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Amid controversy and extreme partisanship Justice Brett Kavanaugh was appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in a 50-48 senate vote. President Trump nominated Judge Kavanaugh last July to replace moderate conservative Justice Anthony Kennedy who retired over the summer. However, his nomination was held in abeyance over multiple allegations of…
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Californians looked up at the sky as a luminous cloud lit up the night sky on Oct. 10 around 7:20 p.m. SpaceX, a private aerospace engineering company, successfully launched and landed a Falcon 9 rocket at the Vandenberg Air Force Base about 158 miles north of Los Angeles. The company was founded in 2002…
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In preparation for the upcoming CVUSD school board elections, several local groups have held candidate forums. Controversy arose at the first forum, hosted by the Conejo Council Parent Teacher Association, when sitting board member and candidate Mike Dunn delivered his opening statement and then refused to participate in the rest of the forum. Dunn…
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California Republicans are pushing forth with a motion to repeal the Gas Tax, implemented in Nov. 2017 by Gov. Jerry Brown. The current gas tax adds 12 cents per gallon on gasoline and 20 cents per gallon of diesel. Since California has the second highest gas prices in the nation, many Californians are looking…
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An attempted kidnapping took place in front of the NPHS football stadium on Sept. 21. The victim, a nine-year-old girl, was riding her bike to Walnut Elementary School when at 8:15 a.m., she encountered a man with a white van on Spanish Gate Drive. The van was described as squarely shaped, similar to a…
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Conejo Valley’s long-awaited and first ever Pride Festival took place on Sept. 22. Pride is an event held internationally that celebrates gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual and multisexual pride and equality. The event consisted of guest speakers, performers, booths, food trucks, a drag show, a march and, of course, its iconic rainbow signature. Reina Geinsberg,…
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This year students will take the PSAT during the school day, on Wednesday, October 10. Previously held on Saturday and costing $25, the PSAT is now offered to juniors for free. The test is open to all students, and school will be dismissed at 12:05. The decision to hold the test during the school…
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An unprecedented policy procedure at the Oct. 2 CVUSD school board meeting left both board members and community members perplexed. Vice President Sandee Everett had previously proposed an action item to censure Trustee Betsy Connolly under the premise of social media misconduct. Yet in the third hour of the meeting, when President John Andersen…
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A lockdown was initiated on Sept. 17 after an attempted break-in to the cafeteria and a threatening social media post occured over the previous weekend. A police investigation was carried out over the course of third period that day, although both the administration and sheriff’s department believed that the search was more of a…
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In 1991, during his confirmation, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas received accusations of sexual harassment from professor Anita Hill. Over 25 years later, the American public is faced with an uncanningly similar situation. On July 9, 2018, President Donald Trump nominated Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court, as a replacement for retiring Justice…