Isabelle Nunes, Staff Writer

May 4, 2020

As people struggle to adjust with the confinements of quarantine, hospitals are increasingly overwhelmed and undersupplied, while small businesses scrambled to keep afloat. Ultimately, COVID-19 has created one of the most disastrous financial and public health crises the world has ever seen.  In...

Aylin Salahifar, Staff Writer

May 4, 2020

Through the power of social media and crowdfunding, Angelina Lue and her friends have raised nearly $13,000 in funds to purchase masks for medical staff fighting COVID-19. A junior at Los Altos High School, Lue came up with the idea to start fundraising during the first week of quarantine after her...

Erwan Pal, Staff Writer

April 28, 2020

At 11:19 a.m. on April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, dressed in trench coats, began shooting students outside Columbine High School, and by 12:08 p.m., both gunmen had killed themselves and 13 others.  “The Columbine shooting was terrible. Even though I wasn't alive when it happened,...

Chelsea Chang, Staff Writer

April 28, 2020

You grew up watching a certain type of actor dominate the screen: white, heterosexual, and cisgender. You rarely saw yourself as the protagonist; instead, you wished you looked and felt like the main characters you saw. While mass media has become more diverse in recent years, many still feel underrepresented. “It’s...

Erin Kee and Kaylene Lin

April 26, 2020

Empty streets, closed businesses, quiet neighborhoods. Sometimes, it feels like the entire world is just...paused. But, despite a global pandemic, the world hasn't stopped moving. Dance teachers across the country are still finding ways to continue teaching and spreading their love for dance. Whether...

Tripp Garrish, Staff Writer

April 24, 2020

With the recent news of two top-15 high school prospects choosing to forgo college and join the new NBA G League's development program, questions have emerged about the future of college basketball. On April 16, Jalen Green, the top prospect in the 2020 high school class, decided to join the G League...

Cambell Kirk, Staff Writer

April 24, 2020

In spite of all that's happening in the world today, there is some good news to be shared. Recently, some koalas that were injured in the recent Australian bushfires were re-released into the wild. Australia has not had it easy during the past couple of months. In November 2019, the government...

Mira Bhatt, Staff Writer

April 22, 2020

Leaving home, family, and friends for the chance to create a better and safer life for loved ones; this is a risk that hundreds of thousands of refugees worldwide take on daily — especially in Venezuela.  There are over 4.5 million Venezuelan refugees and migrants worldwide, according to the United...

Allison Raisner, Staff Writer

April 22, 2020

Free donuts. These two words can instantly spark a feeling of joy and satisfaction for almost anyone.  Dunkin’ Donuts opened a store a few miles away from Carlmont about two years ago. Since then, it's become a hub for Carlmont students.  It was common to see teens roaming the halls with...

Katerina Gaines, Staff Writer

April 21, 2020

April 22, 2020, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, was supposed to be the largest gathering of protestors chanting for climate justice in history.  But due to the COVID-19 induced shelter-in-place, environmental and climate justice organizations have had to shift their plans from taking to the streets...