Written by Azella Lafever (News Writer) Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic started healthcare workers and scientists  have been working tirelessly to find either a cure or a vaccine for COVID-19. Usually it requires years of research and testing before a vaccine reaches hospitals. But since COVID-19 has killed around 1.5 million people worldwide scientists are … More COVID-19 Vaccine Begins to be Distributed

Written by Lucas Murawsky (News Writer) In the past three weeks in Santa Cruz County, the cases of COVID-19 have exploded, and 94% of California has moved up into the ‘Purple’ tier including us,  most likely due to lack of social distancing and holidays and large gatherings. The number of cases of the virus in … More New COVID-19 Restrictions in California

Written by Nolan Alisago (News Writer) As Biden begins his transition by selecting nominations for his cabinet, he struggles to appease both allies and opposition in what is sure to be a grueling confirmation process. Although the Senate is still in the air with the Georgia runoff elections, it’s clear regardless of who has control … More President-Elect Joe Biden Begins Selecting Nominees for his Cabinet

Written by Natasha Gunion (News Writer) Ever since this pandemic has come around, San Lorenzo Valley middle school and high school student’s grades have been slipping. To relieve some of the stress off of the students, the California Unified School District has changed the A-F grading system. It has been proven that the amount of … More SLV District Grade Change

Written by Skyler Shipp (News Writer) On November 25th, the Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling that could change how COVID-19 restrictions apply throughout the country. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and Agudath Israel of America sued New York over COVID-19 restrictions imposed by Governor Andrew Cuomo. While these restrictions were lifted before the … More Supreme Court Rules on COVID-19 Restrictions Regarding Religious Gatherings

Written by Makoa Ho’opai (News Writer) Recently going into December the number of deaths from covid has spiked rapidly according to  the county health officials. There was a report by Santa Cruz health officials saying that there have been three more deaths due to COVID-19 in just a week bringing the total up to 44 … More COVID-19 Death Toll Rises to 44 People in Santa Cruz County

Written by Angela Landes (News Writer) Seven families filed lawsuits this September against the state of California, the state board of education, the state department of education, and Tony Thurmond (The State Superintendent of Public Instruction) alleging the State´s failure ¨ to ensure basic educational equality,¨ as the Constitution of California requires. Among other things, … More Lawsuit Filed Against the State of California for Distanced Learning Inequities

Written by Kahredin Clohan Bonnet (News Writer) Recently, two major events have happened in the spaceflight world.  The first of these is the Chang’e 5 Lunar Mission, a Chinese lunar lander, and orbiter made to return samples of the Moon’s surface to Earth.  The mission will be the first to return moon samples to Earth … More The United States to Withdraw Thousands of Military Personnel from Iraq and Afghanistan

Written by Nolan Alisago (News Writer) The Philadelphia police killing of Walter Wallace Jr. during a mental health crisis has melted into election protests in the swing state of Pennsylvania, as demonstrations continue through the election. Although the city made changes to policing policy after being exposed for using violent and dangerous tactics against non-violent … More Walter Wallace Jr. Murdered in Philadelphia by Police During a Mental Health Crisis

Written by Angela Lances (News Writer) A small group of volunteers and friends from the Santa Cruz People’s Kitchen, which is an organization that prepares free meals and distributes them bi-weekly, expanded their collective efforts early this November to include a community garden. The idea was quite spontaneous, becoming a reality within a week after … More New Community Garden Begins as Part of a Hunger Relief Network

Written by Kaherdin Clohan Bonnet (News Writer) “Homosexual people have the right to be in a family. They are children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out or be made miserable over it. What we have to have is a civil union law—that way, they are legally covered. … More Pope Francis Endorses Same-Sex Civil Unions

Written by Daniel Maloney (News Writer) The massive pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma, is pleading guilty to federal criminal charges and is being dissolved.  This is due to its massive role in the start of the opioid epidemic in the United States, by aggressively marketing the drug, knowing doctors prescribed the medication “without a legitimate medical … More Purdue Pharma Pleads Guilty to Federal Criminal Charges and Will Be Dissolved

Written by Angela Landes (News Writer) In the morning of Saturday, October 17, a small group of four teenagers demonstrating with “Black Lives Matter” signs arrived at the overpass at the intersection of Highway 17 and Bear Creek. Supporters of the current Republican President Donald Trump had been demonstrating on the bridge each Saturday for … More Black Lives Matter Supporters and Trump Supporters Clash at Protest In The Valley

Written by Nolan Alisago (News Writer) The Nuclear Forces Treaty was first signed by President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev in December of 1987, and this was the first and only nuclear arms control agreement that ever eliminated a class of nuclear weapons. Currently the chief among the campaign to abolish nuclear … More The 50th Ratification of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

Written by Konnor Long (News Writer) The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted homeless populations across the nation. According to the National Law Center on homelessness & poverty, homeless individuals are three times more likely to be put in mortal danger by COVID-19 than the general population, with Santa Cruz’s numbers mirroring this average. Earlier this … More How COVID-19 has Impacted Santa Cruz County’s Homeless Population

Written by Lucas Murawsky (News Writer) On October 20, 2020 the Department of Justice along with multiple other state attorneys, filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. This was to stop Google from unlawfully maintaining monopolies through anticompetitive and exclusionary practices in the search and search advertising … More The DOJ Sues Google Over Anticompetitive Practices

Written by Daniel Maloney (News Writer) President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation hearing is currently happening. With a committee vote expedited to the 22nd. Barrett’s testimony had little information on how should would rule on possible cases and almost no information on her views of Supreme Court precedents and if they should … More Supreme Court Justice Nominee Amy Coney Barrett Faces Committee Vote

Written by Kaherdin Clohan Bonnet (News Writer) The long awaited vaccine for COVID-19 might not be as much of a savior as we had originally hoped and expected, rather the sketchy uncle of the vaccine and pharmaceutical world due to rushed development. No matter where you look you’ll likely find out that a vaccine for … More Will There be a COVID-19 Vaccine and Will it be Safe to Take?

Written by Nolan Alisago (News Writer) Fourteen men, encouraged by the words of President Trump, have been arrested and charged in a plot to violently overthrow two state governments. The men had intended to kidnap and murder both the Governor of Virginia and Michigan until the plot was foiled by FBI informants.  The men involved … More Plot to Kidnap & Murder Governors of Virginia and Michigan Thwarted by F.B.I.

Written by Azella LaFerver (News Writer) As the election time gets closer we are all wondering what voting will be like this year since we are unable to do in person voting we must resort to the next best thing. For this year’s voting it is being encouraged that those who are eligible to vote … More Fake Ballot Boxes Planted in Multiple California Counties

Written by Natasha Gunion (News Writer) As of October 14, 2020, Covid-19 cases in Santa Cruz County are beginning to rise again. There have been 2,633 known Covid-19 cases in the County since the onset of the pandemic.  There are currently 207 active cases, and 23 deaths. Most businesses in SC County are still following … More How is Santa Cruz County Handling COVID-19?

Written by Skyler Shipp (News Writer) You’ve probably heard about the fly that landed on Mike Pence’s head during this debate, but there was so much more to the vice presidential debate that makes it especially important. After the chaos of the first debate, and with the uncertainty surrounding future debates, this debate is an … More A Recap of the First Vice Presidential Debate