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Staff Editorial: Governor Abbott’s transphobia dangerously masquerades care as child abuse

March 25, 2022

PEACEFUL PROTEST  Young women in Texas stand up for transgender youth, protesting Texas Govener Gregory Abbott’s actions towards gender-confirming care    In a letter sent to...

View Point: Is it time to lift the mask mandate?

March 25, 2022

Illustration by Isabelle Ortiz Removing school mask mandate puts safety at risk By Kaylee Chan | Editor-in-Chief    For the first time since school resumed session in-person, school...

Body mass index fails to accommodate all

March 25, 2022

By Emme Tran | Copy Editor    Nearly 200 years after body mass index (B.M.I.) was created, the deeply flawed metric is still commonly used in health offices to measure body constitution...

Staff Editorial: Gabrielino teachers power through the pandemic

February 25, 2022

   Throughout the pandemic, Gabrielino High School teachers have been put through the ultimate test. There have been circumstances and situations that we as a society could never have predicted,...

Viewpoints: Are self driving cars safe?

February 25, 2022

Self-driving cars; safer today and even safer tomorrow By Ashley Sanchez | Production Chief     Self-driving cars are not only safe, but the safest option out there for the future...

Destigmatize positive COVID-19 tests

February 25, 2022

By Kaiya Suehiro | Staff Writer Illustration by Isabelle Ortiz | Tongva Times    We need to eliminate the stigma around getting COVID-19, because the virus is not going away any time...

Staff Editorial: Females who lead civil rights movement deserve recognition

January 28, 2022

LEADING VOICE  Baker, who helped shaped the civil rights movement, speaks at the 1964 Democratic National Convention.     After Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the civil rights movement was...

January surge was foreseeable, California should have planned for remote learning

January 28, 2022

By Oralis Ward | Staff Writer    As the holiday season concluded and the second semester at Gabrielino High School began, COVID-19 cases in students rose exponentially, as they did across...

Viewpoints: Apple vs Samsung

January 28, 2022

Samsung boasts innovation, reliability, cost-effective prices By Jayden Tran | Staff Writer    Since 2009, Samsung has been Apple’s leading competitor in the smartphone industry....

Staff Editorial: Women leading effort in vaccine development deserve recognition

December 17, 2021

   As COVID-19 vaccines continue to be distributed across the world, the advancement in medicine is joined by another cause for celebration: female scientists leading the way in vaccine...

End queerbaiting in movies, television

December 17, 2021

Isabelle Ortiz | Staff Writer Isabelle Ortiz | Tongva Times    Queerbaiting is when companies take advantage of the LGBTQ+ community, using them as a marketing tool to gain publicity...

View Point: Are parasocial relationships healthy?

December 17, 2021

One-sided connections through screens harm society By Ashley Sanchez | Production Chief    In the age of technology, it is not uncommon to find love behind a screen. From online dating...

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