The Romaine Lettuce Recall
Salma Almoradi, Photojournalist
December 11, 2018
Filed under Features
As of Sunday, November 26, 2018, 43 people in 12 of the US states and 22 people in Canada have become ill due to the E. coli outbreak in Romaine lettuce. Because of the outbreak, the FDA has given several steps to inform consumers about the origins and harvest dates of lettuce. One sugg...
Holly Jolly Arts Extravaganza
Mabel Ra, Editor
December 11, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase
Each year, the Yorba Linda High School Fine Arts Commissioners work to put together Fine Arts Week, a week-long school event dedicated to acknowledging and appreciating the various arts programs that exist at YLHS. This year, the arts commissioners, Allie Mortensen (11) and Corinne Green (11) coordinated...
“Out of Focus” Winners
Grace Kim, Section Editor
December 11, 2018
Every year, the Yorba Linda Public Library and the Richard Nixon Presidential Library hold an art show for students in neighboring high schools and middle schools. There are multiple art categories that applicants can choose from including photography, drawing and painting, short story, graphic design, an...
YLHS Newspaper and Yearbook Take New York!
Stephen Serrano, Section Editor
December 11, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase
Yes, you read that right, a handful of our students in our YLHS Newspaper and Yearbook classes have gone, seen, and experienced the “concrete jungle”, New York City. The Yorba Lindans left sunny Southern California and flew across the entire country to the not-so-sunny New York from Nov. 1-6. This tr...
It’s in Your Head, Not Your Bed
Sarah Meadows, Photojournalist
December 11, 2018
Filed under Features
Picture this: an adolescent girl is paralyzed under her sheets at 3:02 am, refusing to move a muscle so as to diminish the possibility of the monster under her bed hearing her lungs exhale, her heart beat, or even her eyelashes flutter. Wide-eyed and teary-eyed, the girl sits, but she does not sleep. T...
Bullet Journal: Planner, Diary, Sketchbook, Whatever!
Kathleen Toblesky, Photojournalist
December 11, 2018
Filed under Features
Getting through school and daily tasks can be a handful. Planners and to-do lists simply aren’t enough to manage the day anymore. Planners don’t fit all your needs, to-do lists get out of hand, sticky notes get lost, and calendars are just forgotten. But what if there was an easier way? Something th...
The DNA Craze: Ellis Island
Gabby McCutchan, Editor
December 11, 2018
Filed under Features
Ellis Island. What exactly is Ellis Island? Situated next to Liberty Island in New York, Ellis Island actually happens to be of substantial importance to the ancestry of countless Americans, as it is estimated that 40% of Americans have genealogy traced back to Ellis Island. From 1892 up until 1954, ...
Relieving Stress with Art Therapy
Bita Zadeh, Photojournalist
December 4, 2018
Filed under Features
Other than making mindless doodles in the pages of your notebook while you’re bored in class, if you’re like most teenagers, you don’t express yourself with art like you did as a kid. You may not think you're any good at creating art, or you may not think it's worth your time, but art is actually...
Exclusive Interview: New Teachers
Janet Han, Editor
December 4, 2018
Filed under Features
This year, YLHS has gained five new teachers. Some students may already be familiar with one, or two, or even all of them. However, many others have yet to meet all of the new teachers, so in order to get to know them a bit better, we have conducted an interview of all of them. Tell us ...
School Systems Abroad Compared to the United States
Grace Kim, Section Editor
December 4, 2018
Filed under Features
In a generation of advancements in sciences and technology, education is emphasized among several countries throughout the world. Just like how every culture and tradition vary between different parts of the world, school education systems are also drastically different. Mary Liu (12) is “aware of ...
Fall in Love with Fall
Grace Kim, Section Editor
December 4, 2018
Filed under Features
Goodbye Summer, hello Autumn. As days get shorter and leaves begin to accentuate their bright orange and yellow hue, Yorba Linda High School students know that Fall has finally arrived. People start embracing the “sweater weather” by wearing warmer clothing and layering on different pieces. While Star...
Fusion Foods: The Next Big Thing?
Grace Kim, Section Editor
December 4, 2018
Filed under Features
Food for thought: Imagine having two different cuisines from entirely diverse cultures at once. Over the past generation, globalization has united a variety of countries and cultures including food. United States, especially, due to its diverse population, opened the market to fusion foods. R...
