Every year, the flu virus evolves, and this year's flu season is proving to be one of the most deadly in recent years. “This appears to be one of the worst seasons we’ve had in the last 10 years,”...

Every year, more than 500 high school and university students come together to change the world. At least, that's the goal. This weekend, Stanford University became the site of the annual Gooddler...

Another music festival added to the Bay Area's many. On Saturday Oct. 21 and Sunday Oct. 22, Rolling Loud Festival took on Mountain View's Shoreline Amphitheatre for two days filled with music, food,...

Sunday football is a long-standing American tradition. Now, it's a kneeling tradition, and the White House has had enough. On Sunday, Oct. 8, Vice President Mike Pence left the San Francisco 49ers...

Another weekend in Berkeley, another protest. On Sept. 24, a short talk by British free speech advocate Milo Yiannopoulos sparked a day-long conversation between conservatives and liberals on various...

The 2017 NFL season kicked off on Sept. 7, and neglected bringing one of its greats along for the ride. Former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick officially took a knee on the season after...

Music, face paint, food trucks, Philz Coffee; people dressed in "Black Lives Matter" apparel, people dressed in colorful skirts and dresses, people dressed in nothing at all. They are all gathered to...

Belmont resident Diana Ross expresses her appreciation for the resolution and its actions.

The crowd buzzed with energy as the council members entered the room. For some, the regularly scheduled Belmont City Council meeting was just that– a regularly scheduled meeting. For others, the...

Protesters returned to San Francisco International Airport (SFO), on Jan. 29, for the second consecutive day to protest the Trump Administration's ban on immigrants and travelers entering the country from...

Donald Trump is the 45th U.S. president, and women across the country are "grabbing" back. On Saturday, Jan. 21,  an estimated 2.6 million people took part in 673 marches in all 50 states and 32...

The Ghost Ship has sunk. At least 36 were pronounced dead on Friday, Dec. 2 when an Oakland warehouse, named the "Ghost Ship" by residents and workers, went up in flames during an electronic dance party. According...

Students flooded out of classrooms and down flights of stairs. Approximately 300 students gathered around the girl in the rainbow cape. "My body, my choice!" yelled the girls. "Her body, her choice!"...

The legalization of marijuana has hit yet another obstacle. On Nov. 1, San Jose City Council adopted an urgency ordinance prohibiting marijuana usage prior to the upcoming election on Nov. 8. The...

Another day, another school shooting. On Tuesday, Oct. 18, four victims were left injured, one in critical condition, when shots were fired at San Francisco's June Jordan School for Equity and City...

It started as just a sighting. In August, a clown was reportedly seen luring children into the woods in Greenville County, S.C. Since that first clown sighting, over a dozen more have followed suit...

Big Sur's scenic coast was engulfed by the Soberanes Fire on Monday, Sept. 19 after unexpected winds pushed the flames over the containment line. In an interview with the East Bay Times, Will Pi of...

5oo homicides. 9 months. In a midwestern city widely known for its cold winters, murder and death have become so common that the Sun Times has created a Homicide Watch Chicago tab on their website. According...

The smell of wood polish fills the gym. New volleyball shoes squeak against the court. Tightened nets split the inside of the Stogner Gym into two halves, while full ball carts line the walls. A newly-inflated...

Singer, songwriter, producer, one-man band, master showman: Prince. On Thursday, April 21, music icon Prince Rogers Nelson died in his Channhassen, Minnesota residence at age 57. In early April,...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the expansion of the abortion pill Mifepristone (Mifeprex) into broader use. On Wed., March 30, the guidelines for using Mifeprex, a drug that...

For the second time in six years, a car has crashed into the Carlmont Shopping Center. On Tuesday, March 15, Gin Mon Chinese Restaurant received a blow as an elderly gentleman, whose name is not being...

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly is back from 340 consecutive days in space. Late at night on March 2, Kelly landed in the Kazakhstan desert with fellow astronauts Mikhail Kornienko and Sergey Volkov, marking...

Gun control's ability to protect schools has suffered a blow. On Aug. 1, University of Texas at Austin's gun control on campus will be virtually dismissed as licensed carriers of guns will be allowed...

165 meetings. 43 countries. Organized by one man. The First Amendment prohibits Congress from obstructing the exercise of freedom of assembly, among other things. Daryush Valizadeh and the...

It’s three in the morning.  Sophomore Jade Sebti wakes with a start.  She rubs her bleary eyes to find her bed covered in chemistry notes and flashcards.   She panics, worrying about how much she...

Scoot over Pluto, there's a new ninth planet in the solar system. Thanks to researchers at California Institute of Technology (CalTech), a possible ninth planet was confirmed on Jan. 20. According...

On Nov. 11, the Carlmont Scots' varsity volleyball team swept the Evergeen Valley High School Cougars, advancing Carlmont into the Central Coast Section (CCS) quarter finals. The crowd's energy was high...

The Aragon Dons fought hard against Carlmont's varsity volleyball team and beat the Carlmont Scots in three out of five sets. On Tuesday Oct. 27, shouts and cheers filled Aragon's gym as the two teams...

It was just another good, old-fashioned game between rivals. On Tuesday, Oct. 13, the Scots and the Sequoia Cherokees battled hard against each other to defend their names in the Carlmont-Sequoia rivalry. "This...

Carlmont's varsity volleyball shut out the Mills Vikings with a three-set win. On Tuesday, Sept. 29, the Scots stormed the court.  In addition to it being the first home game of the season, senior...

Mona is a sophomore who enjoys playing volleyball, traveling, and exploring the outdoors.  She is currently a sports writer for Scot Scoop, and she hopes to pursue a career in journalism.

This year's Welcome Back Assembly speaker focused on the pressure of perfection put on students. On Sept. 14, inspirational speaker Keith Hawkins spoke to Carlmont students and staff in hopes of motivating...