The student news site of Carlmont High School in Belmont, California.

Scot Scoop News
The student news site of Carlmont High School in Belmont, California.

Scot Scoop News
The student news site of Carlmont High School in Belmont, California.

Scot Scoop News
As climate change exacerbates wildfires in California, fire prevention methods such as prescribed burns are increasingly relied upon. Yet at the same time, climate change also threatens the viability of such methods.

California’s prescribed burns: protective services doused by climate change

Kara Kim, Highlander Editor
October 20, 2023
As a result of smoke from an abundance of fires in Northern California, Oregon, and Washington blowing into the Bay Area, the sky appeared a bright orange.

A Decade of Wildfires

Oliver Fichte and Enzo Carvalho
January 29, 2021
The fires across California paint an ominous orange sky, casting a smokey shadow over the Bay Area.

Accidental arson sparks new wildfires in California

Erwan Pal, Staff Writer
September 14, 2020
Smoke clouds the Bay Area skies on Tuesday afternoon, the smell infiltrating homes and leaving many residents worried.

Raging wildfires cover the Bay Area in smoke

Leanna Gower, Scot Scoop Managing Editor
August 20, 2020
Many students resorted to completing their homework by candlelight while they waited for the power to return.

Blackouts strike the Bay Area

Auva Soheili, Staff Writer
October 28, 2019

California Wildfires

November 20, 2018
Smoke from California wildfires fills the sky as air quality worsens.

ScotSkim: fire

Julia Rhodie, Staff Writer
November 15, 2018
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