- June 2Chemical Leak in Garden Grove Prompts Emergency Response
- May 28Balboa Island Artwalk Celebrates 31st Annual Showcase
- May 15Canvas Paid ShinyHackers Ransom for the Largest Student-Involved Security Breach in History
- May 12FIFA World Cup Training Comes to Great Park
- May 12Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month for May!
![Tech specialist III Marco Maldonado helps students and staff through the Helpdesk ticket system via email. “I tend to be here in the morning,” Maldonado said. “[I am] waiting to see if I get tickets needing me to assist in something in the classroom that could inhibit them from teaching.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/7376Edited-1200x675.jpeg)
![Customers line up for a pick-me-up as others cozy up to chat in the corners of Layer Cake Bakery—a space the Towfiqs have enjoyed creating, according to Shayan Towfiq. “We're never bored,” Shayan said. “We can always come to [the bakery] and help out or work on making new desserts.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/sanabakery-1200x730.png)
![Freshman Alice Chen’s love for libraries pushed her to volunteer and contribute to multiple Learning Commons projects, such as stringing up paper cranes. “The best part [of the library] is that you feel like you belong here,” Chen said. “The environment is welcoming, and I definitely recommend it to other students who want to volunteer or want to join the library staff.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/IMG_7264-2-1200x800.jpg)
![Project Success Specialist Megan Olsen chats with students in the Zen Den during lunch. “Even if it's just popping in the door and saying, ‘Hi, Ms. Olsen,’ sometimes that's enough to brighten your day,” Olsen said. “I know it is for us [teachers].
So, I hope students know that they can just do that.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/IMG_6216-copy-1-1200x675.jpg)
![Baker and sophomore Norah Siva experiments in the kitchen with new cookie recipes for her business “Baked By Norah.” “I was playing around with patisserie and stuff like that,” Siva said. “I played around a lot with French stuff [like] tarts [and] macarons.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Norah-Baking-Feature-1200x675.png)
![Junior Averie Mckinley poses in Decora-kei fashion. “My style is called Decora,” Mckinley said. “It’s when you decorate yourself [with] a bunch of accessories everywhere, so I could cover my whole head in clips, or put a bunch of bracelets and necklaces on. The whole thing is to be very over the top decorated.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BCD_6214-copy-1200x686.jpg)
