Scholastic thoroughfare by day, and peaceful haven by night, Diablo Valley College’s nightlife is a thing of beauty when the sun sets on campus.

The planetarium is one of the college’s larger structures and is still used for classes, but is ideally used at night. It is pictured above, around seven o’clock at sunset.

The bookstore, as pictured on the right is open later, from 7:45 a.m. – 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday. But be that as it may, the lights are kept on into the night – illuminating the walkways and other areas that students or staff may need to get to if they are on campus after nightfall.

The bookstore is pictured on the right around 9 p.m. Surprisingly there is a lot of low key activity into the night in terms of the groundskeepers and janitorial staff. The two gentlemen pictured below were covering the pool around 9:45 p.m. The pool deck, which is just one of the many illuminated areas around campus, is not open, but still shines its lights onto the walkways around it brightening up the paths, and making for a nice landmark of lower campus.

Night classes are not as popular as the day classes, but the people who do take night classes – especially in the spring – have no issues with the weather into the night.

Mike Sevick, a student who was enjoying the evening as he stood outside the Humanities building with two of his friends, “We’re just taking a break out here because it is a nice night out, and the weather is great right now.”

Daniel Buera DVC student,“We have class from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. but we don’t mind.”

Not only does DVC offer a wide variety of places to go on campus to relax, but the nighttime views are awesome to say the least.