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Angel Tree

By Arianna Reyes & Emily Moya, Writers | December 10, 2025 A man helping with sorting presents for angel tree kids photo courtesy or AP Images An angel tree is something that was created in the late 1970s for children to provide them with help and clothing and items that they maybe didn’t have access to. Angel trees have been progressively creating popularity and creating dreams for children that have no hope. Recently angel trees have been a hit on social media, used for ei

Arianna Reyes

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The Beginning: Class of 2029

Elijah Brown, Writer | March 17, 2026 Stack of books infant of a blackboard - Photo Courtesy of Associated Press While some students are getting ready to start their adulthood, others are adjusting to their teenage years. The purpose of this article is to get the perspective of the latter group of students. To do this, I asked two ninth grade Carson High School students four different questions. The first question asked was if high school was what they had expected: Carson Hi

Elijah Brown

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The End: Class of 2026

Elijah Brown, Writer | February 20, 2026 Crowd wearing graduation caps - Photo Courtesy of Associated Press Every year of school leads to the big one: senior year. Some people were excited to graduate, even when they were freshman, while others are still nervous now. Despite these differences, they are all still seniors. This is the last year before the rest of their lives for the class of 2026. To get a better idea on how the seniors of the year feel, I went around and asked

Elijah Brown

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New Year's Resolution

Elijah Brown, Writer | January 20, 2026 Notepad with "New Year's resolution" written on it - Photo Courtesy of Elijah Brown New Year's resolutions are a very popular and well-known tradition globally. Some people find it easiest to set goals at the start of a new year. For them, the new year marks a clean slate to better themselves or their lives. Others, however, think that this tradition is a waste of time or that it never works. In order to get a better idea of how student

Elijah Brown

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Beetlejuice At Pantages Theater

Melanie Ramirez, Writer | March 18, 2026 Beetlejuice playbill in front of a Beetlejuice poster courtesy of Darica Calbalda Pantages theater is one of California’s known theaters with tickets for shows that are somewhat affordable for the middle class citizens. This March, their lineup for shows has included a good amount of known shows. But the most known is Beetlejuice. The dark comedy has been live at Pantages since the 10th of this month and will continue until the 22nd. T

Melanie Ramirez

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RomCom Movie Tropes: Loved or

Melanie Ramirez, Writer | Febraury 6, 2026 Polaroid selfie of Julia Styles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gorden Levitt, and Larisa Oleynik February, the month of love, is always filled with affection of all kinds throughout the month. There are many traditions people like to partake in. Part of these traditions is enoying romantic movies. Love them or hate them these movies often have tropes that play out the exact same way no matter who the director is. But where did these tropes co

Melanie Ramirez

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The Astra Lumina Experience

By Melanie Ramirez, Writer | January 20,2026 Guest enjoying a section of the Astra Lumina Immersive Nightwalk in Dallas courtesy of Astra Lumina December is over, January has arrived, and there's nothing left to look forward to. No breaks until the spring. However, that doesn't mean January is completely depressing. Astra Lumina is an immersive nightwalk being held at South Coast Botanic Garden still has dates left in January that you can go to. Astra Lumina is a one hour exp

Melanie Ramirez

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What Does the Future Hold? Part One

Elijah Brown, Writer | November 31, 2025 Kylee Garcia (LEFT) & Chase Solis (RIGHT) - Photo Courtesy of Elijah Brown For most people, their senior year of High School is the last year before the start of their life. As we head into adulthood, there are a lot of things to consider. What do you plan to do after high school? Are you going to college? Are you going straight to work? Maybe you plan on going to a trade school, or you're going to take a gap year for self-discovery. E

CHS Journalism

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Charlie Kirk's Death Sparks Debate Across Many

By Selah Osayande, Writer | October 22, 2025 Charlie Kirk Memorial photo courtesy of Associate Press Charlie Kirk was an American right-wing political activities, an entrepreneur, and media personality. He co-founded the organization "Turning Point USA" in 2021, and was the executive direction of the organization until his assassination in 2025. Charlie kirk was assassinated while addressing an audience on the campus of Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. Charlie Kirk's dea

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Selah Osayande

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Freaky Friday

By Emily Moya & Scarlet Medrano | Writers, October 22, 2025 Photo courtesy by Scarlet Medrano High School students are negatively affected by Halloween being in the middle of the week. But this year since its on a Friday, schools won't be affected neither will attendance. Many students had similar feelings about Halloween on a Friday. One of the several students was Ryan Calantog, a senior at Carson Highschool, "I'm so happy it's on a Friday because all these past years they'

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Emily Moya

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Republican Billionaire Peter Thiel: Who is he?

By Elijah Brown & Ruby Jones, Writers | October 22, 2025 Peter Thiel speaking at a podium photo courtesy of Associated Press Peter Thiel, the founder of Paypal and investor in many companies, is the kind of billionaire to use his wealth for politics. Peter Theil is widely known for Palantir, a tech company that he co-founded with four other businessmen. Palantir has become a symbol of "dystopian surveillance," as stated by Wired , after people have heard about the company's c

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Ruby Jones

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Good Luck or Myths?

By Arianna Reyes, Writer | October 22, 2025 Photo campaign "Black brings luck" courtesy of Associate Press This Halloween falls on Friday the 31st, with many adults, teens and children excited for the three day Halloweekend. Many parties are happening, seeing new costumes but some pet owners aren't so excited and rather worried. Black cats falling victim to strangers abuse and cruelty. During Halloween black cats are usually found with open wounds and life-threatening injurie

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Arianna Reyes

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Will it be worth the watch? IT: Welcome to Derry an HBO Max Original Series

By Melanie Ramirez, Writer | October 14, 2025 Stephen King at the PEN Literary Gala at the American Natural History Museum in 2018 courtesy of Associate Press This October, IT: Welcome to Derry is set to premiere on the 26th as an original prequel series to the IT franchise, streaming exclusively on HBO Max. As some would know the original novel, "IT" written by Stephen King was published on September 15, 1986 making it 39 years old following this week. The novel is set in fi

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Melanie Ramirez

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