The final bell rings, signaling the end of school. Some students drive home, some walk to the Carlmont Shopping Center for a refreshing drink, and some make their way to the Belmont Library. The Belmont...

Lan He watches her daughter mix shaving cream into her bowl of paint. To create different colors, they added food coloring to their mixtures. During the Crafternoon, they painted rainbows together.

Lynne Fetter explains to a parent how to make puffy paint. She is in charge of running the library's weekly Crafternoons. "I plan a general theme or project to follow, but people can use their own creativity...

Sneha Sunder leads the library's Hindi Conversation Club. She started the class with an alphabet book, transitioned into introductions, and ended with a number bingo game. "I grew up speaking Hindi, and...

A boy has fun drawing on an iPad. His father helped him make a beaded necklace before they started exploring the drawing tools on the iPad. In addition to the crafts, the Maker Hangout offered different...

Two girls assemble their bead necklaces. Apart from jewelry-making, the Maker Hangout offered laser cutting, 3D printing, and Procreate drawing on iPads. The Maker Hangout is an event for people of all...

Sophomore Ria Smilovitz starts beading a bracelet. She was already in the library after school with two friends. They entered the Makerspace room after the librarian set up all the craft materials.

Freshman Matthew Lum inspects his newly 3D-printed pieces. He was in the library's Makerspace room right after school to get a head start on the lengthy process. "I'm making a board game for my biology...

Sophomore Anagha Namburi shows her friend, Ellen Li, a picture of a shirt she found online. After getting food from the Carlmont Shopping Center, they joined Westwood and their other friend, Lily Stutzin,...

On Friday, May 10, people gathered in San Francisco's Chinatown to experience the food and music in its highly anticipated night market. Food vendors, local businesses, and volunteer groups were lined...

The Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Fest highlighted local artists and businesses in its sixth annual event. It took place in the Classic Bowling Center located in Daly City. The event was made...

CityTrees is a volunteer-run organization that works to create a greener community in Redwood City through tree plantings, pruning, and advocacy. With the help of a local grant from Pacific Gas and...

As part of the Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival's grand parade, musical groups, dancers, students, and more walked from the San Francisco Civic Center to Japantown. Spectators watched eagerly...

Artists showcased their designs at the Belmont Handcrafted Originals Art Fair on Saturday, March 23, and Sunday, March 24. Despite the rainy weather, the stands added a lively energy to the Carlmont...

Zafra's Bay Area soap bar sits on display. "I wanted this soap to emulate the waves of the ocean," Zafra said. "I played around with the color and texture of the soap until it looked like what I envisioned."...

A mother and daughter smell two scents of candles from Soul, a handmade soap and candle business. Linda Zafra, the owner, loves how making soaps is a form of relaxation. "When I'm pouring the shea butter...

Candee's animal print bags hang on a rack among a variety of bags with different prints and sizes. She sews each bag from locally sourced fabric and enjoys running Earth's Sister much more than working...

Lisa Candee, the owner of Earth's Sister, shows the quality of her tote bags to an interested customer. "I was doing a lot of international traveling, and all the bags I was using were falling apart,"...

Colleen Haddock, the owner of Transformative Glass, has her colorful night light pieces arranged in rows at her stand. She achieved these designs by layering broken up bits of glass and firing them in...

Erica Ben-Moshe, the owner of Elka Herbals, has testers of her body butter displayed on her stand. She gave people the opportunity to try her products with a mini spa-like experience. Interested customers...

A passerby looks at a pair of Chelsey Greene Studio earrings. She also admired the handmade bobby pins and necklaces at the stand. Other vendors were selling jewelry, but a unique aspect of Greene's stand...

Two of Greene's earrings, the Oasis Earring and the Samara Earring are on display at her stand. The Samara Earrings hang on the right, and it is Greene's favorite type of earring to make because she uses...

Byrd's Filling Station has shopping carts lined up near the entrance. They are an aspect of the store that allows customers a regular grocery store experience. "I hope zero-waste stores become so profitable...

Hilary Ceeley, a regular customer, thinks about trying out a new product. "I get a lot of my essentials here," Ceeley said. "Today I'm looking for some fun stuff." She bought a rose water and jasmine shampoo...

A regular customer fills up her bag with green tea. She likes telling her friends about Byrd's Filling Station and how all the goodies are in bulk so she can get just the right amount for herself. In addition...

Byrd’s Filling Station displays baskets of yams and sweet potatoes on a shelf next to Dave's Killer Bread loaves. The use of plastic is inevitable with the packaged bread, as well as the bananas that...

Byrd’s Filling Station keeps its produce and drinks in refrigerators. When Porter moved on from the mobile version of Byrd's Filling Station and opened the store in 2022, she primarily sold self-care...

Marina Fernandez, a regular customer, fills her container with more of Byrd's Filling Station's shampoo. "I usually get my shampoo and conditioner from here, but I'm trying out a new scent this time, so...

A first-time customer browses through the soap in the self-care aisle. She was curious about the solid soap tablets and discovered that one tablet dissolved in water could make nine ounces of liquid soap....

A customer, Vanessa Poon, fills her reusable bag with chia seeds from the bulk aisle. She is not a regular customer but comes to the store occasionally when she needs a few specific items. The bulk aisle...

Laura Porter, the founder of Byrd’s Filling Station, makes sure the lid of a customer's soap container is screwed on tightly. She helped customers check out, reorganized bulk items, and took inventory...

Jason Desouza, a Byrd’s Filling Station customer, scans a chip to mark his container. Customers weigh their container and mark it with a chip so they pay for the product's weight during checkout. The...

Asians Are Strong, a nonprofit organization that empowers the Asian community and its allies through self-defense lessons and public events, hosted its second annual event in the San Francisco ferry...

Fadayev leads his team in a line to high-five the Vikings after the game ends. Teams do this at the beginning and end of the game. Even though the Scots lost, they showed good sportsmanship.

Freshman outside hitter Jonathan Edwards high-fives freshman outside hitter Dylan Dinulos after the Vikings failed to return an attack. The referee signaled that it was Carlmont's turn to serve. Whether...

Junior middle hitter Alexander Mahadew hits the ball over the net. Two Lynbrook defenders jump in attempt to block the ball. As a middle hitter, Mahadew did the same when the Scots were on defense.

Freshman defensive specialist Ethan Sum gets low to bump the ball. Typically in volleyball, a team is only allowed to touch the ball three times before it has to cross the net. Sum kept this play alive...

Freshman Justin Wong triumphantly throws his arms up to celebrate Lima Duvai's successful hit. Wong is an opposite hitter for the Scots. Throughout the game, he wasn't afraid to fall from blocking the...

Sophomore Mateus Lima Duvai tosses the ball when preparing to serve. In this serve, Duvai performed an overhand serve, and didn't jump like one does for a jump serve or a jump float serve. He is a middle...

A player from the Lynbrook Vikings serves the ball at the beginning of the second set. The Vikings had more opportunities to serve the ball in the second and third sets than in the first. They reached...

The Scots move side to side in their huddle while cheering. This was their last huddle before the game started. After they said their chant and hyped each other up, the starters went into their positions...

Sophomore opposite hitter Euclid Wong stands by the net to high-five his teammates before the game starts. During the game, he made passes, played right-back defense, and hit the ball out of the back row....

Senior Sean Murphy walks by the team as the game is about to start. Murphy is an outside hitter for Carlmont's varsity boys team. Along with other members of the varsity team, he was a line judge for parts...

Freshman setter Alan Fadayev sets the ball to a teammate during practice. One of his main responsibilities as a setter is to set the ball, so one of the hitters can attack. In the first minute of the game,...

Parents smile as they take videos of their kids performing. While there were empty seats in the back of the room, many sat on the floor to watch the performances up close. The audience applauded especially...

Kids wrote Chinese calligraphy with the use of black ink. While the music and dance performances were the main events of the celebration, there were tables of different Chinese-themed crafts in the back...

A girl from the Flying Angels spins a paper umbrella upside down before bringing it over her head. She performed a number called the "Rain Fairy Dance" as a duet. This umbrella dance is a Chinese folk...

A boy from the Flying Angels' Baby Angels jumps like a frog. The trio performed a number called "The Little Jumping Frogs". They squatted, jumped, and twirled to match the character of their costumes.

A performer from the Flying Angels' Little Angels performs a dance called the Laughing Fan. The Little Angels were comprised of elementary school and middle school kids. They used little movements of their...

Kim Quon, a manager of the Flying Angels Chinese Dance Company, interviews a dancer in her ending pose of a trio performance called "One River Three Ways". The Lunar New Year Celebration at Twin Pines...

Yangqin Zhao uses rubber-tipped sticks to play a Chinese instrument called the yangqin. "I mean, I had to learn to play the yangqin because my name is yangqin," Zhao said, addressing the audience. She...