Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Laney College campus in Oakland in May 2025. (Jessica Christian/S.F. Chronicle) Laney and Merritt colleges, the two largest ...

Two East Bay community colleges will merge into one institution next year as officials look to reduce dropout rates and address declining enrollment. The plan to unite Laney College and Merritt ...

OAKLAND — Hundreds of people joined Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, at Merritt College on Friday to celebrate the grand opening of the Barbara Lee Science and Allied Health Center. The four-story, ...

OAKLAND — For decades, Laney College and Merritt College have built up distinct brands on opposite sides of town, offering their own slices of higher education but often vying for the same students — ...

Laney and Merritt colleges, the two largest schools in the East Bay's Peralta Community College District, will merge next year and become "Oakland City College" as part of a massive transformation ...