Student journalists sue district over record requests

Image:  Student journalists at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., are suing the Peralta Community College District for failing to adequately respond to public records requests. The plaintiffs say the district’s lagging or partial responses stymie their efforts to do investigative work and hold the district accountable. District officials say they comply with the law and do their best to handle the administrative burden of repeated requests. The lawsuit was filed earlier this month in...