, according to district spokesperson Mitchel Benson. This comes on the heels of several...

A Sacramento City College student's phone shows a time-stamped message from the district's emergency message system, run by WARN Command, coming 40 minutes after the fatal shooting that occurred on campus began on Sept. 3. The district is considering new options for which company to use for the ALERT system. (Photo by Barbara Harvey)

Editorial: Los Rios needs to change emergency procedures

September 11, 2015

When an emergency alert system takes 45 minutes to alert you of an emergency, there is no point in having one. The Los Rios ALERT text message system did not send out an alert until about 45 minutes...

A Sacramento City College counselor and a community chaplain counsel a student grieving on Sept. 4, over the fatal shooting on the campus the day before. Counselors and Chaplains were made available to students, faculty and staff from 9 to 2 p.m. Friday, 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturday and 9 to 6 p.m. Tuesday. (Photo by Barbara Harvey)

Sac City College mourns shooting

John Ferrannini and Barbara Harvey • September 4, 2015

By Barbara Harvey and John Ferrannini As students, faculty and staff at Sacramento City College came together to mourn, new information has come to light about the victim of Thursday’s fatal shooting...

Police cars block off the scene of the fatal shooting at Sacramento City College that left one student dead and two injured on Sept. 3, 2015. (Photo by Ashlynn Johnson)

Sac City shooting raises questions about District’s emergency procedure

John Ferrannini and Kameron Schmid • September 4, 2015

By Kameron Schmid and John Ferrannini When Sacramento City College student Darling Perry left her biology class at 3:50 p.m. on Thursday, she decided to ride her bike to the grocery store before going...

Mourners gather outside of the scene of the Sacramento City College shooting on Thursday that left one student dead and two injured. (Photo by Ashlynn Johnson)

Photo gallery: Aftermath of fatal Sac City College shooting

Ashlynn Johnson • September 4, 2015

A police officer talks to Davida Trejo, the mother of shooting victim Roman Gonzalez, 25, on Thursday after the on campus shooting at Sacramento City College that left Gonzalez dead and two other students injured. (Photo by Ashlynn Johnson)

Chancellor King: Sac City shooting was ‘worst nightmare’

September 4, 2015

Los Rios Community College District Chancellor Brian King spoke with the Current at Sacramento City College the day after the fatal shooting on the campus that left one student dead and two more injured. The...

Robert Meyer, the husband of Sacramento City College biology professor Virginia Meyer, and Mary Ann Robinson, an employee at the college's library, hug at the "love-in" held at the Quad at Sacramento City College on Sept. 4, 2015, the day after a fatal shooting occurred on campus. (Photo by Barbara Harvey)

Photo gallery: Sacramento City College students, faculty and staff come together after fatal shooting

Barbara Harvey • September 4, 2015

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