By Lauren Law Apr. 5. 2026 Catherine Nguyen Art For Bay Area athletes Alysa Liu and Eileen Gu, winter weekends in Tahoe were training grounds that helped shape their paths to the Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina from Feb. 6 to Feb. 22. Born on Aug. 8, 2005 in Clovis, California, Liu spent most of her childhood in and around Oakland and Richmond,. Liu’s father, who immigrated to the United States from China and later built a law practice in the Bay Area, stru

By Winston Chu Apr. 5, 2026 Catherine Nguyen Art From the east to west coast, thousands of students across the nation walked out of classrooms on Jan. 30 and marched on the streets to protest the actions of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Following the death of civilians Renée Good and Alex Pretti, who were fatally shot by ICE agents, citizens organized a national protest to demand accountability for ICE. Yet, many students who supposedly wal

By Liliana Chai April. 5, 2026 Juliana Shin Art With a bat emblem sewn across his chest and a billowing black cape trailing behind him, a masked superhero emerges out of the shadows onto the streets of San Jose, fighting injustice. Known as the Batman of San Jose, the activist has spent nearly eight years supporting the unhoused population and speaking out on civic issues affecting vulnerable communities. With just under a million residents, San Jose faces a pe

By Dylan Xie April. 5, 2026 On Jan. 30, hundreds of students across the Bay Area walked out of classrooms in a coordinated protest against the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in response to the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Prettiby ICE officials in Minnesota on Jan. 7 and Jan. 24, respectively. What began as social media posts turned into a full-scale movement that mobilized students across the nation, including around 300 students from

By Melvin Najarian April. 5, 2026 Jane Hong Art After 17 years of teaching at the school, and more than a decade leading Algebra I, Algebra II and geometry classes, Gary Clarke, Mathematics Department, is stepping away from the classroom. Throughout his time at the school, Clarke focused on building the fundamental math skills that students would carry with them into Advanced Placement classes and college. Beyond academics, over his tenure, focused with a star

By Sarah Perez Apr 1, 2026 For many high schoolers, changemaking may seem daunting even the most passionate of activists can struggle against the legal barriers of being a minor and a lack of platform. Yet, Senior Anna Kochanska and Freshman Elise Fondeur have found meaning in their small efforts, viewing student activism as

By Chelsea Lu Apr 1, 2026 On July 17, 1966, a boy is born into poverty in the Mexican state of Michoacán. By the age of 14, he starts guarding marijuana plantations; at 19, he immigrates illegally to California, where he is arrested and deported for heroin trafficking charges; and, by the early 2010s, he emerges as the kingpin of the infamous