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The Newbury Park branch of Staples, a store that supplied students of all ages with school supplies, closed this summer, leaving an empty for lease warehouse behind. It is not yet known what Staples will be replaced with. Staples and Target had long competed for the attention of students. The giant school-supply superstore was…
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School was canceled for Dec. 6 due to the rapidly spreading fires in Ventura and Los Angeles county. In an message sent out to all families in the district, the Conejo Valley Unified School District stated “This closure is due to concerns of air quality, and is to help ensure the overall safety of the…
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The television screen blares noisily as the viewers sit forward in their seats breathlessly, watching. They are all apart of a fantasy football league, and this is the last game of the week. It’s the fourth quarter of the Green Bay Packers against the Detroit Lions, with only five seconds to go. 5. 4.…
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On Tuesday Sept. 5, the Trump Administration publicly announced the termination of Deferred Action for Children Arrivals, otherwise known as DACA. Under DACA, undocumented children, known as “dreamers,” are able to remain in the U.S. as long as they meet specific requirements. DACA allows dreamers to legally stay in the U.S., have the opportunity…
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Last year, due to an increase in the number of participants in the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC), the school’s overall score increased compared to prior years. 96percent of students signed up to take the test, five percent more than the previous year. Two years ago, enough juniors opted out of taking the SBAC…
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After hours and hours of rehearsals, the Newbury Park theatre cast took the stage for their production of Auntie Mame from April 12-20, telling the story of an eccentric independent woman in the 1920s named Mame, who is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father passes away. “When it came…
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For multiple teachers on campus, this school has served as both a launching point and a destination. It has provided them with an education, a career, and even a place to raise their families. “Newbury Park is very much a community that I am entrenched in … it is very much our town,” Christy…
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The big one is coming. At least that’s what the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA’s) Jet Propulsion Laboratory has predicted. In an article published in September 2015, the organization forecasted a 99.9% chance that the LA region will experience an earthquake of a 5.0 magnitude or above within the next few years. NASA’s…