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El Camino College The Union
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El Camino College The Union
The student news site of El Camino College

El Camino College The Union
On Nov. 20, 2022, Yajaira Hernandez and her oldest son, Joseph Hernandez, visit the place where the remains of her middle son, Juan Hernandez, are laid to rest at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City. Hernandez left his home on Adams Boulevard in South Central Los Angeles on Sept. 22, 2020, to go to work. That was the last time Hernandez’s family saw him. (Kim McGill | Warrior Life)

Justice for Cookie

By Kim McGill
May 17, 2023

Suspect’s sentencing postponed in homicide of El Camino College student

By Kim McGill
May 12, 2022
Yajaira Hernandez holds a photo of her son, El Camino College student Juan Hernandez, 21, at the #SurvivorsSpeak rally in Sacramento on Tuesday, April 26. On Tuesday, May 3, Hernandez went to Clara Shortridge Foltz Courthouse for a hearing in the case of The People of Calif. vs. Sonita Heng. Heng, 22, has accepted a plea deal for her role in the murder of Hernandez son. (Kim McGill | The Union)

Trial of Ethan Astaphan has possible start date Sept. 6

By Kim McGill
May 8, 2022
Three storefronts now for sale in South Central Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 9, 2022. On Sept. 22, 2020 Juan Hernandez, a 21-year-old El Camino College student, came to his job here as a budtender for the V.I.P. Collective marijuana dispensary. His body was found nearly two months later at a remote location in the Mojave Desert. (Kim McGill | The Union)

Defendant in Hernandez homicide case pleads not guilty

By Kim McGill
March 16, 2022

Hearing in Juan Carlos Hernandez case postponed again

By Jose Tobar
September 28, 2021

Hearings of two individuals connected to ECC student’s death are postponed

By Jose Tobar
September 7, 2021
A mass was held in honor of Juan Carlos Hernández, an El Camino College student who went missing on Tuesday, Sept. 22 after his night shift at a marijuana dispensary, on Wednesday. Nov 25 at the Saint Vincent de Paul Parish in Los Angeles. His remains were found on Sunday, Nov 15 in a shallow grave in the Mojave desert, according to an LAPD press release. The ceremony in his honor was held outside due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Jaime Solis/ The Union)

Mass held in light of student’s death

By Jeniffer Torres
November 25, 2020
Stephanie Mendoza, Juan Carlos Hernándezs aunt, cries out to the police in the Downtown Los Angeles Police Department to return Juan to his family on Sunday, Oct. 25. Juan Carlos Hernández, a part-time El Camino College engineering student, has been missing since late Tuesday, Sept. 22. The protest began in front of City Hall in Downtown Los Angeles and turned into a march around the Police Department located a block away from City Hall. (Jaime Solis/ The Union)

Protest held as family of missing student demands answers from police, local politicians

By Jeniffer Torres
November 4, 2020
Juan Carlos Hernández, a part-time engineering student at El Camino College, has been missing since late evening Tuesday, Sept. 22. In honor of his birthday, his family decided to give back to the community on Thursday, Oct 15, setting up tents on the corner of San Pedro Street and Seventh street in downtown Los Angeles to distribute some food and toiletries to the homeless residents of nearby Skid Row. Image taken Thursday, Oct. 15. (Jaime Solis/ The Union)

As family honors missing student, questions arise on law enforcement, elected officials

By Juan Miranda and Jeniffer Torres
October 21, 2020
Yorgely Vital-Jimenez, a volunteer at the Warrior Pantry, gathers oranges for a student who stopped by in their car to pick up food in El Camino Colleges Parking Lot B on Tuesday, Sept 22. A variety of products can be picked up by EC students who need help accessing essentials such as food and cleaning supplies. (Mari Inagaki/ The Union)

6 photos highlighting ECC community life beyond classes

By Jaime Solis and Mari Inagaki
October 8, 2020
A vigil was held for Juan Carlos Hernández, in Martin Luther King Jr. park on Sunday, Oct. 4. Juan Carlos Hernández has been missing since Sept. 22, last seen by a coworker as he got off his work shift. Guests from all walks of Juans life were invited as a testament and reminder that the search for him will not stop. (Jaime Solis/ The Union)

Community rallies behind ailing family of missing engineering student

By Juan Miranda and Jeniffer Torres
October 6, 2020
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