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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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Super Bowl LVIII – A Swift Success
WRITTEN BY Colton Kobsar, Jacob Weingarten, Ethan Manaois GRAPHIC BY Ethan Manaois Las Vegas, NV – In a thrilling overtime game on Sunday, the Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl LVIII over the San Francisco 49ers by a score of 25-22, in Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas. A rematch from Super Bowl LIV in 2020, where…
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Lunar New Year Arrives at Las Lomas
WRITTEN BY Kevin Moura & Matthew Williams GRAPHICS BY Rowan Shea Chinese New Year, a celebration of the lunar new year, has been celebrated for roughly 3,500 years, and is celebrated to this day. This year, it was celebrated on February 10, marking the Year of the Dragon, though its date alternates each year due…
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BACK TO THE PAST
WRITTEN BY Aria Kim-Brown GRAPHIC BY Zachary Neitz Four pages long, yellow now with age, seven letters encased in a box in the upper left-hand corner: the first issue of The Page might not look like much, what with its seven-decade-old paper that could rip at a moment’s notice. But, like any edition, Vol. 1…
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