Jewels glint off butter-smooth skin framed by fluffed feathers, a deep red. Dark eyeliner circles electric blue eyes. A 1920s-reminiscent bob crowned with diamonds. The Jazz Age luxury of a Gatsby-like...

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. -- On Sunday, Sept. 28, a crowd gathered around the Los Alamitos American Legion Post 716 to watch as a team on the roof lifted a heavy canvas obscuring a new mural. Retired Sergeant...

For Debra McGuire, every day at work looks different. She spends some days sitting with writers, dissecting and interpreting the script for any given show or film. She spends others doing research...

I must have been made for something special, But all I do is unravel. Is this all there is? What can I be worth? The words from "Tiggy the Yarn," a book by senior Ciara Cross shows the internal...

MTC has released the cast list for the fall play "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time."  The book this play is adapted from follows 15-year-old Christopher Boone who finds his neighbor's...

Taylor Swift. Olivia Rodrigo. Billie Eilish. Lorde. Each of these musicians has made it big with chart-topping singles, loyal fan bases and worldwide recognition. However, all of these musicians share...

Some of the most famous circus acts have been about escape: a straitjacket, handcuffs, a sealed box. Senior Satya Dominguez-Hultgren chooses silk. Concentric circles bind her stomach, her legs, her left...

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On Sept. 11, 2001, 2,976 lives were lost in the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, excluding the 19 hijackers; at the same time, 38 planes filled with 7,000 people were diverted to an...

While most high school students are going through AP classes, extracurriculars, and college applications, senior Skylar Snyder (12) has done something remarkable during this time. Becoming an official...

On Aug. 21, the White House newsletter posted an article titled, “President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian,” calling out some of the museum’s displayed artwork, exhibits and even online articles...

Wild Kratts, Sesame Street, Curious George, and Odd Squad are just a few of the many shows on the Public Broadcasting Service Kids Channel (PBS Kids) that sculpted what we call our childhood. But after...

Director Spencer Cohen and Producer Alberto Sayan have been best friends since middle school, both growing up in Natick, a town neighboring Wayland. Although they played sports together and graduated from...

Major spoilers for “The Long Walk” ahead Though it’s been 46 years since Stephen King published “The Long Walk,” the iconic death game returned to theaters on Friday, Sept. 12. Directed by...

For Eila Kittikamron Mora, what started out as little more than a way to put her feelings down on paper eventually grew into a serious hobby that would earn her recognition at some of the highest levels. “I...

In a world filled with noise, Coppell High School senior Sivaank Pothukoochi authored his first novel, Perfect Silence, a gripping tale that explores the importance behind embracing the discomfort of standing...

From Helen, Paris, and Menelaus in Homer's The Odyssey, to Jacob, Bella, and Edward in Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight series, the love triangle has long been a go-to trope to inject drama, fantasy, and a...

With 18 tracks, “KIARI” includes eight features, including Key Glock, Gunna, Teezo Touchdown, JID and John Legend. The album asserts Offset as a standalone artist beyond the fame he achieved with...

When “Superman” hit the theaters this summer, I went in expecting a classic superhero spectacle — intense fights, buildings falling and a soundtrack that makes you feel like you’ve been pulled...

A podium awaits as a crowd gathers in front of a public restroom. Members of the San Mateo community marveled at the building’s new mural during the ribbon-cutting ceremony at Coyote Point Recreation...

While scrolling through TikTok last summer break, every third video seemed to feature the same wide grin, fluffy ears and uncanny facial expressions. Some people claimed to own “the one and only...

To honor its centennial, the city of San Carlos, in collaboration with Art Bias, created a 6,000-square-foot mural – found on the 700 block of Laurel Street – which features historical hallmarks of...

Sabrina Carpenter has always dazzled with her sparkling charisma, cheeky puns in her lyrics, and her confident embrace of desire. On “Man’s Best Friend,” her seventh studio album released August...

Senior Purav Chavarkar, a member of the Huron Symphony Band, has always loved music since a young age. Starting out with piano, the notes and rhymes of music remained familiar, but Chavarkar did not get...

Some of the most beloved film genres are sports movies and mafia films, but Darren Aronofsky’s 2025 film “Caught Stealing” is neither. The film follows Hank Thompson, a former high school baseball...

LOS ALAMITOS, Calif. – For years, you may have seen a white brick building, a familiar landmark near Oak Middle School, when turning onto Florista St. in Rossmoor. While many residents and students pass...

As the film’s credits begin to flash and the dimmed lights in the theater slowly turn on, animator Bruce Kuei feels nothing but contentment and pride as he watches the audience whisper admiringly about...

Surrounded by laptops. Every screen is buffering. One by one, as the cursors stop spinning, the page scrolls down to the “Add to Cart” prompt. The only thing left to do is spam the mouse in a hectic...

It’s not uncommon for musicians to be a little anxious when their bands play in public for the first time. That was the case for the Deurali Band, a group that includes three Baldwin students and that...

As an Indian American, and more importantly, as an immigrant student, I crave representation in the media. Yet, every single time I begin watching an Indian American show, be it “Never Have I Ever”...

The espresso machine bubbles and frothing milk hisses in the back of Philz Coffee. At a table strewn with science papers, seniors William Devanney and Amrit Rihal brainstorm lyrics for their latest project:...

Standing in the black box nine days until opening night, he’s mad at his actors. He makes them look him in the eyes and say their lines again and again. He slams a chair so hard into the floor that...

The minute freshman Sofia Moreno started talking, she has been singing. When she was 2, she would sing along to Roy Orbison in her car seat; at 5, she started taking piano lessons; and at 12, she started...

Senior Victoria Garcia de Leaniz Hernandez has what her friend senior Nicholas Pizzo describes as a “semi-ironic” intent to construct a boat in her time at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

Tick. Tick. Tick. It’s driving her insane. To sophomore Kyla Rocha, there is nothing more “lonely” than the constant click of the metronome, her only companion during hours-long solo practices. “I...

Standing under the lights, violin to his neck, senior Henry Auxenfans stares at the conductor, waiting for his cue. He gazes down at the audience, hundreds of people looking at him. Then it starts....

“The Trauma Code,” a newly released Netflix drama, introduces Korea’s own fictional superhero, Gang-hyeok Baek. This figure doesn’t fight villains, but rather an endless battle between life and...

As notes rapidly flow through Micah Ballard’s brain, measures spill from his hand into his computer, and a whole new composition is created. Recently, the class of 2020 alumnus won the 2024 Dolphy Prize...

Beneath the radiant spotlight’s glow and before the crowds’ curious gaze stands freshman Myles Kelly, singing and strumming along to the tune of his band’s new song Clear Lake. Over the last several...

For any sports fan, seeing your work dispalyed at Super Bowls, Major League Baseball games, NBA All-Star games or the College Football Bowl Championship Series would be a dream come true. But for Cal...

When Sean Crawford (11) recalls was a 5-year-old, he curiously walks through the airport. He isn’t looking at the creepy gargoyles staged throughout the airport. He’s not watching planes take off....

Sawyer Utah is a 24-year-old artist whose music, a dreamy indie-pop incorporating western and hip-hop elements, is climbing in streams as he establishes his place in the industry. Utah showed remarkable...

For most students, AP classes are full of studying and memorizing. However, for HHS senior Miranda Guss, AP Art is about expressing who she is through her artwork. It’s a class that takes time, creativity,...

The sound system hums through the stadium as the crowd settles in, waiting. Backstage, a young singer prepares to step into the spotlight. She runs through the opening note of the National Anthem—sharp,...

Music is a layered art, the sounds of various instruments blending together to weave into a song. These instrumental layers fascinate senior band president Pavithra Vijaykumar not just in her favorite...

Lights flash, the ground shakes and everyone shouts in unison. Hands are thrown in the air as the sound of drums, guitars, singers and all other forms of instruments echo throughout the venue. A photographer...

While quarantine left many students feeling unmotivated, sophomore Brianna Belanger used the pandemic as an opportunity to find a new passion for crochet, which she now shares with others through the recently-formed...

The noise of a regular household filled the air, joined by the subtle noise of paint brushes grazing easels. Paint of all kinds colored the blank background. Each brush stroke adds to a canvas for a cause....

Tragedy struck Tyrone High School English teacher Kathy Beigle and her family in November 2020 when her 27-year-old son, Tyler Slippy, was stabbed to death in his Hollidaysburg apartment. Beigle, Tyler’s...

Paintbrush in hand, senior Aubrey Simpson, planning to eventually be an art teacher and inspire kids the same way her teachers have inspired her, adds life to a blank canvas, visualizing a whole world...