President Joe Biden’s scaled-down climate change portion of his infrastructure spending bill passed the House of Representatives on Nov. 5 in a bipartisan effort. The original bill passed the Senate...

Nine years ago, in the chilly October air of 2012, singer-songwriter Taylor Swift released her fourth album, “Red,” to waves of critical acclaim and commercial success. Giving the then-22-year-old...

On any given day, if you walk into Kearci Moir’s AP Studio Art class, you will likely see two heads -  one blue, one purple - bent over each girl’s current creative project in concentration, occasionally...

The Pride of Portola scores third place in its Nov. 6 competition at San Clemente High with show ‘Scenes from Portola.’

Muslim Americans Yassir Fazaga, Ali Uddin Malik and Yasser Abdelrahim asked the Supreme Court on Nov. 8 to allow for a religious discrimination lawsuit against the FBI after members of the Islamic...

The Bulldogs (7-3) lost 21-42 against Colony High in the stadium, ending their season on Nov. 5. The match was their first CIF round, which they had qualified for as a wild card team. While 215 teams...

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3yCnXXQBbmXSFcRDP2vENH?si=35ea915c72364c44 The Portola Pioneer is the official news and culture podcast of the Portola Pilot, aiming to foster a sense of community and...

This year, the harmonious group of men from all grades came together to make a mark on the visual and performing department as they established the school’s first-ever tenor and bass all-male choir:...

Fourteen students were chosen to perform for the Southern California Regional Honor Choir, the most students from any high school in all of Southern California and a historic first for Portola High,...

The California Association of Student Councils hosted 58 delegates and 19 staff at its annual Student Advisory Board on Education conference via Zoom from Oct. 30-Nov. 1. At the conference, delegates,...