Wildlife has coexisted with us at L.A. Pierce College for 75 years; half of our 426-acre campus is undeveloped land we share with them.  However, lately we are seeing some of them coming into our populated areas on campus.

Guidance from California Department of Fish and Wildlife:

Most coyote attacks occur in relation to a food source or attractant drawing the coyote close to people, pets, or livestock. A food conditioned, or habituated coyote may become bold and act aggressively towards people. Prevention is the key.

IF YOU SEE A COYOTE and IT SEES YOU:

·       Keep a safe distance. Clap hands, make noise and allow it to move away on its own.

IF YOU ENCOUNTER A COYOTE and IT APPROACHES YOU:

·       Make yourself look bigger by lifting and waving arms.

·       Make noise by yelling, using noisemakers, or whistles. If small children are present, keep them close to you.

IF YOU ENCOUNTER A COYOTE – and IT ATTEMPTS TO ATTACK A PERSON OR PET:

·       Get to a safe location

·       ON CAMPUS, if a person was bitten or scratched by the coyote, call The L.A. Sheriff’s Dept. Office at 818-719-6450 24/7 and seek medical attention.

·       Off campus, call 9-1-1 and seek medical attention.

For more tips visit https://wildlife.ca.gov/Keep-Me-Wild/Coyote. Stay Safe, Brahmas!

Choose your five-week Winter classes now.

It’s a great opportunity to take two classes and pick up six units to keep you moving towards your degree.

To register go to the Student Information System (SIS) logon page at https://services.laccd.edu/districtsite/sis_logon.asp.

At Pierce College, you can earn your degree close to home and without going into debt. Get where you are going faster when you add Winter Intersession to your schedule.

Pierce’s long-awaited new 21,233 square foot Advanced Automotive Technology Building is nearing completion on the west side of campus adjacent to our existing Automotive Technology site. Its laboratories were specifically designed to teach cutting-edge curriculum in the areas of alternative fuel, advanced diagnostics, and hybrid & electric vehicle technologies. The facility will include two classrooms, faculty offices and support spaces.

The $22.3 million complex will provide space for up 90 vehicles and includes ten Electric Charging Stations, ranging from Level II CHAdeMO Electric Charging Stations and the Combined Charging System (CCS) Charging Stations, to a Tesla Supercharger Charging Station. 

The building design incorporates a number of water efficiency features, such as drought-tolerant landscaping and low-flow fixtures, and energy efficient features, such as LED lighting fixtures. Construction sought to divert 75% of waste from landfills and incorporates building materials made of recycled or rapidly renewable materials.  

L.A. Pierce College’s Automotive Technology Program meets strict industry standards and is NATEF/ASE certified for the Clean Tech Auto program, which serves over 1,000 students and is the only one of its kind in the San Fernando Valley.

Students in L.A. Pierce College’s long-running Automotive Technology Program may achieve associate degrees and certificates to prepare them to work in the automotive service and repair field. Certificates of Achievement can be earned in the automotive specialties of service technology, emission specialist, light service technician, performance applications and powertrain specialist.

Classes will begin in the new facility in Spring 2023.

Wondering what happened to our fence? The old white fence (pictured) was installed in the early 2000’s under then-President Rocky Young. It cause quite a positive buzz back in the day. But after two decades, the time had come to replace it.  

Pierce is definitely erecting a new campus perimeter fence. This new fence will be almost exactly the same style and look as the old one.  Our schedule shows the new fence will be up by the end of October 2022.