The 46th Annual Fiesta Days Memorial Parade took place on May 27, 2019 in downtown La Cañada Flintridge. Many organizations and parade participants walked the route or rode in vehicles for about a mile on Foothill Blvd between Loma Vista and Commonwealth. Many people came out in honor of Memorial Day and to support…
If you live in the 45th district of California like me, you would be very familiar with the phrase, “How liberal is Katie Porter?” Katie Porter is a Democrat, who ran against the Republican Mimi Walters, in the year 2018. The spammed ads of Katie Porter have been repeatedly shown on social media, and…
US consumers waste an average of nearly 150,000 tons of food per day. According to the activist organization, Olio, “Over one third of all food produced globally goes to waste. The annual value of food wasted globally is $1 trillion, and it weighs 1.3 billion tonnes.” America’s agricultural industry produces…
Two months ago, Andrew Lelling, the US Attorney of Massachusetts, overtly unveiled an investigation into a college admissions scandal, titled Operation Varsity Blues. FBI investigators first looked into a soccer coach at Yale University, who then pointed to William “Rick” Singer, the infamous college admission consultant at the center of the scheme. The…
On January 31st, Portola Highly Gifted Magnet (HGM) hosted its annual science fair, displaying all 7th and 8th grade students’ projects for judges to critique and grade. Afterwards, the judges chose a couple of students to advance to the next stage to compete in the county science fair held at Pasadena Convention Center…
There are 873 teen overdose deaths and that number is increasing to 4 deaths to every 100,000 teens every year on since 2016. In previous years, overdose death rates were dropping until 2015 when those rates started rising again. Most overdoses were documented from the drug opioid heroin and fentanyl and more…
Korea is known for its four distinct seasons, each remarkable for their own beauty. South Korea is far and away a fascinating country to visit all year around, but there’s no time of the year prettier than its iconic spring. As the freezing cold winter pacifies, the weather starts to get warmer…
For many high schooler students, getting accepted into a prestigious university is the motivation behind their hard work. To even be considered for these top universities, students study extremely hard, dreaming of the day they will be able to attend one of these schools. However, some students have it much easier than others….
On March 10, 2019, University of Southern California (USC) student Victor McElhaney, was fatally shot early in the morning. McElhaney was a student of Thornton School’s Jazz Studies program and the son of an Oakland city councilwoman. The victim was killed in an apparent robbery attempt approximately a mile away from the USC…
It’s the year 2019 and Academy of the Canyons has made their first speech team. For the eighteen years AOC has stood, there has not been a single organized team based on sports, speech, or debate, etc. As AOC is a small school consisting of around 400 students, clubs and class sizes are relatively…
