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Thursday, September 10, 2026
It’s officially been one full year since San Mateo High School started distanced learning. This year has been like no other, testing our capabilities as human beings to interact with each other in an unusual, completely online format. Friends and families have had to get creative with gatherings, which has […]
Disneyland is a very popular place to visit. It’s safe, and the family friendly vibe is very alluring, but in order to keep itself family friendly and safe, Disney has made a lot of rules. In this article I will be going over some rules that Disney has placed that […]
Guinea declared an Ebola outbreak on February 15, 2021. It started in the border area of Guinea. West Africa is now on high alert due to the outbreak. In the past week, there have been seven cases and three deaths. The cases took place in a nurses funeral home where […]
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 […]