Fire season increases in severity

By Anshsing Ghayalod, Reporter

October 27, 2020

California wildfires have burned over 4.1 million acres since the start of the year, killing 31 people and destroying nearly 9,200 structures, marking the most destructive fire season the state has ever seen, and affecting members of the community who live outside San Francisco. “I’ve been evacuated twice,” history teacher...

Club offers service leadership during pandemic

By Sartaj Rajpal, Editor-in-Chief

October 27, 2020

The Students In Action service organization is attempting to grow its membership and create more opportunities to help others during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re expanding and gaining the largest potential for service involvement throughout the school as possible,” junior Joe Shea, a club leadership member, said. Individual...

Senior athlete trains for Olympics

By Sartaj Rajpal, Senior Reporter

May 21, 2020

Regardless of whether or not he has access to a rink, U.S. men’s figure skater Dinh Tran is continuing to train in hopes of...

Club expands to virtual platforms

By Will Burns, Reporter

May 21, 2020

Morning meals between friends and fundraisers featuring breakfast items have evolved into media posts with cooking during sheltering...

Pandemic changes college recruitment for current, possibly future years

By Will Burns, Senior Reporter

September 24, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced a variety of new factors that will affect the recruitment of high school athletes, causing...

Athletes boycott games in protest

By Anshsing Ghayalod, Reporter

September 24, 2020

The shooting of James Blake in Wisconsin brought more attention to the Black Lives Matter movement, drawing outrage from professional sports teams. “Athletes in our country are celebrities,” junior Jesse Steyer said, “so when they choose to boycott, it makes people realize how serious they are about the issue.” The...

‘Avengers: Infinity War’ delivers

By Anson Gordon-Creed, Senior Reporter

May 11, 2018

The release of “Avengers: Infinity War” marks the 19th film in the Marvel Cinematic and Television Universe (MCU) with movies from “Iron Man” to “Black Panther” has been building to this point. The film delivers. The MCU has slowly been introducing the six super-powerful Infinity Stones since “Captain America,”...

Review: American Made

By Gabe O'Brien, Reporter

November 7, 2017

“I was working for the CIA, the DEA and Pablo Escobar.” So says Barry Seal, an airline pilot turned international smuggler,...

Athletes’ political beliefs should not negatively influence their careers

October 27, 2020

As the November election approaches, athletes and other prominent figures in the sports industry are expressing their political beliefs and actively encouraging the public to engage in the civic responsibility...

Caring for physical, mental health during lockdown is paramount

October 27, 2020

When Gov. Gavin Newsom enacted the statewide shelter-in-place order, I was excited to be spending more time with my parents and brother at home, where we started eating family dinners every night. Little...