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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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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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  • California Voters Approve Prop 50 in a Landslide

    The proposition could decide the outcome of the 2026 midterms Written by WALTER KAWAHARA // Graphics by SARAH BYRNE BAUTISTA Californians are known for pride in their state, which boasts a population of nearly 40 million people and has the fourth largest economy in the world. In politics too the Golden State likes to stand…

  • The Specter

    Part of a series of student-submitted Halloween ghost stories. WRITTEN BY Nyana Steinberg // ILLUSTRATION BY Alex Sevastopoulos The children spoke in whispers of the ghost up on the old hill. You could say it was just the wind whistling through the branches of the gnarled willow tree, or the shadows cast in the dry…

  • Red Rosies

    Part of a series of student-submitted Halloween ghost stories. WRITTEN BY Roselle Asunka // ILLUSTRATION BY Alex Sevastopoulos “You’re being quiet.” “No I’m not.” “Now you talk?” I let my feet drag as I follow her down the path, casually flicking my flashlight on and off. “What do you want me to say?” “Anything, maybe?”…

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