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Abilities Awareness Week is undergoing significant changes
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Abilities Awareness Week is an all inclusive week long event that educates students what it’s like to live with disabilities, but it is undergoing significant changes this year. The disability simulation activities, which had students perform activities such as racing in wheelchairs and painting without using their hands, have been discontinued. Karen Sylvester, a…
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5 year old fatally shot by teenager making video
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In Minnesota on Nov. 25, Thanksgiving Day, a 5-year-old was fatally shot by a 13-year-old who was making a video for social media. A group of four or five teenagers had found a gun, and attempted to make a video for social media using the weapon inside the garage of the home. At some…
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Massive purchases made on the Metaverse
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Investors are buying millions of dollars worth of virtual land in the metaverse, making it a hot property market. The metaverse is a virtual intersection for social media, shopping, virtual reality (VR), and cryptocurrency. There have been many purchases made on the metaverse recently. The Metaverse Group, a prominent metaverse real estate company, purchased…
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Legislature being modified to limit Facebook’s hate
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On Dec. 1, Frances Haugen, who recently exposed Facebook for misconduct, helped lawmakers as they debated proposals for social media site regulation. Haugen, a former data scientist at Facebook, testified before Congress in October and brought forward a massive amount of internal documents and files to expose Facebook’s misdoings. Legislators are proposing new laws…
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Inclusive Schools Week celebrates diversity
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Inclusive Schools Week is an annual event held during the first week of December each year to encourage the celebration of diversity. Factors of the diverse student population celebrated during this week include all genders, disabilities, varied language preferences, different cultures, and so much more. Schools nationwide unify their diversities by celebrating this week…
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Construction near The Lakes set to provide affordable housing
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This September, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the National Affordable Housing Legislation in Oakland, California. In direct response to the act, the Thousand Oaks City Council approved construction on a new apartment complex at the Lakes on Nov. 30 of this year. The apartments will have 165 units spread across a total of 5 floors.…
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Gas prices hit record highs
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Gas prices have increased over 30% in California in the past year, according to the United States Energy Information Administration. Throughout the 1990s until the early 2000s, gas remained at a stable price. However, in 2006, the cost of gas began rising rapidly, and now, 15 years later, the prices are higher than ever.…
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Omicron Variant sneaks into California
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With the first case of the Omicron COVID-19 variant being detected in late November in South Africa, the variant has quickly spread into the U.S., reaching as locally as Alameda County, California. One confirmed case of the variant that was reported on Dec.1, appeared in a vaccinated individual who traveled to South Africa and…
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Terror strikes at Oxford High School
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Oxford High School, a school in Oakland County, Michigan, was the site of another school shooting on Nov. 30. The gunman, Ethan Crumbley, a 15-year-old Caucasian male, opened fire and shot 11 people, killing four and seriously injuring the seven others. Crumbley was charged on Dec. 1 with four counts of first-degree murder and…
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California is losing a representative for the first time in history
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The California population has continuously shown a trend of rapid growth, but the most recent census suggests a decline in that trend. California used to be one of the fastest growing states, but now, the growth rate this decade is only 6.1 percent, compared to the average 7.4 percent from the rest of the…