On an average but windy Tuesday on January 7, 2025, two major wildfires broke out. These fires spread rapidly, one blazing through the Pacific Palisades and Malibu, and the other torching Altadena. Surrounding...

Bodies fill the Poly gym for the first time in three days––conversation, laughs and “how have you been?” jumbling in the air. Around the gym’s perimeter, white fold-out tables overflow with toiletries,...

At the start of the new year, Angelenos found themselves beneath skies choked with smoke, as shrieking “devil winds” whipped across hillsides so arid they thirsted to burn. This time, the California...

Poor Thanksgiving. Wedged between cheesy Halloween ghoulishness and the sparkling commercialism of Christmas, Thanksgiving is treated by American citizens as a mere prelude to the holiday season or, even...

On Nov. 6, former President Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election by a sweeping amount against Vice President Kamala Harris, amassing 76 million votes to Harris’ 73 million. He will become...

As we approach the start of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term, the Poly community has expressed a range of reactions: some grieved, some celebrated and some simply shrugged off the results....

My morning routine takes me over an hour and a half. Every day, I wake up at 6:00 a.m., get out of bed, brush my teeth and spend 20 minutes choosing my outfit. However, it doesn’t end there. When I go...

As we approach the end of the first quarter, it seems that tests continue to be the “go-to” way to gauge student knowledge. As the assessment calendar begins to fill up with exams, however, we see...

As a dancer, I consider the arts a large part of my identity. I still remember attending my first dance classes, where I learned to pirouette and plié. Those classes were the highlights of my week, and...

We’ve all heard of that one kid who founded three nonprofits, leads five different clubs and volunteers 40 hours a week – all while playing four varsity sports. The media tends to highlight students...