Crisis at the Border
With tensions around immigration rising across the country, the United States must address an important question: How can the nation ensure that immigration policy balances its humanitarian impulses with pragmatic action?
Anik Chobe, Staff Writer
• February 26, 2024
BART’s Financial Crisis: Let’s Keep the Cash Flow on Track!
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, BART and other public transportation systems have begun to experience a sharp decline in ridership and revenue, propelling the overall structures of these systems to collapse. As BART is an integral part of the transit infrastructure in the Bay Area, concerns regarding the impact that commuters and residents will face on the daily following BART's recents budget cuts have become a conversation of increasing urgency.
Ryan Tsai, Ritish Anand, and Cameron To
• February 26, 2024
Shoplifting: The Rise of Bay Area Bandits
Countless videos of people getting caught shoplifting in the Bay Area have surfaced across the internet. Shoplifters continue to have their way as communities frantically wait for a solution. The question businesses are searching for the answer to: How do you stop an offense that can’t even be punished?
Ryan Tsai and Ritish Anand
• December 8, 2023
Putting a Roof Over the Head of California
California’s homeless population continues to skyrocket despite legislative action. But, what is the social impact of rising homelessness—and what can the state government do to support these communities?
Anik Chobe and Navya Tyagali
• December 6, 2023
Instagram v.s. Reality
Meta, the company that runs Instagram and Facebook, has landed itself a lawsuit because of accusations that features like "updating statuses on Facebook" have further implications of spiraling into ensnaring addictions for youth.
George Feng and Isabel Carvalho
• December 6, 2023
The Rising Need of Food in the Bay Area
The issue of food hunger is prevalent everywhere in the Bay Area, and the average costs of living after the COVID-19 pandemic have made it challenging to meet the demanding costs of common items, including food. Yet, this haunting problem is not as difficult to solve in our community as we think it to be.
Grace Wang and Alexandra Nguyen
• October 18, 2023
Unraveling the Decline of San Francisco
Is San Francisco truly a bustling metropolis with picturesque scenery and a fruitful economy, or is reality much more dreary? Recent surges in homelessness, the drug crises, and crimes in the city have taken a profound toll on its reputation.
Ryan Tsai and Ritish Anand
• October 18, 2023
Fast Fashion, the Environment, and Human Right
With the help of social media, the fast fashion industry is taking the world by storm. But what countless people don't know is that this phenomenon is threatening lives and our planet.
Cameron To, Staff Writer
• October 18, 2023
The Fall of Silicon Valley Bank
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed on Friday, March 10, 2023, in what is now the country’s second-largest bank failure, after the 2008 financial crisis.
Anik Chobe, Sanjana Bhupathi, and Alice Kang
• May 2, 2023
Teenagers’ Struggle With Mental Health
Student Wellness and Mitty
Aarav Bavishi and Nicholas Corral
• April 30, 2023
Fentanyl? You Better Fend for Your All
After Mrs. Didier’s compelling speech at this month’s assembly, I’m sure we’ve all been left wondering: how bad can the crisis be to affect us? The answer to that question? There is no answer to take home, only precautions to heed so that it doesn’t extend to you.
Terena Nguyen, Staff Editor
• February 19, 2023
It’s Low Tide for California’s Homeless
For California’s most vulnerable, an influx of rain brings an influx of consequences. Without shelter, the homeless population faces the foreseeable challenge of surviving in extreme weather.
Anika Bhutani and Katherine Wilcox
• February 17, 2023
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