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  • Samantha Stewart wins National Adaptive PE Teacher Award

    Samantha Stewart wins National Adaptive PE Teacher Award

    Some of her colleagues sought to help her gain recognition for her work and nominated her for the Society of Health and Physical Educators’ award for Adaptive PE teaching in California. She won. Earlier this month, Stewart received the National Adaptive PE Teacher award from the Society of Health and Physical Educators of America…

  • Tragedy strikes Westlake High School after fatal crash

    Tragedy strikes Westlake High School after fatal crash

    On Tuesday, April 18, four Westlake High school student pedestrians near the bus stop were involved in a fatal crash in front of Westlake High School on the corner of Lakeview Canyon Road and Thousand Oaks Boulevard. While three of the students, ages 14, 15 and 16, survived the impact, the fourth student, Wesley…

  • U.S. lawmakers push to ban TikTok

    U.S. lawmakers push to ban TikTok

    On March 23, 2023, the CEO of TikTok, Shou Chew, testified before the House Committee for Energy and Commerce in a trial concerning the safety of the app TikTok. TikTok is owned by a company called Bytedance, which is owned by China. The main concern over the safety of TikTok is that under a…

  • UFO’s fly into sight, raising suspicion among citizens in the U.S.

    UFO’s fly into sight, raising suspicion among citizens in the U.S.

    The Pentagon’s new office for investigating potential Unidentified Flying Objects, have recently received over hundreds of reports in 2022. Although many of these objects can be explained a good portion remains a puzzle. In the summer of June 2021, an early report released a list of 144 reports of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena sightings, over…

  • Man shot dead in Oxnard police involved shooting

    Man shot dead in Oxnard police involved shooting

    On Sunday, March 12, 60-year-old Adam Barcenas died in an officer-involved shooting in Oxnard. At around 6:00 a.m., officers were conducting a DUI investigation when Barcenas, who was not part of the investigation, advanced on the officers with a 5-foot-long steel bar. In a bodycam video released by the Oxnard Police Department, the attacker…

  • Ventura County plans to improve and expand fairgrounds

    Ventura County plans to improve and expand fairgrounds

    In late Feb. 2023, a deal was made by a private company known as Pacific Sports Group (PSG) with the Ventura County Fairgrounds. In this deal, PSG obtained exclusive rights to set forth a proposal for a large developmental project in the fairgrounds. In this proposal, PSG plans to rebuild and expand the fairgrounds…

  • Silicon Valley Bank seized after financial collapse

    Silicon Valley Bank seized after financial collapse

    On the morning of March 11, 2023, the worst banking collapse since the financial crisis of 2008 occurred in Central California. The Silicon Valley Bank, which had relied heavily on uninsured deposits, failed and was seized by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The bank, known for aiding start-up projects, had grown into the 16th…

  • Shohei Ohtani aids team Japan in WBC win

    Shohei Ohtani aids team Japan in WBC win

    After 14 years since their last win, the Japanese national team took home an exciting win in the World Baseball Classic winning 3-2 against the USA team last Tuesday, making Japan rank first place in the WBC. At the end of the game, it came down to Shohei Ohtani and Mike Trout at the…

  • NPHS Science Olympiad crushes the competition

    NPHS Science Olympiad crushes the competition

    On March 11, the NPHS Science Olympiad club won first place at the regional tournament at UCSB, so they will be competing in the Southern California state tournament at the California Institute of Technology on April 8. Science Olympiad is a club that encompasses a wide field of sciences in competition. Science Olympiad is…

  • LAUSD workers strike for better pay

    LAUSD workers strike for better pay

    From March 21 to March 23, over 30,000 Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) support workers went on strike after failing to make an agreement with the district. These workers include teacher’s aides, bus drivers, custodians, and cafeteria workers, all demanding better wages. Teachers joined in solidarity with the workers, after the local teacher’s…