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Sustainability over the Holidays
With the holidays quickly approaching, electricity usage is growing. Written by COLTRANE SCHAIBLE Sustainability is and has always been a major goal for our state, with policies like Assembly Bill 525, which created renewable energy plants with the goal of making an energy source that didn’t harm the environment, or the Greenhouse Gas Emission Bill,…
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Walnut Creek on Ice
A local winter tradition celebrates 20 years Written by MARLO FONG Every winter, Walnut Creek Civic Park transforms into a magical winter wonderland, complete with a family-friendly outdoor ice-skating rink, cozy seating areas around multiple fire pits and the Bay Area’s only outdoor ice slide. Decorated with snowflakes, Christmas trees and penguins, the holiday tradition…
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Día de los Muertos
Una celebración que da vida a los muertos Written by SARAH BYRNE BAUTISTA Cada otoño, cuando el aire se enfría y las flores de cempasúchil florecen, las familias de todo México comienzan a prepararse para el Día de los Muertos. Son unos días en los que la muerte no se teme ni se esconde: se…
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Beyond the Bell
Student hobbies that redefine “peculiar” Written by SOPHIE SPORLEDER When the bell rings, most students go home to do homework, rush off to sports practice, or clock into their jobs. However, for some students at Las Lomas, their afternoons are spent trap shooting. Trap shooting is just one of the many peculiar extracurricular activities students…
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Hangul Day [English Translation]
WRITTEN BY Emily Kim Every year on October 9, South Korea celebrates Hangul Day, marking the moment when King Sejong the Great, the fourth monarch of the Joseon Dynasty, proclaimed 훈민정음(Hunminjeongeum) which was the original name for Hangul in 1446. The term Hunminjeongeum means “the correct sounds for teaching the people.” Although the system was…
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From Farm to Table
A quick trip to the Walnut Creek Farmers’ Market WRITTEN BY Colton Kobsar While supermarkets dominate the modern food industry, farmers’ markets quietly provide something far more essential: access. Vendors who sell at their local market effectively bridge the gap for communities without a sufficient supply of healthy food. Though this may not be the…
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The Beast that is Burnout
WRITTEN BY Soleil Hernandez-Amaro GRAPHICS BY Isabella Handel //The Oxford Languages dictionary defines burnout as a “…mental collapse caused by overwork or stress.” And although stress is a given for high school students, burnout spreads like wildfires upon the educational frontier. As of 2020, the United States has experienced a sharp increase in burnout cases…
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Lily Palma
WRITTEN BY Jacob Weingarten GRAPHICS BY Sarah Byrne Bautista // Las Lomas is a school of many sports including football, baseball, basketball, tennis, golf, and more. Recently, one student-athlete at Las Lomas was given an amazing opportunity to represent the school and community overseas. This was junior and star water polo player Lily Palma, who…
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The Role of the Individual
WRITTEN BY Morgan Nelson GRAPHICS BY Leila Hicks // Everyone has wondered what they are doing here. When you think about it, each and every person is a seemingly insignificant speck of sand in the hourglass that is humanity. So do the choices people make really matter in the grand scheme of things? It might…
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