- September 26When Community Comes Together: Irvine Volunteers Tackle Hunger With Food Security Program
- September 22Portola High Plans To Enforce Attendance Policy For New School Year
- September 18Irvine Libraries Reopen Under City Management
- September 17On a Roll: City of Irvine Deploys Daxbots to Assess Public Facilities
- September 9Beach-Themed Back-to-School Tailgate Launches Bulldogs into New School Year
![Science rolling chairs negatively affect student learning by creating distractions, according to chemistry student and sophomore Sayed Adil. “Every time I get up and sit down, it moves around,” Adil said. “It's distracting in class whenever we're finished with [a] test. Some people just fidget around with it and make some noises.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/FINAL-Science-Rolling-Chairs-1200x900.png)
![Quarterback and sophomore Alondra Hernandez passes to running back and sophomore Irene Kim in a game against Garden Grove High. “As the running back, I feel like we're a lot closer to the other receivers,” Kim said. “So if there's a situation where [Hernandez] has to get the ball out at the last minute and no one else is open, I'm always there for her, and that's where I feel like the communication comes into play.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/image1-1200x800.jpg)
![Students vote in polling booths found in the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Student Center. “It is very important for young people to be involved and do their civic duty because they are going to be the ones living in the future, [which] depends on the results of the vote,” UCI vote center lead and Orange County Registrar of Voters representative Elena Marukhlenko said. “So it's very important for young people to know what's going on and to find out and just be proactive.”](https://portolapilot.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_1969edited-1-1200x900.jpg)
