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article by Kanchan, News Team Contributor Weeks before a youth-led Black Lives Matter protest that took place outside the Dublin Civic Center, owner of local gun business Mike Grant posted a picture of the 17-year old organizer Denel McMahan on his Facebook page. The caption read, “Please bring your vests and helmets in case these BLM people start trouble.. Remember Read more...

article by Kanchan Naik, News Team Contributor There’s not a lot in common between the “Mega Millions: How To Cash in On This Poker App” ad at the bottom of my Instagram feed and the CNN article on small businesses in a separate tab. The latter offers valuable insight into how the coronavirus pandemic may threaten our economy and young Read more...

Despite a resurgence in vacations this season, quarantine is still going on, and many trips are being cancelled or postponed due to health concerns. To help break the unbearable monotonous cycle of staying home every day, I’ve gone ahead and compiled a list of webcams from all over the world. Now, what are webcams, you ask? Webcams are basically videos Read more...

By Kanchan, News Team Contributor “They want a girl who is slim, tall, educated, and from a good family,” says matchmaker Sima Taparia, as she flips between pages of marriage biodatas. Beside Taparia, her husband laughs. “They want everything.” Directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Smriti Mundhra, Netflix series Indian Matchmaking offers an unsanitized glance into the nitty-gritty of South Asian arranged Read more...

  Article by Kanchan, News Team Contributor On August 18th, Rep. Eric Swalwell discussed the latest efforts to cut government funding for the U.S. Postal Service in front of a small gathering at the Dublin Post Office. Along with addressing their concerns, he also raised awareness about the suppression of mail-in votes during the 2020 election season.   “People are Read more...

    Article by Giulia, News Team Contributor For this week’s newsletter, I decided to ask my English teacher, Mrs. Kamali of Amador Valley High School, a few questions concerning online learning. Mrs. Kamali, along with teaching ninth grade English, also teaches journalism. Despite her experience, she’s never had to teach class online before.   Q1. How has Zoom worked Read more...

On September 12th, 1940, a boy named Marcel Ravidat lost his dog, Robot, to a hole. He returned three days later to get his dog with three friends, and they entered down into the cave through a shaft. They had thought that the shaft was a secret entrance to a nearby mansion. It was not. However, they did end up Read more...

Jeremy Walsh, photo credit Mike Sedlak/Pleasanton Weekly Article written by Kanchan, News Team Contributor Since its entry into the journalism world, local paper Pleasanton Weekly has come a long way. So has the city it has served for more than twenty years. In a Zoom interview, Pleasanton Weekly Editor Jeremy Walsh discussed how local journalism has evolved amid digitalization, the Black Lives Matter movement Read more...

Article Written by Kush, a News Team Contributor Who are you working with and how did you meet them? Two other undergraduate students and I were brought together by a neuroscience research program at Stanford and we were united by a common passion to do something about the issue of depression. What inspired you to come up with this idea, Read more...

Article Written By Kanchan, a News Team Contributor SAAC (South Asian Arts Council) board member Ravinder Reddy says his virtual study groups are educational — just not in the traditional sense. “We’re not discussing  art the way [one does] in college or an AP course, but teaching art so that when you go to a museum, you have the broader context of how Read more...