By May S. Ruiz We’re in lockdown – until the foreseeable future. For the past seven months we’ve been indoors either remote learning, teleconferencing, or chatting with friends on Zoom. We’ve been playing video games or watching movies on cable. Some of us are probably bored out of our wits. If, like me, you’re barely…
By May S. Ruiz The high school class 2020 is a generation whose lives have been upended by the global pandemic. While it can be argued that being asked to stay home as we wage a war against a disease is a far cry from having to fight a war on the battlefields as the…
By May S. Ruiz It’s graduation time for high school seniors across America – the culmination of four years of frenetic juggling of school and extra-curricular activities, finishing homework and long-overdue essays, and preparing for the vortex called college admissions. Graduation is a rite-of-passage for teenagers everywhere. But the coronavirus pandemic deprived the class…
By Sandi Khine All our lives, we are often told that we are our own unique individuals with our very own identities and experiences that make us who we are. However, it can be difficult to imagine that other people might know what goes on in our own lives, and we might never be able…
By May S. Ruiz Four high school students from the San Gabriel Valley were given the Congressional Award by Representative Judy Chu at a presentation ceremony held at noon last Thursday, March 29 at the Pasadena office of Congresswoman Chu. “The Congressional Award program is a private–public partnership created by the United States Congress in…
By May S. Ruiz At the northwest end of the Arcadia High School (AHS) campus stands the Arcadia Performing Arts Center (APAC), a 40,000 square-foot venue that was funded by Bond Measure 1 which passed in 2006. The $20 million structure opened in 2012 and the non-profit Arcadia Performing Arts Foundation (APAF) was created to…
DIAVOLO’s “In Flight” – Courtesy Photo By May S. Ruiz DIAVOLO, fresh from its performances on NBC’s ‘America’s Got Talent’, makes its high-energy Pasadena and San Gabriel Valley debut at Arcadia’s Performing Arts Center on September 23, 2017 from 7:30 – 9:00 pm. Featured during this maiden show is DIAVOLO’s groundbreaking masterpiece, ‘Trajectoire’, which…
By Christian Romo Pasadena junior Jesse Watkins (20) lied on his stomach in front of the bench pretending to swim, surrounded by teammates jumping out of their seats and howling towards midcourt. But it wasn’t a hard foul that got Watkins to the ground, just a routine steal leading to a transition dunk. At least…
