Smoke on the water: Bay Area shelters from Camp Fire smoke
November 16, 2018
Filed under In-Depth, News, Top News
As of Nov. 15, the Bay Area has the worst air quality in the world. In this breaking news piece, we answer your most pressing questions about the smoke invading our communities, including Carlmont's response to canceling school and how you can help victims.
Camp Fire smoke burns sports schedules
Mandy Hitchcock, Staff Writer
November 13, 2018
Up north, desperate evacuees flee the flames. Down here, residents are under an unsaid house arrest while a thick smoke drapes over the Bay Area city skylines. The spark that would evolve to the deadliest wildfire in the state’s history began early last Thursday morning, Nov. 8, in Butte County...
The San Mateo County Fire Explorer Program builds firefighting skills
Nihal Karim, Staff Writer
May 21, 2018
Filed under Campus
The San Mateo County Fire (SMCF) Explorer Program is a youth program designed for career exploration in the fire department. The program is taught by professional firefighters, and aims to teach skills related to fire service and more. “The main objective of this program is career exploratio...
Belmont plans to incorporate joint fire department once again
Max Lee, Staff Writer
November 21, 2017
Filed under News
The fire departments of Belmont, Foster City, and San Mateo are soon to be seen as one. The Belmont City Council has agreed to join Foster City and San Mateo City Council's plan of creating a joint fire department between the cities. The subject of a joint powers agency is not a new one for Be...
Frequent false fire alarms are a safety concern
Andrea Butler, Staff Writer
November 11, 2017
Filed under Campus
The fire alarm screeches as students and teachers both wince as the sound pierces through the air. However, as soon as the alarm goes off, it is almost immediately silenced, followed by an announcement stating that it was a false alarm. “The main reason the alarms have been going off is due to th...
Music Teachers’ Association of California donates music to fire victims
Anna Feng, Staff Writer
November 10, 2017
Filed under News
When one thinks of the California fires, not many people would associate it with the loss of music teachers' studios and collections. This is why the Music Teachers' Association of California (MTAC) are organizing a drive for unused music to donate to teachers who lost their own music collections i...
Belmont gift card drive benefits fire victims
Justin Som, Staff Writer
November 1, 2017
Filed under News
To help those who lost their homes and property in the North Bay fires, Belmont is hosting its own gift card drive. People who would like to donate to the fire victims can give gift cards to the Public Works Department in suite 385 of Belmont City Hall. Managed by the city, the Belmont Police Office...
Donations leave fire victims’ needs unfulfilled
Rachel Borshchenko, Staff Writer
October 19, 2017
Filed under Top News
By now, most of the country knows that California has been facing one of the worst fires in the state’s history. The fire has destroyed numerous houses, killed 41 and counting, nearly harmed the exotic animals at Safari West, and destroyed a beloved Jewish summer camp, Camp Newman. With all this...
Donations help now but volunteering benefits the future
Samantha Dahlberg, Staff Writer
October 17, 2017
Filed under Opinion
On Oct. 8, several Northern California wildfires destroyed buildings and forced residents in Napa and Sonoma to evacuate their homes. The smoke from the fires even drifted to many areas along the California coast. The burnt smell that came with the smoke from the fires was overwhelming and masks...
Smoke from Napa wildfire breaches Carlmont
Justin Som, Staff Writer
October 14, 2017
Roughly 70 miles of highway separates Carlmont and the raging fires in Napa. Yet only three days after the blaze started on Oct. 8, Carlmont students were already wheezing, blanketing their faces, and grabbing face masks. The fire had thankfully not traveled all the way from the North Bay...
Apartment fire brings community together
Sophie Penn, Segment Producer
March 5, 2017
Filed under ScotCenter, ScotCenter: News, Top News
Sophie Penn reports on the Village Drive apartment fire and how the Belmont community is working together to help the victims.
Fire breaks out in San Francisco’s Chinatown
Sarah Tocatlian, Staff Writer
February 5, 2017
Filed under News
On Friday, Feb. 3, a two-alarm fire broke out in Chinatown in San Francisco. At 7:47 a.m., the San Francisco Fire Department (SFFD) received reports that a fire had started in a two-story building, located at the corner of Pacific, near the Stockton Street Tunnel. Four fire trucks were sent to the sce...
Auva Soheili, Staff Writer
There is no better indicator of the incoming holiday season than the bright displays of Christmas lights...
Taisiia Yakovenko, Staff Writer
As the holiday season reaches its peak, songs such as “Frosty the Snowman” and “Jingle Bells”...
Aaron Penn, Staff Writer
Several songs were taken off of a Bay Area radio station's Christmas playlist this year, including Frank...
Maya Lip, Staff Writer
December 14, 2018
Students from the junior class huddled together through the chilly night as the movie "Elf" played on the projector. On Dec. 7, an activity called Junior Movie Night...
Robyn Stein, Staff Writer
December 14, 2018
On Tuesday, Dec. 11, the Carlmont girls junior varsity basketball team faced off against the Notre Dame Tigers in the Terry Stogner Gymnasium. After an intense four quarters,...
Emma O'Connor, Staff Writer
December 14, 2018
49 percent of students report feeling stressed every single day. Stress has become a problem in teenagers of the 21st century and now ranks a 5.8 on a ten point scale...
Sam Hosmer, Staff Ranter
December 13, 2018
Things are different in San Carlos. None of the three incumbents whose seats were up this year chose to run for re-election, so council gadflies can no longer enjoy the...