Teachers at Carlmont High School offer fundamentally different curricula and teaching styles for the same courses, resulting in poorly prepared students and student mistrust and stress associated with...

Candidates for the 2024 presidential election appear monolithic, preventing diverse options from being available to voters.

Thirty-six thousand feet in the air, we sat down with Southwest flight attendant Brooke Pierce. Literally. We were in our seats (the seatbelt sign was on) while Pierce knelt in the aisle between us.  We...

The official whale watching season is coming to an end with the last days of November, but anyone wishing to catch a glimpse of a tail or witness the spray of a blowhole should not lose hope. Specialists...

“I couldn’t imagine my life without faith.” This phrase resonates with leaders of three different religions: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. The three religions trace their origins back to...

The windiest, driest, and most elevated continent in the world, Antarctica, is home to 70 permanent research stations. This landmass has no permanent residents, but its research stations and field camps...

Adriana Chavira, the journalism adviser at Daniel Pearl Magnet High School, faced a three-day unpaid suspension for refusing to censor one of her students’ articles. After months of effort to appeal...

Underground and pressurized for millions of years, plankton and plants decompose into natural gas, oil, and coal — fossil fuels. Using coal mining and the drilling of oil and gas wells, these resources...

Every Earth Day, the world shows an annual dedication to the planet, but these actions must be sustained to combat the increasing impacts of the climate crisis effectively.  The modern environmental...

The Girl Scout organization earns an average of $800 million a year through cookie sales. The money earned is distributed between three main categories: funds returned to the bakers and the Girl Scouts...

High school students spend their lives cultivating and crafting transcripts and resumes, hoping to catch their dream university's eye. They wonder what alumni’s recommendations would be, wanting to know...

Only his family could initiate his release when Jason Rezaian was wrongfully convicted of espionage and imprisoned for almost two years in Iran. Rezaian grew up in Orange County, Calif., where he worked...

Throughout history, art movements have acted as reactions to their time’s political and social climates and continue to reflect opinions about social injustice and politics.  “Art is a way to get...

Often used as a means of celebration, fireworks pollute the environment, harm our health, and serve as a danger to wildlife by releasing greenhouse gases and metallic compounds into the atmosphere. Utilizing...

The warmth of the theater shields the cool air of the winter months. The audience takes their seats as the lights dim and classical music fills the space. In the midst of the holiday season, Nutcracker...

The independent trappers and fosters who organized the Kitten and Cat Adoption Fair work to combat California's severe cat overpopulation problem. The San Mateo County Cat Rescuers trap stray cats;...

Great America opened its annual Haunt, filling the usually sunlit park with a black sky, flashy fires, and colorful smoke. The amusement park attracted large crowds during its Halloween-themed nights...

Thousands crowded into San Francisco streets at the Global Climate Strike. People of all ages joined together on Sept. 24 in protest of Line 3, the filibuster, and neighborhood drilling. Strikers advocated...