By KIARA COVARRUBIAS CASA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL My dad is serious, strict and intelligent. He has a great capacity to love but doesn’t show it. At age 9, he came to the U.S. along with his nine siblings: four other boys and five girls. They were raised in an environment [...]
By KYLIE BUCK CASA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL Bruin pride pulses through my veins: My iPod plays the UCLA fight song, my wardrobe is accessorized with Bruin gear, my laptop displays a picture of Royce Hall as the wallpaper. I first visited the UCLA campus when I was a freshman on [...]
By ELVIS WONG CASA GRANDE HIGH SCHOOL I bowed my head, closed my eyes and listened to the hymns that were sung as the music resonated off the arched walls of the church sanctuary. I listened to the obituaries of those close friends and family as they spoke with brittle [...]
In Petaluma's downtown, there are boutiques and restaurants aplenty; we have no need of a large department store, as well. At the location previously belonging to Kenilworth Junior High, a Target and its accompanying shops will hardly improve our small town. Rather, it will inhibit our traditions.
Katie Murphy often wondered why she was the one with cancer and struggled to accept the diagnosis. But one of her most difficult challenges was telling loved ones.
"I was suffocating to death. My parents called 911, and I passed out before the paramedics got there."
St. Vincent de Paul High School senior Regina Camozzi has something few teens have: A clear sense of where she’s headed and what she would like to do with her life.
“It’s made me want to be the best person I can be. I don’t want to waste the time I have bickering with people or worrying about small stuff.”
What is difficult is being a conservative like I am in a heavily blue area. My age group already is one likely to be liberal. Coupled with the fact that Sonoma County is competing with San Francisco and Marin counties to be the most politically left, I do not make very many political friends as a red in a blue sea.
When many think about autism, they think of those who respond to over-stimulation by the rocking and the shaking of hands, as well as communication difficulties. However, this is not always the case.