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Staff Editorial: Surge in anti-trans bills hurts LGBTQ+ communities

March 31, 2023

RALLY FOR RIGHTS Over 100 people gather in Boise, Idaho, to support transgender athletes    Last year, over 300 anti-trans bills were introduced to State Houses and Senates all over...

History must include people of color

March 31, 2023

By Nicole Banh | Staff Writer    Fred Hampton, Chien-Shiung Wu, and Sylvia Rivera, despite the important lives they led, are virtually unknown. However, all these people share one...

Staff Editorial: Lessons learned from Monterey Park shooting

February 24, 2023

REST IN PEACE Candles glow in front of Star Dance Studio in memory of the 11 people who died in the Monterey Park shooting. Too close to home. Those words were at the center of frantic texts as...

E-hallpass expensive, worsens the hall pass problem

E-hallpass expensive, worsens the hall pass problem

February 24, 2023

By Violet Wang | Staff Writer    On Jan. 9, students were welcomed back to Gabrielino High School with smiling faces, a clean slate, and the impressive bureaucratic nonsense of e-hallpass....

Staff Editorial: AI art threatens artists

January 27, 2023

CREATIVITY OR CRIME This AI-generated piece,“Théâtre D’opéra Spatial,” won first place at the Colorado State Art Fair. Blurry transitions, awkward hands, and a dystopian aesthetic have...

Digital piracy is neither black nor white

Digital piracy is neither black nor white

January 27, 2023

By Jordan Liu | Copy Editor    Whether it is using a friend’s Netflix account, streaming anime on a questionable website, or secretly downloading a game for free, nearly everyone...

End of zero-COVID in China brings rising cases

January 27, 2023

PIVOTAL PROTECTION An elderly woman receives a COVID vaccine in Nantong, China on Dec. 9. By Sophia Pu | Production Chief    On Dec. 7, the Chinese government relaxed its zero-COVID...

Mayor Bass strives to address homelessness in LA

January 27, 2023

TAKING INITIATIVE Mayor Karen Bass speaks to the press at the Wilshire Ebell Theater on Nov. 17. By Kaylee Chan | Editor in Chief    In her first month in office, Los Angeles Mayor...

Staff Editoral: COVID-19 precautionsremain essential over Winter Break

January 10, 2023

   The holiday season is descending upon the masses, filling the air with not only cheer and good tidings, but also coronavirus. As much as regulations have relaxed since the pandemic first...

Google punished with expensive fine for illegally selling user data

January 10, 2023

Illustration by Nicole Banh | Tongva Times By Violet Wang | Staff Writer After an investigation revealed that Google illegally sold user location data, several state prosecutors announced on Nov....

Vandalizing art is not climate activism

November 18, 2022

By Bren Belmonte | Staff Writer    On Oct. 14, Just Stop Oil climate activists Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland threw tomato soup at a glass-covered Vincent van Gogh painting and glued...

Staff Editorial: Students should look past popular colleges for opportunities

November 18, 2022

From the moment they enter middle school, a terrifying concept begins to creep up on many San Gabriel Unified students, haunting their every move and lurking in the back of their minds- college.  ...

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