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Sunday, April 27, 2025
It’s been one year since the first COVID-19 case in the U.S. was reported and as America just surpassed 500,000 deaths and 28 million confirmed COVID-19 cases. We might be able to get a glimpse of a tiny dazzling light at the end of the tunnel, even if it still […]
Since summer, the school board has been trying tirelessly to bring students back to in-person learning. On February 11, the board voted to approve a plan to return to school. Other districts around the Bay Area such as Palo Alto Unified School District and San Francisco Unified School District have […]
When someone mentions badminton, people think of barbecues, family gatherings and cheap plastic rackets in the backyard. As they try to hit the plastic birdie over a sad, sagging net, their two hands strangle the racket. The ambitious teenager in the family takes a wild baseball swing. He or she […]
The desire to listen to “cool” music that is deemed underground and revolutionary is not new. Nirvana fans groaned when their favorite band was now plastered on every t-shirt, and now many fans feel saddened with the popularization of their previously niche artists. While there are certain songs and artists […]
We’ve just embarked on February of 2021, and alongside this month, a new administration and reformed vaccinations plans have arrived. California is no doubt the state that has suffered the most from COVID-19 because it is the most populated state in the country. We have had more than three million […]
We’re beginning to approach a full year of online learning, with March 13 being only one month away. This process has caused an incredible amount of controversy, discussion and planning in our own school district, and we still await the call for in-person learning. Meanwhile, on February 3, the city […]
Over the past two weeks, the Bay Area has seen powerful storms take over. A series of storms had knocked out power for more than 400,000 people, threatening mudslides and ordering evacuations. Evacuation orders took place in parts of Santa Cruz and Monterey. In addition, more than 8 million people […]
Beginning on June 10, 2020, upset Californians began petitioning to recall Governor Gavin Newsom. The recall was originally started to remove Newsom from office after his efforts to contain the Coronavirus, increased taxes, the high rate of homelessness, rationing water use and restricting parental rights. Since 1911, there have been […]
On March 13, 2020, students left school to embark on what we thought would be a two week lockdown. Now, almost a year later, we are still unable to return to school. However, is making the effort to return to school in-person at this point worth it? Is spending hours […]
It’s definitely safe to say that the school year of 2020-2021 has been weird. With COVID-19, schools have transitioned online, standardized tests have been rare and the economy has certainly turned a depressing route. Although this has been the case, many early trends indicated that for the high school seniors, […]