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Manzanar survivor recounts a life behind barbed wire
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Sharon Kodama’s earliest memories consist of soldiers wielding guns, the orphanage in which she lived for four years and barbed wire. Following Executive Order 9066 in 1942, issuing the relocation of over 120,000 people of Japanese descent, 3-year-old Sharon Kodama and her family were taken from their home and sent to Manzanar, a Japanese…
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Faith creates strength during grief
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My great-grandmother’s passing came like a choir song. The chosen hymns were “How Great Thou Art” and “Great Is Thy Faithfulness.” The hum of her oxygen tank was the melody. The voices came from her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren alike. And as her life slowly slipped away, the faith I had in life after…
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Alumni Foundation donates funds for NPHS weight room project
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On April 27, alumni and faculty gathered in front of Newbury Park High School [NPHS] to present a $5,000 check gifted by the Alumni Foundation for the NPHS weight room project. The funds were raised directly by NPHS alumni, with the goal of creating sustainable change for athletics on campus. Spearheading the project was…
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Rebecca Grossman’s conviction upheld after appeal
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On Tuesday, the California 2nd District Court of Appeal upheld the Feb. 23, 2024 conviction of Rebecca Grossman, co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation, for the second-degree murder of 11-year-old Mark Iskander and his 8-year-old brother Jacob Iskander. Grossman was involved in a hit-and-run at a crosswalk in Westlake Village on Sept. 29, 2020,…
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The community of Conejo Valley supports one another through times of crisis
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Introduction: The strength of a community is best revealed when faced with times of crisis, whether that be natural disasters, economic hardship or political uncertainty. In the past 10 years, the community of Ventura County has seen one another through the good and bad, through destruction and rebirth. In the midst of a time…
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Growing up means rediscovering who I am
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Growing up, I was a really good kid. Not just in the listening to my parents or getting good grades kind of way, but in the sense that I was good at being a kid. The spirit and magic of childhood were at the core of my identity, and I leaned into it completely,…
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Examining the child influencer culture
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The security and financial regulations for children in the media have been a heavily debated and controversial topic. As social media is a new reality for the future of entertainment, the position minors have in the industry is growing rapidly with the newfound platforms. The safeguarding put into place for minor content has raised…
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“People We Meet on Vacation” found a home in my heart
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Queuing up “People We Meet on Vacation,” my expectations were low and my patience for another un-needed book to movie adaptation even lower. When the credits started to roll, I was stunned with love and admiration for the dying art of rom-com movies, and filled with motivation to live my own life like it…
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Student nutrition gains the wings to grow in CVUSD
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Food is essential for fueling students’ bodies and brains, and the Conejo Valley Unified School District’s [CVUSD] nutritional staff is dedicated to delivering healthy and diverse meals for all students on campus, free of cost. From planning the menu to seeing the food appear in each school’s kitchen, Sarah Phillips has taken the reins…
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Episodes of overstimulation flood kids media
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Next to candy or dessert, TV was always a special treat for me as a child, and I found myself glued to the screen whenever I had the rare opportunity to watch a show or movie. Today, it shocks me when kids can barely sit through a 20 minute episode of “Cocomelon”– although I…