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Mental Health Month

May 21, 2019

According to Mental Health Month, “Mental Health Awareness Month has been observed in May in the United States since 1949, reaching millions of people in the United States through the media, local events, and screenings.�...

Why YouTuber James Charles is “Cancelled”

May 21, 2019

What Students Can Do to Save the Planet

Jakhaylah Jefferson and Edited by Valerie Alcala

May 14, 2019

It is no secret that global warming is affecting the world we live in today. The earth has been continuously warming up, which is very much a result of the greenhouse gases that we emit in such excessive amounts. When these d...

Freshman CPR and Vaping Assembly

April 17, 2019

New Species Found in the Philippines

Hanna Saghatchi, Staff Writer

April 17, 2019

A recent discovery in Callo Cave, Philippines has led researchers to believe that a new species may have been discovered. Researchers are calling the unknown species Homo Luzonensis. Since the discovery, the bones ...

The College Admissions Scandal

Hanna Saghatchi and Edited by Valerie Alcala

April 9, 2019

Anyone can get in with the right amount of hard work, dedication and education, but some people want to take the easy way out. William Rick Singer, the CEO of a college prep company, has allegedly helped students cheat on the ...

Jeopardy! Host Alex Trebek Announces Illness

March 25, 2019

Let’s Discuss: What Happened at the Christchurch Mass Shooting

Amanda Quach and Edited by Valerie Alcala

March 25, 2019

Just this morning, on Mar. 15, a mass shooter killed 49 people at the Christchurch mosque in New Zealand. The suspect is described as a “white-supremacist” in his late-twenties who is currently being held accountable ...

Come join FBLA on March 23, 2019

March 19, 2019

No plans Saturday morning?? Great!! Future Business Leaders of America, a club on campus, will be hosting a 5k run/walk at El Rancho to raise money and honor the OC American Legion and So Cal Wounded Warrior Project. The event...

A Corny & Fun(gi) Way to Solve Plastic Pollution!

Valerie Alcala, Layma Khoram, Jesse Bowles, William St. Marseille, Spencer Rasmussen, and Juston Kwart

March 13, 2019

The Issue: Plastic filling landfills Garbage patch in the Pacific Ocean Threat to marine life Takes hundreds of years to decompose Plastic toxins in the fish that we consume The Solution: W...